Reid Frazier

STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - Spreading oil and gas wastewater has been a common and cheap way for municipalities to suppress dust on unpaved roads in parts of Pennsylvania for years.

Natural gas has replaced coal as the country's top power source. But it's also causing problems for another source of energy.

STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - A coalition of anti-fracking groups says Gov. Tom Wolf should pay more attention to the health impacts of fracking, and that he’s “turned his back” on people who say they’ve suffered from the state’s natural gas industry.

STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will spend $55 million on abandoned mine cleanup projects around the state.

STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - As low natural gas prices force more coal and nuclear plants to retire, the grid operator for 65 million customers in the mid-Atlantic region says it will look at whether it’s becoming more susceptible to outages forced by extreme weather or cyber-attack.

STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - The natural gas boom was supposed to help the electric sector lower its carbon footprint by replacing old, carbon dioxide-spewing coal plants with newer, lower-emitting natural gas plants. And to a degree, that’s happened. As coal plants have retired, carbon emissions from the power sector have decreased.

STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - A dispute over a local law that opens up much of a Pittsburgh suburb to oil and gas drilling has made it to a Westmoreland County courtroom.

STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - Pennsylvania announced approval of $25 million in funding for cleanup of abandoned mines at 12 sites around the state.

Fracking may have been born in the U.S., but there are shale gas reserves in dozens of other countries. Will these countries say yes or no to fracking? Shanti Gamper-Rabindran a University of Pittsburgh professor and editor of The Shale Dilemma, sat down for an interview about the topic.

STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - A majority of Pennsylvanians still support the natural gas industry, but a new opinion poll shows the number of people concerned about its environmental impact is growing.