StateImpact Pennsylvania returns to the small town of Towanda, where four years ago, fracking was pumping big money into the local economy. But how are residents faring now that the boom has turned bust?
Novelist Jennifer Haigh has written about the legacy of the energy industry in Pennsylvania for more than a decade. Now she's back with a new book that explores the promise and perils of fracking.
According to a new report from the Center for Public Integrity, hundreds of rural Pennsylvanians are enduring contaminated well water they blame on fracking. And getting help from state regulators often proves a frustrating fight.
To meet pollution requirements for its new petrochemical plant, Shell plans to buy emissions credits from power plants that have been closed for years. And yes, that's legal.
We get a preview of a new exhibit from a collective of photographers that has been documenting the lives and landscapes transformed by Pennsylvania's fracking boom.
Governor Wolf's environmental chief resigned last Friday following a controversy over an angry, expletive-filled email he sent to environmental groups. But the email scandal may just have been the final nail in the coffin for Quigley.
Increasingly, gas companies are invoking eminent domain to secure rights-of-way for new pipelines. But is this the way eminent domain is supposed to work?
In the wake of the drilling boom, Pennsylvania is now seeing a boom in natural gas pipeline construction. But last week's explosion has some Pennsylvanians raising big questions about pipeline safety.
Though earthquakes caused by fracking are rare, a series of small quakes in the heart of Pennsylvania's drilling country has again raised questions about the links between earthquakes and fracking.
