Editor’s note
A story published Friday about a press conference ahead of the Pope’s visit to Philadelphia has been removed after further editorial discussions.
View ArticleDEP hears differing views on EPA climate plan
State regulators heard comments on how quickly it should address the EPA’s plan to curb carbon emissions Monday night in Pittsburgh. Around 100 people came to a DEP listening session where more than...
View ArticleWorld shale resources grow with reserves in new countries
The list of countries where fracking could unlock oil and gas reserves grew this year. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its newest “World Shale Resource Assessment” this year,...
View ArticleWolf tweaks gas tax plan; GOP, industry unimpressed
Seeking an end to the state’s three month-old budget stalemate, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf sent the GOP-controlled legislature a revised tax plan that lowers his ‘ask’ on a severance tax for the...
View ArticleWolf signs bill pushing mine water to fracking
Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law Thursday a bill that could clear the way for more oil and gas companies to use treated mine water for fracking. The idea has been encouraged by the state Department of...
View ArticleBritish MP studies fracking on trip to PA
On a sunny fall morning, Kevin Hollinrake stands with a group of concerned parents across a road from a gas processing plant in Butler County. Trucks come and go as workers hustle to expand the...
View ArticleAmid budget battle, royalty issue comes to the surface
Tucked into Gov. Wolf’s unsuccessful budget proposal last week was what looked to some like a sweetener for Republicans from oil and gas counties. It was a ban on the practice of deducting...
View ArticleBernie Sanders releases anti-fracking ad
As Presidential campaigns turn their attention to delegate-rich New York and Pennsylvania, the fracking debate has emerged as a wedge between the two Democratic rivals. Bernie Sanders, who wants to ban...
View ArticleWhy pipeline safety is one of Pennsylvania’s next big energy challenges
On the morning of April 29, a natural gas transmission line exploded in a field in Salem Township in western Pennsylvania. The blast was so powerful it ripped a 12-foot crater into the landscape,...
View ArticleFERC pushes back timeline for PennEast pipeline again
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) says it needs more time to issue its final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the $1 billion PennEast pipeline project, shifting it’s planned...
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