Protect PT Hosts Nov. 18-19 Online Workshop On Living Near Shale Gas - How To Protect Yourself From Health, Environmental Impacts

The Westmoreland County-based Protect PT will host a two-day online workshop November 18-19 On Living Near Shale Gas - How To Protect Yourself From Health, Environmental Impacts from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. both days.

When it comes to fracking, oil and gas developers don’t discriminate. Meaning: you could be at risk of having a well pad built within 500 feet of your home at any time.

Participants learn about the harms of living near oil and gas development, and ways that you can be proactive to keep you and your loved ones protected.

The Program will include presentations, Q&A sessions and a copy of the Protect PT Home Resource Guide.

Click Here to register and for more information.

Visit the Protect PT website to for more on programs, initiatives, upcoming events and how you can get involved.

-- PA Weekly Oil & Gas Compliance Snapshot - October 24 to 30

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-- DEP Investigates Transfer Of Conventional Well Ownership, Finds Abandoned, Unplugged Well Leaking Gas 10 Feet From Apartment Building In Washington County  [PaEN] 

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-- The Allegheny Front: How A Federal Rollback Of Methane Reduction Rules For Oil & Gas Operations Could Impact Climate, Public Health 

-- Erie Times-News - Brian Whipkey: Conventional Well Plugging Hits Milestone In PA, But Thousands Remain To Be Fixed

-- PennLive: Home Heating Oil Prices Have Doubled Since 2025, As Customers Brace For Winter And High Costs

-- WHYY: President’s Heating Oil Reserve Release Unlikely To Ease Sky-High Prices In Pennsylvania, Experts Say; Heating Oil Price Nearly Doubled Since Last Fall

-- PA Petroleum Distributors Assn: No Change In Handling Of Dyed Diesel Fuel In PA 

-- AP: In His Own Words: President On Gasoline Prices And Energy Costs Since Launching The War With Iran: ‘We’re Making A Freaking Fortune’

-- Bloomberg: President To Ease Oil, Gas Well Methane Curbs In Bid To Lower Costs 

-- Bloomberg: US Natural Gas Price Falls To 6-Month Low On Warm Weather Forecast 

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Just Hit Highest Price Since 2022 On Winter Risks

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why EQT Wants To Acquire Range Resources: Capture Growing Demand For Data Centers, Exports, Cut Operating Expenses $325 Million

-- Fortune: EQT Becomes Nation’s Leading Natural Gas ‘Juggernaut’ With A $13 Billion Deal As A.I. Data Center, Export Demand Surges

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Natural Gas Driller To Acquire Range Resources In $50 Billion All Stock Deal 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: EQT To Buy Range Resources In All Stock Deal

-- TribLive: EQT Moves To Acquire Range Resources In $13 Billion Stock Deal

[Posted: October 29, 2026]  PA Environment Digest