Michael Rubinkam

Associated Press

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, at podium, speaks during a news conference at Marsh Creek State Park in Downingtown, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. Shapiro filed criminal charges Tuesday against the developer of a problem-plagued pipeline that takes natural gas liquids from the Marcellus Shale gas field to an export terminal near Philadelphia.

Pipeline Developer Charged Over Systematic Contamination

The spill contaminated wetlands, a stream and part of a 535-acre lake.

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Contract Tracing Breach Exposed Private Info for 72,000

Workers “disregarded security protocols."

A stay-at-home order in response to the new coronavirus has meant little traffic on Pittsburgh's busiest streets, as seen with this sparse assortment of cars on the Parkway North during rush hour on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Pittsburgh.

Pa. to Seize Medical Supplies

Officials will be permitted to commandeer N95 face masks, ventilators and other crucial medical equipment.

Chad Butters, founder of Eight Oaks Farm Distillery, poses for a photo at their facility in New Tripoli, Pa., Monday, March 16, 2020. Butters, who grew increasingly angry as he saw the skyrocketing price of hand sanitizer, has decided to do something about it: He's temporarily converting his operation into a production line for the suddenly hard-to-find, gooey, alcohol-based disinfectant.

Distilleries Are Making Hand Sanitizer

Production lines are being converted to make alcohol-based disinfectant.

This Feb. 4, 2018, file photo shows Ray Kemble speaking with reporters outside the Susquehanna County Courthouse in Montrose, Pa. Houston-based Cabot Oil Gas Corp pulled out of settlement talks aimed at resolving its $5 million lawsuit against Kemble whose drinking water was contaminated and who has spent years bashing the energy industry. Cabot says it pulled out of a settlement conference scheduled for Friday, March 6, 2020, because there has been no progress in talks.

Gas Driller Pulls Out of Talks

His drinking water was contaminated and he has spent years bashing the energy industry.

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Pipeline Company Fined $30M, Resumes Construction

Energy Transfer violated numerous regulations during construction of the Revolution pipeline in western Pennsylvania.

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PA to Study Fracking Health Impacts

Pennsylvania's governor is taking action after months of impassioned pleas by the families of pediatric cancer patients who live in the most heavily drilled region of the state.

This file photo from July 14, 2010 shows smoke pouring from the United States Steel Corp.'s Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Pa. A fire at U.S. Steel's massive coke plant outside Pittsburgh knocked a key pollution control system offline Monday, June 17, 2019. It triggered a health warning as officials monitored the air around the plant for signs of a release of toxic sulfur dioxide. It was the second fire since December at the coke works, the largest facility of its kind in the United States. The plant turns coal into coke, one of the raw materials of steel.

2nd Fire at Steel Plant

The second fire in six months at U.S. Steel's massive coke plant outside Pittsburgh knocked a key pollution control system offline for nearly 16 hours.

This May 8, 2019, photo shows Martin Tower in Bethlehem, Pa. The 21-story building, the former global headquarters of defunct steelmaker Bethlehem Steel Corp., is set to be imploded on May 19, 2019.

Steel HQ to be Imploded

A showpiece when it opened in 1972, Martin Tower stood vacant for a dozen years after the steelmaker went out of business.

Ray Kemble, left, and Craig Stevens look through papers outside the Susquehanna County Courthouse in Montrose, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 4, 2018. A gas driller backed off its demand to have Kemble, a Pennsylvania homeowner who’s long accused the company of polluting his water, thrown in jail over his failure to submit to questioning as part of the company’s $5 million lawsuit against him.

Drilling Co. Eases on Throwing Man in Jail

Cabot Oil & Gas states that the man tried to extort the company via a frivolous federal lawsuit accusing the company of polluting drinking water.

In this May 10, 2013, file photo, Cody Wilson holds what he calls a Liberator pistol that was completely made on a 3-D-printer at his home in Austin, Texas. Eight states filed suit Monday, July 30, 2018, against the Trump administration over its decision to allow a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun, contending the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety.

States Suing Over 3D Printed Guns

Eight states contend the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety.

In this May 21, 2018 photo, a barn that can hold up to 4,800 hogs sits at the Will-O-Bett Farm outside Berwick, Pa. Residents who complain about foul smells from the hog operation have taken their fight to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Last Gasp for Hog Farm Suit

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court must now decide whether it will hear the case after plaintiffs filed a last-gasp appeal this month.