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This July 27, 2011 file photo shows a farmhouse in the background framed by pipes connecting pumps where the hydraulic fracturing process in the Marcellus Shale was underway at a site in Claysville, Pa.
June 29, 2020 | 5:00 AM

Republican lawmakers defend shale gas industry after grand jury report says state failed to protect public health from fracking

Some GOP lawmakers reacted to the report by saying the shale gas industry is “one of the most regulated in the nation,” and they were “offended” at the report’s characterization of the industry.

By Rachel McDevitt
Demand for natural gas from wells like this in Zelionople, Pa. will exceed that for other fossil fuels in coming years, the IEA said.
June 21, 2018 | 2:40 PM

Pennsylvania’s gas impact fees rise to $209 million this year

Money goes to local governments, but there is little oversight of how it's spent
By Marie Cusick
Dead vegetation around a conventional well site in Warren County indicates a possible brine spill.
April 30, 2018 | 3:36 PM

House panel OKs bill to gut environmental standards for conventional drillers

By Marie Cusick
A natural gas well in a rural field near Canton in Bradford County.
April 12, 2018 | 4:30 PM

Bill would roll back standards on conventional oil and gas drillers

By Marie Cusick
The Pine Creek Gorge in Tioga County.
January 2, 2018 | 8:42 PM

Environmental lawyer asks state Supreme Court to back up its order to Commonwealth Court

By Scott Blanchard
August 23, 2017 | 4:54 PM

Former environmental secretaries criticize bill changing DEP permitting

By Marie Cusick
August 10, 2017 | 2:27 PM

Gas severance tax won’t have big impact in Pennsylvania, says researcher

By Marie Cusick
July 5, 2017 | 6:19 PM

Environmental legal advocate seeks Pa. budget declared unconstitutional

By Susan Phillips
June 27, 2017 | 2:55 PM

Pa. Supreme Court’s landmark environmental ruling faces first test​

By Susan Phillips and Jon Hurdle
June 20, 2017 | 7:33 PM

Pa. Supreme Court upholds broad interpretation of Environmental Rights Amendment

By Susan Phillips
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