The Marcellus Shale region is expansive, stretching from upstate New York through Pennsylvania to West Virginia. It’s an exciting time to live and work in the area. According to the U.S. Energy ...

Houston, Pa., an steel town near Pittsburgh, is epicenter of the exploration boom. Workers stack the steel shafts, used in drilling wells thousands of feet to reach the Marcellus shale, on a farm in ...

WHITELEY, Pa. -- Fishermen are gearing up and hunters are taking aim -- for Marcellus Shale gas drilling. A new coalition of outdoors groups is emerging as a force in the debate over natural gas ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories reflecting on 20 years of gas drilling in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Mount Pleasant Township is among the most appropriately named ...

NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - New York State's proposed new environmental rules allowing drilling for natural gas in the multi-state Marcellus Shale formation face opposition from environmentalists and ...

Feb 17 (Reuters) - The boom in shale natural gas drilling has raised hopes the United States will be able to rely on the cleaner-burning fuel to meet future energy needs. But concerns about its impact ...