CNX Data Shows “No Material Impact” to Air & Water from Drilling

CNX Resources' Radical Transparency™ program is a first-of-its-kind public-private collaboration announced between CNX and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro in November 2023 (see CNX Signs Deal with PA Gov. to Increase Setbacks, Other Changes). We’re no fans of Josh Shapiro, a guy who repeatedly attacked the Marcellus industry when he was Attorney General, but sometimes you do a deal with the devil to make a point. We think CNX bested Shapiro with its deal. CNX released its first Radical Transparency™ assessment report in August 2024 (see Independent Monitoring of CNX Ops Shows No Public Health Threat). The initial results of nine months of continuous air emissions monitoring at natural gas well sites and compressor stations in southwestern Pennsylvania indicated that CNX natural gas development poses no public health risk. Yesterday, CNX CEO Nick Deluliis told the Department of Environmental Protection's Citizens Advisory Council that a year and a half of air and water monitoring shows “no material impact” to air or water quality from its natural gas development operations.