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Pa. screening to show shale-gas films

Associated Press PITTSBURGH The Pittsburgh Filmmakers are hosting a screening of short films


Environmentalists, workers seek common ground

Associated Press PITTSBURGH The nation’s largest labor unions are ready and willing to help


OHIO Charges: Man dumped waste from gas drilling

Associated Press DOVER, Ohio Federal prosecutors have charged a man with illegally dumping gas-


Youngstown fracking ban on Nov. ballot exempts some businesses

City voters rejected a similar proposal in May


Newspaper: Chesapeake Energy may deduct portion of impact fees

Associated Press PITTSBURGH Chesapeake Energy has included language in contracts that says it


2nd man guilty in Pa. drilling scheme

Associated Press PITTSBURGH A second man has pleaded guilty to his role in a $2.4 million


Some anti-drilling activists change tactics, tone

Associated Press PITTSBURGH For years, activists have warned that fracking can have disastrous


A Utica Shale slowdown? The play has only just begun experts say.

Still in the exploratory phase some of the Utica’s most important work is quietly taking place


In sign of energy dilemma, Mexico runs low on natural gas

Country remains a major importer, despite vast reserves


Mahoning Valley politics are once again front and center on the national stage

Another charter amendment is bad news for U.S. oil and gas industry


Oil, gas case heading to Ohio top court will spotlight local control

Supreme court will hear arguments about ODNR’s authority


Seismologist: Fracking doesn’t cause earthquakes

Experts, company representatives discuss issues at September conference


Drilling auction seeks to open San Rafael Swell

Push stirs controversy in Utah


Halcon enters into purchase agreements

Halcon enters into purchase agreements HOUSTON Halcon Resources Corp. announced in September


An update on lawmaker action and other activities at the Ohio Statehouse related to horizontal

An update on lawmaker action and other activities at the Ohio Statehouse related to horizontal


Shell Oil pulling up stakes, selling Kansas assets

Company is the latest to give up on the Kansas side of the Mississippian Lime foundation


Pa. well site will be focus of fierce legal battle

XTO storage tanks believed to have leaked 50,000 gallons of brine water


Fracking ban

Fracking ban BOWLING GREEN By a 7-0 vote, the Bowling Green City Council has approved an


After coal, W.Va. push for natural gas trust fund

Goal is to head-off future policy and benefit from the Marcellus in the future


$250M refinery to be built on Lake Erie

Facility will convert gas to synthetic liquids