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Low-producing oil and gas wells are responsible for a disproportionate amount of methane emissions, a recent study determined. The study...

Weeks after rules allowing the state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) were published, several new lawsuits have been...

Natural gas trade groups in three states are urging lawmakers to allow butane-blend gasoline as a way to stretch the nation’s fuel supply...

Rental homes use 15 percent more energy per square foot than owner-occupied homes, according to the American Council for an...

The International Panel on Climate Change has effectively set the global warming target for the world at large: keep warming under 1.5...

At about the same time legislation was approved by the state House of Representatives to create a task force to study whether...

Governor Wolf’s desire to make Pennsylvania part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has been fulfilled. The multi-year...

Development of hydrogen production presents “a potentially extraordinary opportunity” for Pennsylvania industry and for the Appalachian...

Plans for a second petrochemical complex in the Appalachian region, which have been on hold for two years due to the pandemic and the...

Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan for the state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, faces a major setback after the Commonwealth...

The construction of Shell Polymers’ petrochemical plant in Beaver County is 95 percent completed and is on track to become operational...

Methane is a greenhouse gas that traps at least 25 times as much heat as carbon dioxide, and methane emissions are responsible for about...

After two more legal setbacks, builder Equitrans said that the in-service date for the Mountain Valley Pipeline was again being...

When officials at the Allegheny County Airport Authority began discussing ways to improve the reliability of electric power at Pittsburgh...

A Texas-based company recently announced plans to build a $6 billion facility in Northeast Pennsylvania that will use Marcellus natural...

The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced comprehensive proposed rules aimed at sharply reducing methane emissions from the...

Sunoco will pay a $4 million penalty and dredge part of a popular Chester County lake that was contaminated by a spill during the...

Concerns about climate change and the role of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels have spurred a rapid increase in renewable energy...

The state Public Utility Commission recently approved an almost $2 million settlement with Energy Transfer Corp. (ETC) over the 2018...

The $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act recently approved by Congress and signed this week by President Joe Biden will...