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CEPM Presenting Webinar on Innovative Microgrid at Pittsburgh International Airport
Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy and Management (CEPM) will host a free webinar “First in the World: An Airport...
Jan 27, 2022


Impact Fees to Surge in 2021 Due to Rising Prices
After hitting an all-time low in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact fees collected by the state from natural gas production...
Jan 27, 2022


Wolf Vetoes Legislature’s Effort to Block RGGI
Gov. Tom Wolf earlier this month vetoed a resolution approved by the state legislature to block Pennsylvania’s participation in the...
Jan 20, 2022


U.S. Projected to Be World Leader in LNG Exports in 2022
The United States is projected to outpace all other countries in liquified natural gas (LNG) exports in 2022. The rise of American LNG is...
Jan 13, 2022


State Environmental Board Reviewing Well Bonding Amounts
The state Environmental Quality Board recently voted to review petitions asking it to substantially increase the bond amounts for new and...
Jan 13, 2022


$6 Billion Natural Gas to Gasoline Plant Planned for Northeast Pa.
A Texas-based company recently announced plans to build a $6 billion facility in Northeast Pennsylvania that will use Marcellus natural...
Jan 6, 2022


New Regulations Aimed at Reducing Natural Gas Industry Methane Emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced comprehensive proposed rules aimed at sharply reducing methane emissions from the...
Dec 16, 2021


CNX Resolves Criminal Charges Over Misreporting Emissions
CNX Resources recently pleaded no contest to criminal charges that it violated the Air Pollution Control Act by misreporting information...
Dec 16, 2021


Mariner East 2 Developer Ordered to Dredge Lake After Pipeline Spill
Sunoco will pay a $4 million penalty and dredge part of a popular Chester County lake that was contaminated by a spill during the...
Dec 9, 2021


PUC Approves Settlement with Energy Transfer over Pipeline Explosion
The state Public Utility Commission recently approved an almost $2 million settlement with Energy Transfer Corp. (ETC) over the 2018...
Dec 2, 2021


DEP Official: Federal Legislation to Provide Billions for Abandoned Well Plugging
The $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act recently approved by Congress and signed this week by President Joe Biden will...
Nov 18, 2021


Ohio NGL Storage Well Project Receives Approval
A natural gas liquids storage project in Ohio is moving ahead after regulators issued permits for the development of three planned...
Oct 28, 2021


Groups Ask State to Require Full Bonding for Gas Wells
A coalition of environmental groups has filed petitions asking the state Department of Environmental Protection to require oil and gas...
Oct 14, 2021


Mariner East 2 Pipeline Developer Faces Criminal Charges
The developer of the massive Mariner East 2 pipeline project across Pennsylvania was charged by the state attorney general’s office with...
Oct 7, 2021


Natural Gas Industry Looks to Hydrogen As New Technology
Hydrogen production coupled with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology was at the forefront of discussion at the recent...
Oct 7, 2021


Group Appeals Permit for Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant
An environmental group claims in an appeal that the state Department of Environmental Protection is trying to revive a defunct air...
Sep 23, 2021


Study: Fracking Leads to Higher Salinity in Surface Waters
A recent study found a correlation between elevated salt concentrations in surface waters in areas near newly drilled unconventional gas...
Sep 9, 2021


Report: Record Pa. Gas Production in 2020 Despite Pandemic
Natural gas production in Pennsylvania set a new one-year record in 2020, despite an economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic...
Sep 2, 2021


2019 Sets Record for PA Gas Production
Pennsylvania had a record-breaking year for natural gas production in 2019, producing 6.8 trillion cubic feet of gas from the Marcellus...
Oct 2, 2020


Poll Finds Support for Natural Gas Crosses Party Lines
As Election Day nears with major issues such as the pandemic and racial injustice at the forefront of voters’ minds, it is easy to...
Oct 2, 2020
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