Residents and scientists had called for research on health risks for years, while industry campaign denied links.
Legislation aims to rein in an unregulated industry with ballooning environmental effects.
Two blocked climate bills show the oil and gas industry, related unions can still sway the new Democratic House majority.
A new bill would marry labor, environmental and educational interests — potentially forging a new path for bipartisan climate policy.
After a deal last year kneecapped regulators’ ability to address the crisis of abandoned oil and gas wells, Dems aim to reset environmental law.
Homer City Generating Station has been used to delay environmental regulations. Could the infamous site become a symbol for the just transition?
Proposed legislation would prohibit new fracking wells within 2,500 feet of an existing building or water well.
Before obtaining the required permits, Diversified Energy began installing cryptocurrency mining infrastructure on one of its thousands of well pads.
Josh Shapiro has revealed little about his policy proposals.
Order was quietly signed on the same day that residents celebrated the energy company’s plea deal on charges of environmental crimes.
Long-suffering residents of Dimock, Pennsylvania, feel cautiously hopeful after Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro announces plea deal with natural gas company.
Shapiro and Fetterman defeat pro-drilling candidates, but their policies on key issues remain uncertain.
As the state’s top prosecutor, gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro promised Dimock residents justice for years of water pollution. Resolution has yet to come.
The Democratic and Republican hopefuls diverge on most issues, though not on support of fracking.
The state’s powerful oil and gas industry wields influence in ways that could blunt the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act.
SB 106 could put the right to an abortion up to voters. It may also limit the power of the governor to fight GOP attacks on...
The state risks health and highway funding if it doesn’t pass regulations on oil and gas pollution.
The industry-backed bill proposes to freeze the bond amounts that fossil fuel companies are required to put up.
The oil and gas industry could jeopardize federal funding to clean up the state’s thousands of abandoned and leaking wells.
Thousands of homeowners live near methane-emitting wells. The fossil fuel industry has avoided cleaning up the mess for over a century.