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In 2015 Wolf met with elected officials and landowners from Wayne County to discuss the moratorium on natural gas development in the Delaware River Basin. Several people in the meeting say he offered to help them open up the region to drilling, if they would help him enact a severance tax.

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Landowners: Wolf suggested opening Delaware River Basin to gas drilling in 2015

9 years ago

$Dan Plummer fishes for trout in the Delaware River, Delaware County New York. The Delaware River Basin Commission has proposed a ban on fracking along the river.$

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Science

DRBC confirms it will consider banning fracking in basin

9 years ago

An easement where Sunoco Pipeline is preparing for construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline. A homeowners group is asking a court to halt construction in that location until Sunoco comes up with a plan to mitigate contaminated soil on the site. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact)

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Science

Homeowners say Sunoco breached protective order during pipeline construction

9 years ago

The Delaware River flows along the Pennsylvania side at the Delaware Water Gap.

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Science

AP: DRBC planning to propose permanent fracking ban

9 years ago

An orange fence separates a Delaware County development from a right-of-way for the Mariner East 2 pipeline.

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Science

Sunoco contractors challenge residents’ presence on pipeline right-of-way

9 years ago

A flare stack puts out a flame at a refinery near an area hit by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Port Arthur, Texas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Money

Summer gas requirements waived in face of Harvey damage

The Environmental Protection Agency has ended summer fuel requirements early for states affected by fuel disruptions due to Hurricane Har ...

9 years ago

Urban Planning

Atlantic City seeks ‘microgrid’ to reduce impact of citywide power outages

Although it was spared the devastation Superstorm Sandy wrought on other seaside towns further north, Atlantic City still lost power for ...

9 years ago

Science

Atlantic City seeks ‘microgrid’ to reduce impact of citywide power outages

Although it was spared the devastation Superstorm Sandy wrought on other seaside towns further north, Atlantic City still lost power for ...

9 years ago

View of Arkema's Texas plant. (Bing Maps)

Health

King of Prussia company responds to chemical fire, explosions at its Texas plant

Following the flood brought in by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, a chemical silo belonging to the company Arkema exploded early Thursday morn ...

9 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Science

Harvey-level damage probably won’t happen in Philadelphia, but intense flooding already does

9 years ago

Money

Impact from Harvey to be felt as higher gas prices in the Mid-Atlantic region

Get ready for a big jump in gasoline prices because of the flooding in Texas. Tom Kloza, global energy analyst at the Oil Price In ...

9 years ago

Protesters armed with signs fill the bleachers at Pine Belt Arena in Toms River, where the New Jersey Pinelands Commission held a public hearing on the Southern Reliability pipeline through Burlington and Ocean counties. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)

Urban Planning

Proposed natural gas pipeline in South Jersey receives key approval

A proposed natural gas pipeline denounced by environmentalists is one step closer to becoming a reality in South Jersey. On Tuesda ...

9 years ago

Gov. Carney signed an executive order to create a working group to examine the possibility of offshore wind in Delaware.(Zoë Read/WHYY)

Science

Delaware takes another try at offshore wind [video]

Gov. Carney signed an executive order to explore the possibility of offshore wind in Delaware. Gov. John Carney, D-Delaware, ...

9 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Congressman Frank Pallone warns that ocean drilling could lead to an oil spill

New Jersey officials are standing up against President Donald Trump’s offshore oil drilling proposal. Congressman Frank Pall ...

9 years ago

Politics & Policy

Christie tells Trump White House ‘no’ on coastal energy

Gov. Chris Christie is telling the Trump administration that New Jersey is opposed to proposed natural gas and oil exploration off the st ...

9 years ago

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