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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...

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“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...

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Study 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...

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Drill 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...

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Cause 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...

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StateImpact 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...

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Electrical 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...

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EPA 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...

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Drill 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...

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Marcellus 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...

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The 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...

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Marcellus 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...

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New 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...

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Reuters: 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...

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Lawmaker: 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...

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SEC 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...

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New 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...

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Will 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...

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Carnegie 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...

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Secrecy 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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