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Petrochemical companies with Pennsylvania in their sights may be reconsidering their development plans. This comes after Governor Tom Wolf vetoed legislation...

Plans to build a second ethane cracker plant in the Appalachian Basin continue to inch forward as the companies partnering on the project announced an econom...

As part of our State of the County Economy Series, the Shale Gas Knowledge Hub will feature data and information from the counties of southwest Pennsylvania ...

A Pennsylvania’s regulatory agency took the unusual step of revoking a permit it had issued for an injection well to dispose of fracking wastewater in Indian...

Major oil and gas companies were already cutting capital spending as a reaction to record low prices before the coronavirus pandemic arrived. Now companies a...

The population of Greene County followed the trend set by most counties in western Pennsylvania, having decreased between 2010 and 2018. Data from the US Cen...

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, federal and Pennsylvania regulatory agencies have closed offices and are scaling back enforcement of some environmen...

The Mariner East pipeline project, already the subject of large civil penalties and state and federal investigations into possible criminal activity, is faci...

The population of Fayette County, like many counties in western Pennsylvania, decreased between 2010 and 2018. Data from the US Census Bureau indicates that ...

The COVID-19 virus has shocked the globe in more ways than one. While world leaders work to mitigate the virus’s effects on their nation’s public health and ...

Shell officials said the company will temporarily suspend construction of its ethane cracker plant in Beaver County after pressure from workers and county of...

A Westmoreland County landfill was fined by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources for improperly disposing of liquid leachate contaminated w...

According to data from the US Census Bureau, Butler County gained 4,026 residents or 2 percent of its population between 2010 and 2018 (the most recent year ...

Fallout of a failed international trade deal has caused shockwaves in the global oil markets. What has amounted to turmoil for some oil companies in the Unit...

Companies involved in the shale gas industry in Pennsylvania are under the microscope of several state and federal agencies. The industry has not come into t...

According to data from the US Census Bureau, Beaver County lost 5,797 residents or 3.5 percent of its population between 2010 and 2018 (the most recent year ...

Sunoco will conduct a “remaining life study” of its aging Mariner East 1 pipeline and pay a $200,000 penalty under a settlement with the state Public Utility...

As part of our State of the County Economy Series, the Shale Gas Knowledge Hub will feature data and information from the counties of southwest Pennsylvania ...

Energy consumption around the world is expected to rise almost 50 percent by 2050, a report from the U.S. Energy Information Agency indicates. The 2019 Inter...

As new policies to combat climate change are on their way to the House floor, representatives from Pennsylvania urge their colleagues to reconsider vital pie...