Fracking

The plan faced local opposition for years.

Pennsylvania's highest court has delivered a victory for natural gas exploration firms, ruling that the state attorney general's office doesn't have…

On today's program: More people are facing food insecurity, but Dawn Plummer at the Pittsburgh Food Policy Council says some pandemic relief programs are…

Federal and state regulators are investigating a whistleblower’s tip that Shell used defective corrosion coatings on its Falcon pipeline, which will feed…

Pennsylvania Democrats often struggle to stake out a clear position on fracking, and the 2022 Senate race is shaping up to be another case in…

Environmental and public health advocates want the Pennsylvania Department of Health to expand the scope of a pair of studies on fracking and health…

On this week's Explainer:Two different locals of the second-largest union in the U.S. are putting their weight behind two different Pittsburgh mayoral…

Each well drilled using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for oil and gas production creates tens of millions of gallons of wastewater, called produced…

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to allow public comment on permits at 49 fracking waste facilities. The sites include…

Natural gas extraction has had little economic benefit in eight Pennsylvania counties where production has been most active over the last decade,…