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The recent announcement by Shell Chemical, that it plans to build an ethane cracker near Pittsburgh, figures to be a huge boon for the economy in Western…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wrvo/local-wrvo-981997.mp3The front line of the controversial expansion of natural gas drilling isn’t…

In case you missed it, This American Life producer Sarah Koenig dedicated the entire July 8 episode to hydrofracking and the effect that natural gas…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wrvo/local-wrvo-975206.mp3Two gas wells in northeastern Pennsylvania have set records for gas driller…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wrvo/local-wrvo-973586.mp3The state is still writing rules for natural gas drilling. But local banks…

Just south of the state line, thousands of gallons of contaminated water have spilled from a natural gas well in northern Pennsylvania.A blowout near the…

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection employees testifying in a lawsuit have provided more ammunition to residents and environmental…

As hydrofracking lands back on the front page, a question about testing water for contamination landed in the Innovation Trail inbox. One of our readers…

Dimock, Pennsylvania has become a shorthand term for problems with drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale. Gas driller Cabot has been accused of…