Earth First Shuts Down Drilling Site in Moshannon State Forest
Update 9:30 pm: A blockade against natural gas drilling at a well site in Moshannon State Forest that began Sunday morning has been dismantled by police, according to protestors. Witnesses say police...
View ArticlePennsylvania Utility Wants Customers To Help It Switch To Marcellus Gas
A Pennsylvania natural gas provider wants its customers to help foot the bill for pipelines that would enable it to purchase and distribute more gas produced from the Marcellus Shale. Equitable Gas’...
View ArticleEQT And Consol Bid To Drill At Pittsburgh-Area Airports
Two companies – EQT and Consol – have submitted bids to drill for natural gas at Pittsburgh International Airport and Allegheny County Airport. Allegheny County owns the land at both facilities, and...
View ArticleEQT Buys Marcellus Shale Holdings From Chesapeake
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports EQT Corp. has announced it’s spending $113 million to buy approximately 99,000 acres of land holdings in southwestern Pennsylvania from the state’s top gas driller,...
View ArticleEQT Uses New Pooling Law To Sue Landowners
The Pittsburgh Tribune Review reports EQT Corp. has filed a lawsuit against Allegheny County landowners, citing a new law that gives drilling companies the power to combine land parcels into drilling...
View ArticleAggressive Tactic on the Fracking Front
For the last eight years, Pennsylvania has been riding the natural gas boom, with companies drilling and fracking thousands of wells across the state. And in a little corner of Washington County, some...
View ArticleDEP seeks record fine against gas driller as AG files criminal charges
Pennsylvania regulators are seeking a record $4.5 million fine against EQT Corp. for a major leak from an impoundment pond in Tioga County, the Department of Environmental Protection said Tuesday in a...
View ArticleWolf nominates EQT executive to Public Utility Commission
Governor Wolf has chosen EQT executive Andrew Place to serve as a commissioner on the state Public Utility Commission. Place is currently the corporate director for energy and environmental policy at...
View ArticleWolf aide married to gas industry lobbyist may be violating Pa.’s ethics law
When anti-fracking activist Scott Cannon’s invitation to serve on Governor Tom Wolf’s Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force was rescinded last July, emails soon surfaced showing Gov. Wolf’s special...
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