WHITELEY, Pa. -- Fishermen are gearing up and hunters are taking aim -- for Marcellus Shale gas drilling. A new coalition of outdoors groups is emerging as a force in the debate over natural gas ...

THE DISCOVERY and development of the Marcellus shale natural gas deposits has been big news in Pennsylvania and neighboring states for several reasons. One is the massive energy resource it represents ...

A Special Report released by the Heritage Foundation in April 2025 has found that New York’s decision to ban the process of hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as “fracking”) for natural gas in 2010 ...

PITTSBURGH — A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a western ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The final report from a landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, found no evidence that chemicals or brine water from the gas drilling process moved upward to ...

Sen. Bob Casey, D-PA, is campaigning against hydraulic fracturing in natural gas drilling by introducing a bill to remove the long-standing exemption in the Safe Drinking Water Act that allows energy ...

Beneath the rolling hills of the Appalachian Basin, an ancient rock formation holds what some are calling America’s greatest untapped energy resource. The Marcellus Shale, formed over 400 million ...

The Pennsylvania Legislature is coming off a busy week during its Regular Session of 2023-24. Here is a look at some of the legislative action taken. The House Environmental Resources and Energy ...