The oil and gas industry frequently argues that fracking means jobs. This appears to be especially true for former regulators and other public …
Its contents remain mostly a mystery. But fracking wastewater has revealed one of its secrets: It can be highly radioactive. And yet no agency really regulates its handling, transport or disposal. A four-part series on radiation in fracking wastewater …
The idea is only as good as the company, the requested scope (including how and where testing is done) …
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Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project published a scathing 124-page report this week, “Breaking All the Rules: the Crisis in Oil
A Senate Republican leader …
Pittsburgh City Council will file a legal brief next week supporting the Commonwealth Court decision throwing out statewide zoning for Marcellus Shale drilling, …
In 2010, Pittsburgh adopted a first-in-the-nation ordinance banning corporations from extracting natural gas within the city using the controversial technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” over human health and environmental concerns. However, state officials now say the ban on …
At just after 8 am on Thursday, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett got …
HARRISBURG — A Commonwealth Court panel this morning threw out Pennsylvania’s attempt to establish
As the Pennsylvania state House takes up contentious Marcellus Shale legislation today, the PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center released a new study uncovering
