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Energy Updates

May 9, 2019

EQT Violations Raise Awareness for Sedimentation Control

In dealing with the Municipal Separate Strom Sewer System (MS4), which are state-level stormwater requirements to meet federal Clean...

May 2, 2019

Pennsylvania Joins National Coalition to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Governor Tom Wolf announced that the Commonwealth has signed on to the U.S. Climate Alliance. The U.S. Climate Alliance is a bipartisan...

May 2, 2019

Report Finds Devaluation of Homes Near Pipelines

A recent study indicates that homes built near and around pipelines face potential devaluation. Published in the journal Resource and...

Apr 24, 2019

Bill to Streamline U.S. LNG Exports Reintroduced to Senate

The United States is exporting more liquid natural gas (LNG) than ever before. Data from the Department of Energy show that LNG exports...

Apr 24, 2019

Gov. Wolf’s Restoration Plan Aims to Benefit PA Parks with new Shale Gas Tax

The 121 parks that make up the Pennsylvania State Park system hope to receive a facelift in the coming years. However, funding for that...

Apr 24, 2019

Natural Gas Plays Key Role in American Energy Mix

Pennsylvania’s natural gas plays a key role in shoring up the nation’s energy security by helping support diversity in the nation’s...

Apr 24, 2019

Natural Gas Plays Key Role in American Energy Mix

Pennsylvania’s natural gas plays a key role in shoring up the nation’s energy security by helping support diversity in the nation’s...

Apr 18, 2019

Franklin & Marshall College Poll Gauges Pennsylvanians’ Attitudes towards Energy-Related Issues

The Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania have released the data collected from their...

Apr 11, 2019

As Energy Exports Increase, Renewables Fuel the Domestic Grid

The United States is producing more energy than ever before, which has allowed US companies to export its natural gas overseas. Companies...

Apr 11, 2019

An Indiana County Town has been Ordered to Pay O&G Company’s Legal Fees after Losing Federal Lawsuit

Pennsylvania General Energy (PGE), an oil and gas company, will not have to foot their legal counsel’s bills after battling an Indiana...

Apr 11, 2019

Sunoco Settles Suit with Chester County Residents out of Court

Sunoco and parent company Energy Transfer will not have to appear before a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to defend themselves...

Mar 26, 2019

New Fracking Wastewater Treatment Technology Coming to Marcellus Region

Water is an essential component of the hydraulic fracturing process. It is also of the key topics in the debate surrounding the...

Mar 26, 2019

Study Analyzes PA O&G Industry Environmental Compliance

Researchers from Hong Kong Baptist University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong have published their study analyzing environmental...

Mar 19, 2019

AG Shapiro, PA Attorney General’s Office Launch Criminal Investigation against ME Pipelines

Those who follow natural gas development, or have watched the evening news in the past two years know of Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline...

Mar 13, 2019

Rice Midstream, now Equitrans, Hit with $1.5M Fine for Pipeline Issues

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is continuing to hold the oil and gas industry accountable for their errors and...

Mar 13, 2019

Diversified Gas & Oil Reaches Well-Plugging Deal with PA DEP

Thousands of Pennsylvania’s abandoned or unproductive natural gas wells will finally be plugged after a new deal between the state and...

Feb 7, 2019

Natural Gas Prices Drop in Spite of Cold Weather

The winter time and cold temperatures generally drive natural gas commodity prices upward. Naturally, the demand for natural gas...

Feb 7, 2019

Act 13 Impact Fees

There has been a lot of talk regarding Pennsylvania Governor Wolf’s announcement proposing the creation of a severance tax on natural...

Feb 7, 2019

Wolf Proposes Natural Gas Severance Tax to Fund Capital Projects

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has expressed his intent to present legislation creating a natural gas severance tax in the Commonwealth....

The latest energy news with an emphasis on southwestern Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.