FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — Another dispute has surfaced from the gas-rich ground beneath northern Pennsylvania. A Susquehanna County family filed a federal lawsuit this week against Oklahoma-based WPX Energy, accusing the firm of causing contaminants to seep into their private well as a…

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state judge is ordering a temporary halt to portions of Pennsylvania’s new Marcellus Shale law that limit the power of municipalities to regulate the booming natural gas exploration industry. Judge halts zoning limits in Pa. gas drilling law…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found no evidence that hydraulic fracturing caused ground water contamination in a hamlet in rural Pennsylvania. The finding could be a major impetus to further expansion of the lucrative but controversial practice throughout the country. Hydraulic fracturing,…

Download HB1950 in Word Format Download HB1950 in PDF Format § 2314.  Distribution of fee. (a)  Establishment.‑‑There is established a fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Unconventional Gas Well Fund to be administered by the commission. (b)  Deposit.‑‑All…