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, waiting for its environmental agency to hash out final drilling regulations so companies can take advantage of the vast gas reserves buried there.
But now some of those expectations can shift to New York’s neighbor to the south, Pennsylvania, where Gov. Edward Rendell has announced that the Department of Environmental Protection will nearly double its enforcement staff, open a new office closer to … 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, … more…
Stricter Rules for Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Land
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has changed the procedures the Bureau of Land Management must follow before leasing federal land for oil … more…
Montana Gas and Oil Regulatory Actions on the Rise
Last week, ProPublica rolled out a database tracking natural gas drilling and regulation in each of the 32 drilling states in the … more…
Natural Gas Drilling: What We Don’t Know
It takes brute force to wrest natural gas from the earth. Millions of gallons of chemical-laden water mixed with sand -- under enough … more…
Interactive: Search Gas Drilling Data in Your State
As part of our report on the strain that the nationwide boom in gas drilling has placed on state regulators, we collected and … more…
State Oil and Gas Regulators Are Spread Too Thin to Do Their Jobs
Larry Parrish knew something was wrong as soon as he wheeled his state-owned pickup off the West Virginia highway and onto the rocky … more…
Drilling Wastewater Disposal Options in N.Y. Report Have Problems of Their Own
Dec. 29: This story has been updated and clarified.
A version of this story is being published by the Albany … 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, … more…
New York City Calls for Drilling Ban in Watershed, Rejects State Study
After months of warning signs, New York City officials have called for a ban on natural gas drilling within the city’s … more…
A Fracking Mischaracterization
The headline on Tuesday’s editorial in Investor’s Business Daily – “Get the Frackin’ Gas” – is both clever and on the mark. The … more…
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