That's if they're getting fined at all. The new report from PennEnvironment found only 17 percent of violations resulted in penalties, and the median fine was around $5,000.
Shell's ethane cracker may prove to just be an opening act. A new state-commissioned report says that by 2030, Pennsylvania could be a major hub for the nation's petrochemical industry.
A judge has raised concerns over how the state Department of Environmental Protection handled a controversial permit to mine coal under a western Pennsylvania state park.
More than a year ago, a state task force issued nearly 200 suggestions for how to handle Pennsylvania's pipeline construction boom. But the report has largely been collecting dust.
Fracking-induced earthquakes have been detected in neighboring Ohio before, but the five tremors recorded in western Pennsylvania in 2016 are the state's first.
Three environmental groups had appealed to a state Environmental Hearing Board to temporarily block construction on Sunoco's controversial gas pipeline.
According to a new report, Pennsylvanians have filed around 9,000 complaints over the past decade, mostly over water contamination. And that number has increased dramatically in the fracking era.
