Ohio bill to spur fracking in state parks and forests heads to governor’s office

Julie GrantDecember 16, 2022

The bill has raised fears that Ohio agencies will be required to lease state-owned parks, forests, preserves and universities to fracking.

ConservationEnergyPoliticsYour Environment Update

‘Gasland’ driller will pay millions for new water system in Dimock

Susan PhillipsNovember 30, 2022

Cabot Oil and Gas pleaded no contest to criminal charges and will pay $16.29 million for a water system, ending a 14-year saga.

EnergyPollutionWaterYour Environment Update

CNX fined $200K for spills of fracking fluids in Greene County

Reid FrazierNovember 17, 2022

The spills occurred at well pads in Richhill Township. CNX didn't fully remediate one spill for nearly 70 days while it continued to frack.

EnergyPollutionWild Pennsylvania

In Pa. Senate race, Fetterman and Oz change views on fracking, trying to match voters

Reid FrazierOctober 28, 2022

They were once both against it. Now they're both for it. But do voters care?

Climate ChangeEnergyPolitics

As the election approaches, Wolf and Pa. lawmakers look to push through massive tax incentives for natural gas

Spotlight PAOctober 26, 2022

The package’s focus on fossil fuels — $80 million a year through 2045 for natural gas production — has raised alarm bells among environmental groups.

Climate ChangeEnergy

State Sen. Camera Bartolotta urged Pa. health department to drop out of fracking public health forum, letter shows

Reid FrazierOctober 18, 2022

State Sen. Bartolotta, a Washington County Republican, objected to the participation of the Center for Coalfield Justice and the Environmental Health Project. 

EnergyHealthPolitics

Ohio groups petition U.S. EPA to revoke state’s regulation of oil and gas waste disposal wells 

Julie GrantOctober 14, 2022

The groups say Ohio's failure to enforce regulations is endangering drinking water and burdening low-income Appalachian communities.

EnergyEnvironmental Justice

Where governor candidates Mastriano, Shapiro stand on energy and the environment

Spotlight PAOctober 7, 2022

Republican Doug Mastriano has called for deregulating the state’s fossil fuel industries. Democrat Josh Shapiro wants “responsible fracking.”

Climate ChangeEnergyPolitics

Public gets briefed on fracking health studies, despite no-show from Pitt, DOH

Reid FrazierOctober 5, 2022

Residents came to a forum in Washington County on state-funded studies on fracking’s impact on public health, even though researchers had pulled out. 

EnergyHealth

Pitt and Pa. health department back out of public forum on fracking studies, organizers say

Reid FrazierOctober 4, 2022

Pitt and DOH say there's no new info on state-funded studies on fracking and public health. Groups say families of those who died from a rare cancer deserve updates.

EnergyHealth