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Updated: May 24, 2023 | 9:24 am

Pa. limited a board’s power to regulate abandoned oil and gas wells. Democrats want to restore it.

The state House panel passed a bill Tuesday that would restore the Environmental Quality Board’s ability to raise bond prices on conventional well drillers.

By Kate Huangpu/Spotlight PA

November 20, 2022 | 6:40 PM

Natural gas leak in western Pa. that released methane for 2 weeks stopped

By Michael Biesecker/ The Associated Press

November 19, 2022 | 7:29 AM

Leak at Pennsylvania gas storage well spewing methane again

Pennsylvania environmental regulators issued the company notice of five potential violations of state law

By Michael Biesecker and Michael Rubinkam/The Associated Press

April 25, 2021 | 10:59 AM

Infrastructure money could aid push to plug oil, gas wells in Pennsylvania

The state’s orphan well plugging program has been underfunded for decades, but it is primed to take advantage of an influx of cash.

By Laura Legere and Anya Litvak/Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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Pa. limited a board’s power to regulate abandoned oil and gas wells. Democrats want to restore it.

Natural gas leak in western Pa. that released methane for 2 weeks stopped

Leak at Pennsylvania gas storage well spewing methane again

Infrastructure money could aid push to plug oil, gas wells in Pennsylvania