New Gas Drilling Rules, More Staff for Pennsylvania’s Environmental Agency
Feb. 9: This post has been updated.
For months, the gas drilling industry and environmentalists alike have been fixated on New York, … more…
Pennsylvania’s Gas Wells Booming—But So Are Spills
As more gas wells are drilled in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale, more cases of toxic spills are being reported. Earlier this month, P … more…
In New Gas Wells, More Drilling Chemicals Remain Underground
This story was co-published with Politico.
For more than a decade the energy industry has steadfastly argued before courts, C … more…
Colorado Towns Take Extra Measures to Protect Their Water From Gas Drilling
In 2005 the U.S. Bureau of Land Management offered up thousands of acres of federal land in Colorado to drilling. Because the land wa … more…
Pa. Residents Sue Gas Driller for Contamination, Health Concerns
Pennsylvania residents whose streams and fields have been damaged by toxic spills and whose drinking water has allegedly been contami … more…
Last Public Hearing on New York’s Gas Drilling Plan Tonight
A hearing tonight in Corning, NY marks the fourth and final public hearing on the state’s environmental review of natural gas drillin … more…
Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?
As New York gears up for a massive expansion of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, state officials have made a potentially troub … more…
Pennsylvania Tells Drilling Company to Clean Up Its Act
After a year of chemical spills, water well contamination and an explosion caused by leaking underground methane, Cabot Oil and Gas C … more…
Public Gets More Time to Comment on New York’s Gas Drilling Plans
Responding to calls from politicians, environmentalists and concerned residents, the New York State Department of Environmental Conse … more…
Does Chesapeake’s No-Drilling Pledge Do Enough to Protect NYC’s Watershed?
Last week, the largest natural gas lease holder in New York state issued two slightly different messages about its plans for drilling … more…
Feisty Audience Tackles Natural Gas Drilling Report
At the first public hearing of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation's review of natural gas drilling, one speaker su … more…
Company Won’t Drill in NYC Watershed
For now, New York City’s water appears to be safe from drilling. Responding to mounting concerns that chemicals from natural gas dril … more…
New York City Hints at Anti-Drilling Stance
As New York State continues to hash out the environmental ramifications of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, anticipation … more…
New York Drilling Study a Step Forward
New York's recently released review of the environmental risks (PDF) posed by natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale offers … more…
With Natural Gas Drilling Boom, Pennsylvania Faces an Onslaught of Wastewater
Nov. 3: This post has been updated.
Workers at a steel mill and a power plant were the first to notice something strange about the … more…
Gas Execs Call for Disclosure of Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing
Two prominent gas industry executives have directly addressed one of the key environmental concerns surrounding the expansion of natu … more…
New York State Paves Way for Gas Drilling With Release of Environmental Review
A long-anticipated draft environmental review laying out proposed laws for natural gas drilling in New York’s Marcellus Shale has be … more…
New York State Drilling Bill Would Override State Regulators to Protect Water
Oil and gas industry representatives have been singing the praises of state environmental regulations in recent weeks as they work to … more…
Natural Gas Drilling Debate Heats Up
Tomorrow a House Natural Resources subcommittee will hold its first hearing of 2009 on controversial issues related to the burgeoning … more…
Natural Gas Politics
Four years after Vice President Dick Cheney spearheaded a massive energy bill that exempted natural gas drilling from federal clean … more…
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