Cold Winter Ahead Means Increased Demand for Natural Gas
Don’t expect this winter to be as balmy as last year. Weather forecasters predict normal cold temperatures. That means demand for natural gas and heating oil will rise. The Energy Information Agency...
View Article“Cold And Cranky” In Bucks County
PhillyBurbs checks in with a pocket of Bucks County where, as of Friday, people were still waiting for power to return after Superstorm Sandy knocked it out: Hundreds of Upper Bucks residents are...
View ArticleStudy Finds Air Pollutants Near Drilling Sites
Susan Phillips / StateImpact PennsylvaniaA natural gas drill rig looms above a farm in Susquehanna County, Pa. A peer-reviewed study published last week shows air quality impacts near drilling sites in...
View ArticleDrill Rigs Moved Toward Oil and Wet Gas
Drill rigs in the Utica Shale formation have doubled within the past year, according to a report released Tuesday by the Energy Information Administration. The report details what residents of...
View ArticleCause of Reactor Shutdown at Luzerne County Nuclear Plant Still Unknown
Nicholas_T / Flickr Creative CommonsThe PPL Susquehanna plant is located east of Berwick in Luzerne County. One of its reactors unexpectedly shut down over the weekend. The cause of an automatic...
View ArticleStateImpact Pennsylvania: Behind the Story
StateImpact Pennsylvania is honored to be a recipient of one of the 2013 duPont Columbia Awards. Our fellow award winners include Sundance Select, CBS News, Current TV, KCET, KLAS-TV, The Weinstein...
View ArticleElectrical Issue Causes Emergency Shutdown at Wyoming County Gas Compressor...
Nikolay Doychinov / Getty ImagesA gas compressor station in Bulgaria. A natural gas compressor station in Wyoming County had an emergency shutdown last night due to an electrical issue. Compressor...
View ArticleEPA Releases Update on Fracking Study
Susan Phillips / StateImpact PennsylvaniaA worker stands on the platform of drill rig operated for Cabot Oil and Gas. The Environmental Protection Agency has released new information about its ongoing...
View ArticleDrill Bits: Holiday Energy Reads
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. As the world slows down this week, here are some energy reads to keep you occupied: The Inquirer takes a look at how oil from North Dakota shale formations is...
View ArticleMarcellus Shale Pipelines Heading for Philly Suburbs
Susan Phillips / StateImpact PennsylvaniaPipeline construction in Susquehanna county, Pa. Although shale gas drill rigs won’t be rising out of the backyards of suburban Philadelphia, pipelines may be...
View ArticleThe Birds-Eye View Of Marcellus
Scott Detrow / StateImpact PennsylvaniaA drilling pad near a Wyoming County home Thanks to Bill Foster and Arianne Sellers, I recently got a chance to fly over Bradford and Wyoming Counties in a...
View ArticleMarcellus Production Helps Reduce Natural Gas Prices in 2012
The average wholesale natural gas price fell by 31 percent in 2012 compared to the previous year, down from $4.02 per million British thermal units in 2011 to $2.77 per MMBtu at the main trading...
View ArticleNew on Youtube: “Facts About Fracking”
We were sent a link to this new youtube video about fracking by Hank Green, of SciShow. In just four minutes, Green explains the big and small picture of fracking, its relationship to global energy...
View ArticleReuters: Obama Considering Nat Gas Advocate as Next Energy Secretary
Reuters is reporting that President Obama is considering Ernest Moniz as the Energy Secretary to replace Steven Chu, who announced his resignation last week. Moniz is considered more supportive to oil...
View ArticleLawmaker: DEP Chief Michael Krancer Denies Climate Change
Susan Phillips / StateImpact PennsylvaniaDEP Secretary Michael Krancer. Democratic State Rep. Greg Vitali, chairman of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, says Department of...
View ArticleSEC Investigating Outgoing Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon
Bloomberg via Getty ImagesOutgoing CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp., Aubrey McClendon is being formally investigated by the SEC. Outgoing Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEO Aubrey McClendon is being formally...
View ArticleNew York’s Fracking Decision May Hinge on Results of Geisinger Health Study
Spencer Platt / Getty ImagesGovernor Andrew Cuomo (D- New York) is still weighing whether or not to allow hydrofracking in his state. New York’s decision on whether or not to allow hydrofracking may...
View ArticleWill New York’s Fracking Decision Matter to PA?
Mladen Antonov / AFP/Getty ImagesA drill rig outside Waynesburg, PA. New York’s decision on fracking may not have much of an effect on the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania for quite some time. New...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon University Lobbying for Creation of Shale Gas Research...
Spencer Platt/ Getty ImagesNatural gas containers in South Montrose. The Pittsburgh Tribune review reports Carnegie Mellon University researchers are in Washington today lobbying the Obama...
View ArticleSecrecy Lifted in Fracking Case
Previously sealed records are now available in a high-profile drilling contamination case in Washington County. An order to unseal the records was entered Wednesday the county’s Court of Common Pleas...
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