Energy

The city is still evaluating the environmental impacts of burning trash versus landfilling it, the Office of Clean and Green director said.

Dozens of data centers are planned for the Philly region. Some lawmakers want to put up guardrails, while others want to speed their development.

Stanford University researchers estimate rising gasoline prices will cost American families an extra $850 this year, zeroing out any expected tax refunds.

The stalemate comes one day after PECO filed a rate hike request with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

The utility wants to raise its rates for electricity customers and suburban natural gas users. The CEO of PECO's parent company, Exelon, made more than $15.6 million in 2025.

New Jersey has partnered with Revive Environmental to remove and destroy 150,000 gallons of aqueous film forming foam.

The National Consumer Law center said that about a quarter of all U.S. households sacrificed food and medicine to pay for their energy bills in 2024.

The bill aims to shield households and small businesses from electric bill hikes caused by large data centers.

It’s the first time a Pennsylvania utility agreed to shield average ratepayers from data center costs. Data centers will pay $11 million for low-income rate relief.

TerraPower Isotopes will manufacture a rare, radioactive isotope for use in developing cancer treatments.

Philadelphia relies on libraries as heating and cooling centers, but they frequently close due to heat or air conditioning issues.

The site’s former operators will pay $11.4 million to pay for the cleanup. Plans to build townhomes on the site remain in limbo.

Some customers in the Philly area pay as much as 20% of their monthly electric bill to company profits, according to a report. An industry group calls the report misleading.

Piles of scrap metal burned for more than 24 hours in the Delaware Bay. The barge is owned by the Camden scrapyard EMR, which will be taking the cargo.

The new requirements don’t apply to data center projects already in the works in New Castle County.