A five-year government study released Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency found no "widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water" from unconventional well drilling.
As the U.S. gears up for its peak season for road travel, drivers are being treated to lower gas costs.
Historians will view the early 21st Century as the time when America reversed its geographical energy deficit to become the world's leading oil and natural gas producer... overcoming the federal policies of an opposition president.
A Republican lawmaker is looking to encourage more oil and gas companies to use treated water from coal mines in their fracking operations.
Pennsylvania environmental regulators say they got more public feedback early last year on their proposal to update rules for oil and gas operations than on most rules on any topic the Department of Environmental Protection had proposed in the past.
Former Gov. Tom Corbett and state lawmakers could have saved some time simply by calling an impact fee on the natural gas industry a tax.
If Gov. Tom Wolf's severance tax is adopted as proposed, Pennsylvania would likely carry the highest effective tax rate among gas-producing states in the country, the director of the state's Independent Fiscal Office testified on Monday.
When you think about Marcellus Shale natural gas development in Pennsylvania, Shady Maple Farm Market and Smorgasbord is probably not what comes to mind.
Shell Chemicals officials Thursday praised the proposed location of their potential Beaver County petrochemical facility, and promised to work with the community to be good neighbors if they come.
Pennsylvania now rivals the world's major energy producing countries, according to a ranking published today by API.
