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SUSAN PHILLIPS / STATEIMPACT A Cabot Oil and Gas well site in Susquehanna County.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Cabot Oil and Gas to pay $99,000 for air quality violations in Susquehanna County

8 years ago

A view of the Delaware River from Washington Crossing Bridge at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Bucks County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Fracking ban proposed for Delaware River basin; ‘significant risks’ cited

The Delaware River Basin Commission on Thursday proposed a ban on fracking for natural gas in the basin.

8 years ago

Gas processing equipment in Lycoming County. (Joe Ulrich/ WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Pa. wants to cut methane emissions, but plans moving slowly

Methane is the main component of natural gas. Compared to carbon dioxide, it’s much more potent as a climate-warming greenhouse gas.

8 years ago

An easement where Sunoco Pipeline is preparing for construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline. A homeowners group is asking a court to halt construction in that location until Sunoco comes up with a plan to mitigate contaminated soil on the site. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Sunoco proposes construction change for Mariner East 2, but meets fresh resistance

8 years ago

Part of the proposed PennEast pipeline could run through this stretch of land in Bucks County, Pa.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

FERC sued over alleged ‘unconstitutional’ granting of pipeline certificates

8 years ago

Natural gas drillers (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Lawmaker: Natural gas lobby too influential in severance tax debate

8 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. (WITF)
Politics & Policy

As lawmakers leave for holiday, fate of Pa. severance tax unclear

Debate may have begun in the state House on a natural gas severance tax — but it remains to be seen if that will actually result in a final vote.

8 years ago

The two wells drilled on Bryan Latkanich’s property are among 1,655 that have been hydraulically fractured in Washington County since 2004. Latkanich is one of more than 4,000 Pennsylvania residents who have filed complaints with DEP, wondering if gas drilling impacted their water. Only 284 cases have been linked. (CREDIT: ANNA BELLE PEEVEY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Special report: How the U.S. government hid fracking’s risks to drinking water

8 years ago

Natural gas drillers (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pa. House begins debating natural gas drilling tax

It's a major priority for Democrats, who have been trying unsuccessfully to pass one for a decade.

8 years ago

Construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

After recent Mariner East 2 spills, DEP mulls ‘additional enforcement’

8 years ago

A truck delivers fracking wastewater to a Susquehanna County recycling center
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Lycoming County Waste Water Spill Tops 63,000 Gallons

8 years ago

The Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery accounts for almost 16 percent of the city's carbon footprint, according to a City report that describes how to make deep cuts in carbon emissions.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Philadelphia explains how it would make deep cut in carbon emissions

8 years ago

Delaware City Refinery, where the cost of buying the EPA’s biofuel credits now exceeds payroll, and is the second-largest expenditure item after crude oil. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact PA)
StateImpact
Science

Philadelphia area refineries urge EPA to reform biofuels credit program

8 years ago

Workers unload pipes at a staging area in Worthing, S.D., for the 1,130-mile Dakota Access Pipeline. A new report says the nation's new natural gas pipeline capacity resulting from a building boom is far more than is needed.
StateImpact
Science

New gas pipeline capacity sharply exceeds consumption, report says

8 years ago

Protesters confront a construction crew for the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline in central Pennsylvania. A new PUC ruling may make it easier for communities to control pipeline development. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Atlantic Sunrise construction picks back up after two-day delay

Construction on a controversial natural gas pipeline has resumed after a two-day court delay.

8 years ago

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