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A drilling rig in Tioga State Forest.
January 24, 2022 | 6:39 AM

Analysts forecast rise in oil and gas impact fees after prices rose in 2021

The state’s Independent Fiscal Office expects drillers to pay about $234 million dollars in impact fees for 2021.

By Rachel McDevitt
April 3, 2019 | 5:28 PM

Judge says Grant Township must pay $100,000 in legal bills after injection well dispute

New setback to the Indiana County municipality in efforts to control oil and gas development
By Jon Hurdle
Huntley & Huntley Energy Exploration's Midas Well pad, the first Marcellus shale gas well in the Pittsburgh suburb of Plum.
April 1, 2019 | 8:13 PM

DEP investigating gas well for water supply complaint in Pittsburgh suburb

Would be first water supply impacted by drilling in Allegheny County
By Reid Frazier
David Wentz looks out from a hill on his land. Wentz sued EQT Corp. for building natural gas wells there.
December 31, 2018 | 5:01 AM

Powerless: What it looks and sounds like when a gas driller overruns your land

A ProPublica special project visits West Virginia residents who are close neighbors with gas-drilling operations.

By Ken Ward Jr./The Charleston Gazette-Mail, Al Shaw/ProPublica and Mayeta Clark/ProPublica