The StateImpact Pennsylvania homepage:

http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/

An interactive application tracking Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale wells:

http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/drilling/

How natural gas drilling is straining local government resources:

http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2011/07/11/emergency-services-stretched-in-pennsylvanias-top-drilling-counties/

Pennsylvania lawmakers spent much of the fall and winter debating a bill overhauling the state’s drilling laws and imposing a fee on each natural gas well. We provided daily coverage of the debate, and helped explain what the legislation would mean through detailed reports and interactive features:

http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2011/10/11/mapping-corbetts-impact-fee/

https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2011/11/16/a-closer-look-at-the-senates-impact-fee/

http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2011/11/18/preemption-language-gone-but-pennsylvanias-impact-fee-would-still-limit-local-governments/

How are emergency responders preparing to handle potential well fires? StateImpact Pennsylvania took a look:

http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2011/11/01/pennsylvania-firefighters-prepare-for-the-big-one/

The central theme of StateImpact Pennsylvania is explaining the news. In August, we compared Pennsylvania’s fracking disclosure regulations to other states:

http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2011/08/12/whats-in-the-frack-how-pennsylvanias-chemical-disclosure-rules-stack-up-against-other-states/