PA DEP says ‘no risk’ to the public from radioactive materials in oil and gas waste sent to landfills Reid Frazier·March 20, 2026A DEP study found that wastewater samples from landfills that take fracking waste were mostly below drinking water guidelines for radioactivity.EnergyHealthWater
Allegheny County health board considers fracking impacts Julie Grant·March 19, 2026Health experts plan to make recommendations on fracking’s “toxic” effect on communities. EnergyHealthPollution
Pittsburgh high schoolers hope to make climate impact by plugging old gas wells Rachel McDevitt·March 18, 2026The Dice Well Done Club is hoping to raise $5,000 to plug its second abandoned well. Climate ChangeEnergy
Pa. lawmakers advance bill to help towns set guidelines on data center construction Rachel McDevitt·March 9, 2026A state House committee is advancing measures meant to protect Pennsylvanians from negative effects of new data centers.EnergyPolitics
Water districts in Ohio join call for injection well moratorium Julie Grant·March 6, 2026Local water authorities want Ohio to pause permitting of new injections wells in Washington County to protect drinking water sources there.EnergyPollutionWater
Company spills over 1M gallons of drilling fluid into abandoned mine during pipeline construction Reid Frazier·March 5, 2026MarkWest said the fluid is nontoxic and that it has monitored for surface water contamination, but hasn’t found any.EnergyPollutionWater
Pennsylvania moves to build more EV chargers in neighborhoods Rachel McDevitt·March 5, 2026Pennsylvania is preparing to award $100 million for EV charging stations in public places, such as parking lots for businesses and restaurants.Climate ChangeEnergyTransportation
Centre County Solar Group scraps plans for project Anne Danahy·March 5, 2026That company that was to provide solar energy to Centre County government agencies pulled out, citing new tariffs and an end to federal tax credits.EnergyLatest StoriesTrump 2.0
Grassroots resistance to data centers rises in Pennsylvania Inside Climate News·March 4, 2026As community protests grow, both Democratic and Republican officials are proposing more industry regulation.EnergyLatest StoriesPolitics
Pennsylvania spent big on a ‘petrochemical renaissance.’ It never arrived. Capital & Main·March 3, 2026Visions of a booming hub that would bring jobs and prosperity to Appalachia faded, but the plastic “nurdles” remain.EnergyLatest StoriesPlasticWater
