Big Sewickley Creek runs through Beaver and Allegheny counties and is known for fishing and swimming. A watershed group, anglers, and a state legislator want DEP to reject the plan.
Many small communities had to figure out how to deal with fracking with little guidance, and try to avoid the worst of the boom-bust cycle that energy extraction brings.
Researchers looked at millions of Medicare records and found elderly people living downwind of fracking sites had a 3.1 percent increased risk of dying prematurely.
Gas drillers are expected to pay about $234 million dollars in impact fees for 2021, nearly $90 million more than 2020, and potentially the highest payout ever.
After a bruising year in 2020, natural gas production and prices in Pennsylvania are on the rise this year.
The state’s Independent Fiscal Office’s latest Na...
A sociologist looks at how the environmental and community impacts of the natural gas boom in Lycoming County challenged closely-held rural values of independence and private property rights.
