March 23, 2022 | 2:37 PM
DEP looks to add 40 staff to oversee water programs
Gov. Tom Wolf’s final budget proposal calls for a $5 million increase to the Department of Environmental Protection to hire new staff.
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Updated: February 16, 2022 | 5:53 pm
High-ranking oil and gas official resigns from DEP
As of Friday, Scott Perry is no longer Deputy Secretary for Oil and Gas Management at DEP, an agency spokesman confirmed in an email.
Updated: October 5, 2021 | 5:52 pm
Pa. charges Energy Transfer with environmental crimes over Mariner East pipeline project
The company has already paid more than $20 million in fines for more than 120 violations of the state’s Clean Streams Law. That same law is the basis for the criminal charges announced Tuesday.
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Susan Phillips 
July 26, 2021 | 6:31 PM
DEP to require landfills to test for radioactivity from fracking waste
Leachate is tested for dozens of potential pollutants. But until now, landfills haven’t had to test it for radium, a radioactive material common in oil and gas waste.
June 29, 2021 | 9:16 AM
DEP pushes to expand electric vehicle infrastructure, but challenges lie ahead
Installing EV chargers is becoming increasingly important in an accelerating market.
Updated: February 25, 2021 | 4:55 pm
At DEP budget hearing, some legislators focus on Pa.’s effort to join RGGI
Some Republican lawmakers criticized the agency. Its leader said it’s understaffed.
February 18, 2021 | 6:26 PM
DEP gives OK to public comment on fracking wastewater permits
An attorney for the Environmental Integrity Project, one of the groups that lobbied for the public comment period, said changes could be made to the permits as a result of the public comment.
February 10, 2021 | 7:25 PM
Range Resources fined nearly $300K for misclassifying wells
Company did not disclose that wells weren't producing gas, should have been plugged
January 22, 2021 | 7:09 AM
Report faults DEP for mine subsidence oversight in western Pa.
State permits longwall mining that damages streams, properties
November 27, 2020 | 5:18 AM
Central Pa. counties get $6M to help reduce pollution headed to the Chesapeake Bay
The Department of Environmental Protection is awarding 2020 Environmental Stewardship Fund grants to Adams, Bedford, Centre, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties.
