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Fenceline monitoring: A way to monitor well pad emissions for public health

PITTSBURGH – Fenceline monitoring is a way to monitor emissions from well pads and other gas industry sites. It’s been talked about in West Virginia for several years, though the state has done nothing about it. Several experts talked about its potential benefits, its limitations and ...

Former NSA director: Shale gas boom has boosted national security

PITTSBURGH – Admiral Michael Rogers – former director of the National Security Agency and commander of the U.S. Cyber Command – closed the two-day Shale Insight Conference by looking a the shale boom from his perch: national security. His wife hails from Pennsylvania, he said, and he ...

Internet company announces broadband backbone through WV

CHARLESTON — A communications infrastructure company announced plans to build a fiber backbone across West Virginia, likely increasing internet access in some of the state’s rural communities. The announcement by Zayo Group was made at the state Capitol along with Gov. Jim Justice, ...