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

Group finds PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals used in Ohio oil and gas wells

Julie GrantSeptember 30, 2022

Physicians for Social Responsibility found the oil and gas industry in Ohio used PFAS, known as “forever” chemicals, 101 times since 2013.

EnergyHealth

A new film connects the plight of hellbenders with concerns over gas development

Kara HolsoppleSeptember 29, 2022

"Hellbent" tells the story of a small, rural town trying to keep a frack waste injection well out of their community to preserve their drinking water and save a rare salamander.

ConservationEnergyPollutionWaterWild PennsylvaniaWildlifeYour Environment Update

DEP hears concerns over evaporator at landfill that processes frack waste

Julie GrantSeptember 2, 2022

Residents and others are concerned that radiation from fracking waste treated at the landfill will end up in the evaporator's air emissions.

EnergyHealthWater

Residents oppose plan to build second fracking waste injection well in Pittsburgh suburb

Reid FrazierSeptember 1, 2022

Residents who say the first injection well polluted groundwater oppose an EPA permit for another injection well next to it.

EnergyWater

Children living near Pa. fracking sites are at increased risk of leukemia, study finds

Susan PhillipsAugust 19, 2022

It found that children born within 1.24 miles of a well site were 2-3 times more likely to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

EnergyHealth

Greene County community has questions after fracking incident at EQT well

Reid FrazierJuly 22, 2022

They say a 'frac-out' affected their well water and they can't drink it. They want action from EQT.

EnergyWater

Allegheny County Council votes to ban fracking in county parks, overriding Fitzgerald’s veto

Julia ZenkevichJuly 22, 2022

Rich Fitzgerald, who has supported the industry, opposed the measure despite the fact that there are no current proposals to drill on the county land.

EnergyRecreation