A 20th anniversary of anything is an occasion for reflection and stock-taking, and on Wednesday, leaders in the commonwealth’s energy, policy and business industries discussed where the energy industry is headed amid what they believe are strong tailwinds coming from Washington, D.C. At ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last in a series of stories reflecting on 20 years of gas drilling in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Renz No. 1 was enshrouded in doubt 20 years ago, when Range Resources was attempting to unleash natural gas from the well through hydraulic fracturing. Workers had ...
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories reflecting on 20 years of gas drilling in Southwestern Pennsylvania. CECIL – When Cecil Township’s board of supervisors has its monthly meetings and the subjects are standard fare like subdivision plans, pavement maintenance, ...
By Veronica Coptis The natural gas economy has had its chance. For more than a decade, our region’s decision makers have lavished shale gas drillers with tax cuts and other publicly-funded subsidies. We’ve put up with fracking and waste injection, even as our friends and neighbors got ...
