Marie Cusick
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Pa. has had a lot of tornadoes this year. But scientists don’t know if there’s a climate change link
Pennsylvania has seen an abnormally high number of tornadoes this year — with more than two dozen confirmed as of last week.
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When a company or government tries to encourage you to do something it wants you to do, that’s called a “nudge.”
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Poll finds most Pennsylvanians think climate change is major public health risk
A majority of Pennsylvanians view the warming climate as a major public health risk, according to a new poll from the Muhlenberg College Public Health Program.
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Three Mile Island will close Sept. 30, as nuclear rescue legislation stalls in Harrisburg
The company had hoped for a state subsidy law to pass by June 1 in order to help keep the plant open, but that doesn’t appear possible in the few legislative voting days left.
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Bipartisan group of legislators reintroduces bills to get Pa. 100% powered by renewable energy
A bipartisan group of state legislators is re-introducing a pair of bills aimed at getting Pennsylvania to have 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.
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The nuclear industry argues the design of the power market is flawed.
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Pennsylvania utility regulator speaks out against state Senate’s nuclear bailout bill
Place: If Three Mile Island is the only plant in trouble right now then the bill is, “quite an expensive solution to the issue.”
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Is Pa. state Senator Gene Yaw out to lunch on key energy issues?
On Thursday Yaw filed a memo seeking co-sponsors for a resolution to ban Pennsylvania’s gas from being transported to Maryland, New Jersey, and New York.
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Citizen climate petition to cap greenhouse gases takes next step in Pa.
Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board voted Tuesday to advance a citizen climate petition aimed at dramatically cutting the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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Political fight begins over bill to rescue Pennsylvania nuclear industry
Members of a state House committee heard arguments for and against a bill to try to keep two of Pa.'s five nuclear plants from closing early.
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Pennsylvania state Sen. Ryan Aument (R-Lancaster) on Wednesday introduced a long-awaited bill aimed at preventing two of the state’s five nuclear plants from retiring early.
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Judge says Grant Township must pay $100,000 in legal bills after injection well dispute
This is a new setback to the Indiana County municipality in efforts to control oil and gas development in the region.
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