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    Massive gas leak in Cambria County set off alarms across Pa.
    Nation, News, PA State News
    Massive gas leak in Cambria County set off alarms across Pa.
    ANYA LITVAK Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Dec 11, 2022
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — For years, Pennsylvania regulators have been concerned that if something like the massive gas leak that raged in Cambria County las...
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    Attempt fails to stop a leaking gas storage well in Cambria County
    News, PA State News
    Attempt fails to stop a leaking gas storage well in Cambria County
    ANYA LITVAK Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Nov 18, 2022
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — On Thursday night, Equitrans Midstream Corp. said its contractors had successfully flooded the troubled Cambria County storage well...
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    Methane rule solves state issue
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Methane rule solves state issue
    Nov 15, 2022
    Methane, a byproduct of oil production and the primary product of natural gas production, has a key role in determining whether the world will be able...
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    Pa.’s shale gas impact fees set to break record this year
    Business, News, PA State News
    Pa.’s shale gas impact fees set to break record this year
    ANYA LITVAK Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Nov 03, 2022
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Revenue from Pennsylvania’s shale gas impact fee collection is on track to yield a record $275 million this year, largely on the ba...
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    Federal teams use Olean area to plan abandoned oil well searches nationwide
    News
    Federal teams use Olean area to plan abandoned oil well searches nationwide
    BOB CLARK Special to The Era 
    Sep 12, 2022
    OLEAN, N.Y. — Federal officials have made three trips to the Olean area to survey for abandoned oil wells. A team from the U.S. Department of Energy’s...
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    Shale well impact fees rise as natural gas prices surge
    PA State News
    Shale well impact fees rise as natural gas prices surge
    LAURA LEGERE Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jun 23, 2022
    Surging natural gas prices could raise Pennsylvania's impact fee revenue from shale gas wells to new highs this year and shrink its effective tax rate...
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    Study: Low-producing oil, gas wells major source of methane leaks
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    Study: Low-producing oil, gas wells major source of methane leaks
    LAURA LEGERE Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Apr 23, 2022
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Low-producing wells pump out just 6% of U.S. oil and gas each year but account for roughly half of the climate-warming methane that...
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    The empty rhetoric of fracking bans
    Opinion, Сolumns
    The empty rhetoric of fracking bans
    SEN. GENE YAW 
    Feb 08, 2022
    HARRISBURG — As the public comment period on the Delaware River Basin Commission’s latest round of anti-fracking regulations winds down, I’m reminded ...
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    Pa. releases final rule to cut methane leaks from oil, gas wells
    Business, News, PA State News
    Pa. releases final rule to cut methane leaks from oil, gas wells
    LAURA LEGERE Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Dec 11, 2021
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Pennsylvania regulators have released a long-awaited final draft of rules to cut releases of smog-forming and climate warming air p...
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    Biden can learn from another old president, Reagan
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Biden can learn from another old president, Reagan
    DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
    Nov 23, 2021
    Joe Biden turned 79 last week. He’s beginning to look his age. The president walks a little more stiffly now. His diction, once clear, sometimes sound...
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    Pa. DEP to study raising oil and gas well plugging bonds
    News, PA State News
    Pa. DEP to study raising oil and gas well plugging bonds
    LAURA LEGERE Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Nov 19, 2021
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will formally study petitions seeking to require oil and gas well owners to...
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    EPA proposes rules targeting methane releases from existing gas sites
    News, PA State News
    EPA proposes rules targeting methane releases from existing gas sites
    LAURA LEGERE Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Nov 05, 2021
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The Biden administration is advancing new rules for oil and gas wells and pipelines that are designed to improve safety and cut dow...
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    A new model for plugging old oil wells in Pa.
    News, PA State News
    A new model for plugging old oil wells in Pa.
    LAURA LEGERE Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/ TNS 
    Oct 18, 2021
    In late September, the Montana-based Well Done Foundation plugged its first orphan oil well in Pennsylvania: a 19th-century relic in McKean County tha...
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    Well Done to plug first orphaned well in Pa.
    News, Online Features
    Well Done to plug first orphaned well in Pa.
    Marcie 
    Sep 25, 2021
    STATE COLLEGE — An orphaned well in a Bradford family’s yard is the first in a series of wells to be plugged through a partnership program of the Well...
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    Environmental groups push Pa. to hike oil/gas bonds for well cleanup
    Business, News
    Environmental groups push Pa. to hike oil/gas bonds for well cleanup
    LAURA LEGERE Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Sep 22, 2021
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — State and national environmental groups are petitioning Pennsylvania’s environmental rule-making board to start requiring oil and g...
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    Thompson introduces bill for oil, gas remediation
    News
    Thompson introduces bill for oil, gas remediation
    Marcie 
    Jul 30, 2021
    WASHINGTON — Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., and Congressman Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., introduced the Plugging Orphan Wells and Environmental ...
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    Forest Service accepting comments on plugging wells
    News
    Forest Service accepting comments on plugging wells
    Marcie 
    Jul 03, 2021
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Allegheny National Forest, is accepting public comments on a proposal to plug eighteen orphaned an...
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    DEP releases 2020 Oil and Gas Annual Report
    News
    DEP releases 2020 Oil and Gas Annual Report
    Marcie 
    Jul 01, 2021
    HARRISBURG — Natural gas production in Pennsylvania increased while new well drilling decreased in 2020, according to the 2020 Oil and Gas Annual Repo...
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    Commit to capping Pa. wells
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Commit to capping Pa. wells
    May 10, 2021
    As the human race takes a beat to consider its relationship with Mother Earth, the next great environmental cleanup in Pennsylvania may be at hand. Bi...
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    Gas wells are critical infrastructure
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Gas wells are critical infrastructure
    BOB CAYTON 
    Feb 17, 2021
    Perception can be a tricky thing. Motivational speaker Wayne Dyer noted, “Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.” Simple...
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    One more Whitmore
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    One more Whitmore
    Family tradition continues at 2025 Big 30 Classic 
    By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    August 1, 2025
    Throughout the years, Evan Whitmore could be found at several Big 30 All-Star Charities Classics in t-shirts of various colors, supporting family memb...
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    ‘Round the Square: A low-key getaway
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: A low-key getaway
    August 1, 2025
    KANE: The Pittsburgh Magazine ran a weekly travel segment July 29 about a "small town on the border of Allegheny National Forest is ideal for anyone l...
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    Lip balm gets thrown in laundry
    Lifestyles
    Lip balm gets thrown in laundry
    August 1, 2025
    Dear Heloise: I love your column and all the great hints that I read daily. I accidentally washed and dried a small tube of lip balm in a load of my c...
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    Big 30 Banquet celebrates Determination, Strength of Character
    Football, Local Sports
    Big 30 Banquet celebrates Determination, Strength of Character
    Jo Wankel 
    July 31, 2025
    The Big 30 All-Star Charities Classic banquet was held Thursday night at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, celebrating this year’s group of ta...
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    Still time to apply: Foundation seeks apps to assist Northeast Potter County
    Local News
    Still time to apply: Foundation seeks apps to assist Northeast Potter County
    July 31, 2025
    SAYRE — The Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers, through its Northeastern Potter Economic Development Association (NEPEDA) Fund, seeks proposals f...
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    Ag Progress Days showcase advanced tech, animal health, invasives
    PA State News
    Ag Progress Days showcase advanced tech, animal health, invasives
    July 31, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — A new initiative aimed at developing emerging and advanced technologies to enhance food production, agricultural ecosystems and natu...
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