May 24, 2023Nate Smallwood / For Spotlight PAPa. limited a board’s power to regulate abandoned oil and gas wells. Democrats want to restore it.by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA
May 11, 2023Nate Smallwood / For Spotlight PAFederal money won’t be enough to solve Pa.’s abandoned oil and gas well problem, advocates sayby Kate Huangpu
Nov. 3, 2022Jose F. Moreno/ Philadelphia InquirerWolf signs hastily passed $2 billion tax package that encourages natural gas production in Pa.by Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA
Oct. 24, 2022TOM GRALISH / Philadelphia InquirerAs Nov. 8 election approaches, Wolf and Pa. lawmakers look to push through massive tax incentives for natural gasby Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA
Aug. 5, 2022TYGER WILLIAMS / Philadelphia InquirerCritics call water quality bill moving through Pa. legislature a back door to privatizationby Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA
July 6, 2022Photo ProvidedMeet Ashad Hajela, rural affairs reporter for Spotlight PA State Collegeby Ashad Hajela of Spotlight PA State College
June 28, 2022Jelani Splawn / For Spotlight PAPa. waited more than 2 years to test wells after finding nearby contamination. Now this neighborhood wants answers.by Adam Smeltz for Spotlight PA State College
Dec. 2, 2021TOM GRALISH / Philadelphia InquirerThe Pennsylvania Wilds is known for quiet. Residents worry fighter jet training will disturb the silence.by Ethan Edward Coston of Spotlight PA
June 29, 2021HEATHER KHALIFA / Philadelphia InquirerPhiladelphia and Pittsburgh move ahead with plastic bag bans as Pennsylvania’s preemption nears its endby Lindsay Weber for Spotlight PA
April 26, 2021MICHAEL BRYANT / Philadelphia InquirerSunoco failed to disclose some risks of Mariner East pipeline, was ‘negligent’ in response to concerns, judge rulesby Rebecca Moss of Spotlight PA
Dec. 22, 2020MICHAEL BRYANT / Philadelphia InquirerReform of secrecy law for Pa. utilities faces long odds despite agreement that it’s a problemby Rebecca Moss of Spotlight PA
Oct. 23, 2020MICHAEL BRYANT / Philadelphia InquirerSecrecy law for Pa. utilities gets boost in court ruling sidelining public records agencyby Rebecca Moss of Spotlight PA
Oct. 15, 2020STEVEN M. FALK / Philadelphia InquirerAlong Mariner East pipelines, secrecy and a patchwork of emergency plans leave many at risk and in the darkby Rebecca Moss of Spotlight PA
Oct. 15, 2020STEVEN M. FALK / Philadelphia InquirerEmergency plans fail to consider complexity of Mariner East pipelines, and those most at risk in an accidentby Rebecca Moss of Spotlight PA
Oct. 15, 2020Michael Bryant / Philadelphia InquirerINTERACTIVE: Explore the Mariner East pipeline system and its historyby Dan Simmons-Ritchie and Rebecca Moss of Spotlight PA
July 13, 2020Anthony Pezzotti / Philadelphia InquirerDamning report on Pa.’s failure to protect residents from fracking unlikely to result in major reformby Rebecca Moss of Spotlight PA