An industry campaign re-brands natural gas as climate-friendly to people of color Kara Holsopple·July 22, 2022The $10 million dollar campaign is to improve the opinion of natural gas to make sure it doesn't go the way of coal. Climate ChangeEnergyEnvironmental JusticeYour Environment Update
Gov. Wolf vetoes GOP effort to block local climate legislation Susan Phillips·July 15, 2022The bill is part of a nationwide effort to stop municipal bans on natural gas hook-ups in buildings. Wolf said it would hamper local climate efforts.Climate ChangeEnergyPolitics
For a rural Pennsylvania area, a cryptocurrency mine brought noise pollution Anne Danahy·July 13, 2022One neighbor describes the noise coming from the Bitcoin mining site at a nearby gas well as “basically like a jet engine."EnergyFood and AgricultureTechnology
Impact fees from drilling rebounded in 2021 after pandemic slowdown StateImpact Pennsylvania·July 1, 2022Natural gas companies in Pennsylvania are paying $234.4 million in impact fees, the highest amount since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.EconomyEnergy
Pennsylvania natural gas hits highest price in last decade, report says Rachel McDevitt·June 10, 2022Natural gas prices hit an average of $4.10 per million British thermal units in the first three months of 2022.EconomyEnergy
Wolf touts Pennsylvania’s bid for a low-carbon hydrogen hub that relies on fossil fuels Julia Zenkevich·May 17, 2022Hydrogen fuel’s only by-product is water. But Pa.'s proposal for a federally-funded hydrogen hub would use natural gas to create hydrogen. Climate ChangeEconomyEnergy
Low-producing oil and gas wells emit lots of methane, study finds Reid Frazier·April 21, 2022Low-producing wells provide just 6% of oil and gas production in the U.S. But a new study found they emit half of the industry's climate-warming methane. Climate ChangeEnergy
Pennsylvania gas producers look to export to Europe amid Russian invasion of Ukraine Julie Grant·February 25, 2022But ramping up enough gas to replace Russian sources won’t happen overnight. It could take "a period of years."Energy
Pennsylvania led gas-producing states in growth in 2021 Rachel McDevitt·February 23, 2022A new report credits the increase to unusually high gas prices in the second half of the year.Energy
Energy Transfer facing 9 counts of environmental crimes for 2018 pipeline blast Reid Frazier·February 3, 2022A grand jury report finds the company failed to properly oversee construction and erosion controls that led to an explosion in Beaver County.Energy
