Energy Updates

Two state senators plan to introduce legislation that would increase the required setback distances between gas wells and buildings....

Five environmental groups are suing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, arguing that a law enacted in 2022, which removed the Pennsylvania...

The idea of a severance tax on natural gas production in Pennsylvania is again alive in Harrisburg. The state House in June approved a...

Natural gas drilling in southwestern Pennsylvania was linked to at least one form of childhood cancer, as well as more severe asthma and...

The legal fight over the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline finally reached the nation’s highest court, which cleared the way for...

The results of long-awaited studies looking into the health effects of hydraulic fracturing and other environmental risk factors and the...

Natural gas production in four key Pennsylvania counties declined slightly in 2022, a recent U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) report...

The roller coaster ride that Pennsylvania impact fee totals have been on in recent years is expected to continue in 2023, with the state...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has authorized the construction restart of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, and work is...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates there are 3.2 million abandoned oil and gas wells across the U.S., and now a new...

The long-stalled Mountain Valley Pipeline project, which has faced numerous legal and permitting challenges, will be completed after...

A class-action lawsuit filed by West Virginia landowners against the nation’s largest oil and gas well owner claims its purchase of older...

Two environmental groups have filed a lawsuit asking the federal court to order Shell Chemical Appalachia to operate its Beaver County...

New York recently passed a first-in-the-nation law to ban natural gas and other fossil fuels in most new buildings. The state...

The United States’ share of global liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports has grown exponentially since 2016. The trend is likely to...

Researchers at the University of Chicago have published a paper linking unconventional natural gas development (UNGD) with a rise in...

As part of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s budget request for fiscal 2023-24, recently appointed Acting...

For the first time in a decade, annual natural gas production in Pennsylvania from the Marcellus and Utica shales declined. A recent...

The least U.S. natural gas pipeline capacity was added in 2022 since the Energy Information Administration (EIA) began keeping records in...

As state and federal agencies work to address the causes and effects of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment and chemical release,...