PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, December 3, 2024 (ENS) – The U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have reached settlements with oil and gas operators in the Commonwealth of ...

A new state study found that radioactive fracking waste sent to Pennsylvania landfills poses no risk to the public, but ...

A view of the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, visible from a strip mall parking lot. How much toxic oil and gas waste is produced in Pennsylvania every year, and where does it end up?

Pennsylvania is the nation’s second-largest natural gas producer, yet the Commonwealth does not provide sufficient resources to its Department of Environmental Protection to properly regulate this ...

Siri Lawson and her husband live on a stamp of wooded, hilly land in Warren County, Pennsylvania, nestled in the state’s rural northwest corner. During the summer heat, cars traveling on the county’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (WHTM) — PennEnergy Resources has agreed to a settlement that aims to reduce climate and health-harming emissions in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania is the birthplace of commercial oil production in the U.S.Edwin Drake drilled the first well specifically intended to produce oil in Titusville, which is in the northwestern part of the ...

Gas Prices Today California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida and New York: National average gas prices saw a slight dip on March 27, 2026, despite rising crude oil costs. Commuters across America are ...

Tax time is ahead, and Pennsylvania landowners with oil and gas rights can look forward to a new deduction. State Senate Bill 654, enacted last July, makes a depletion allowance available to more than ...

How much toxic oil and gas waste is produced in Pennsylvania every year, and where does it end up? Despite state efforts to track it, there’s no way to know for sure. For more than a decade, ...