A Greene County man charged last year with illegally dumping millions of gallons of Marcellus Shale wastewater, sewer sludge and restaurant slop throughout southwestern Pennsylvania, has reached a plea agreement with the state attorney general's office. (Yesterday)

HARRISBURG -- The state Department of Environmental Protection Thursday said it has fined gas driller Chesapeake Appalachia a total of $565,000 for major violations at three Marcellus Shale sites that occurred since 2010, including a well blowout in Bradford County last April that took five days to secure. (02/10/2012)

Describing the drilling process as environmentally sound, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Thursday championed natural gas production in a city that banned the practice more than a year ago. (02/10/2012)

PPG Industries has been selling house paint high in lead content in the African nation of Cameroon for years, and although it says it stopped production of that paint late last year, it has rejected a request that it recall or accurately label its lead paints now selling in stores there. (02/06/2012)

Wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa, a Spanish company with a manufacturing plant in Ebensburg, Cambria County, is working with the Department of Energy to transform wind power technology, making it cheaper and more reliable. If the project is successful, it could lead to the next generation of wind turbines, officials said. (02/06/2012)