Deputy Attorney General Clint Woods argued in Barmann's courtroom Thursday morning that there is no dispute the state oil and gas supervisor at the time denied fracking permits, not the governor, and ...

A three-judge panel found challengers lacked standing to oppose over 4,000 drilling permits in the Powder River and Permian basins. Conservation groups failed to convince a federal appeals court they ...

A view of Big Sewickley Creek downstream from PennEnergy’s proposed water withdrawal site shows erosion control (center) and a portion of the project workspace and parking area (gravel and log on ...

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday moved to exert more control over the injection of diesel fuel deep underground to extract oil and natural gas, its first foray into addressing the ...

ALBANY New York's top environmental regulator today said his agency has "absolutely no plans" to issue permits for shale-gas drilling during the state's fiscal year. During a legislative budget ...

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