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Energy

An illustration of the Mariner East II pipeline running across PA with drilling fluid leaks creating a dollar sign.
Community
Spotlight PA

Companies behind Mariner East II pipeline paid $42 million in pollution fines to Pennsylvania

$10 million of that total comes from a plea deal the state attorney general’s office brokered with Energy Transfer, but little has gone toward residents directly affected.

2 years ago

A sign reads Philadelphia Gas works
PlanPhilly
Community

PGW gets OK to increase rates

PGW customers’ gas bills go up at the end of November. But the rate increase regulators OK’d is much smaller than what PGW asked for.

2 years ago

A huge foundation for an offshore wind turbine, called a monopile, sits atop wheeled movers in Paulsboro, N.J.
Politics & Policy

Orsted wants out of $300M forfeiture for scrapped New Jersey offshore wind farms

Gov. Phil Murphy reacted angrily when Orsted canceled its two large projects, saying his administration would hold the company accountable to its cancellation obligations.

2 years ago

Hundreds of workers at AC Electric set to go on strike amid contract negotiations. (6abc)
Community

Hundreds of workers at AC Electric go on strike amid contract negotiations

AC Electric says they have a contingency plan ready and say service will not be impacted.

2 years ago

In this Oct. 29, 2008, file photo, a drilling rig used to extract natural gas from the Marcellus Shale, located on a hill above a pond on John Dunn's farm in the Washington County borough of Houston, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania to partner with natural gas driller on in-depth study of air emissions, water quality

State officials are touting the collaboration with CNX Resources Corp. as the first of its kind.

2 years ago

Smokestack at a power plant.
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. court rules climate program is an illegal tax, says state cannot join RGGI

Commonwealth Court said the Department of Environmental Protection did not have the constitutional authority to collect revenue from the program.

2 years ago

Land-based wind turbines turn in Atlantic City
Politics & Policy

Gov. Murphy slams Orsted for ditching offshore wind, company says it was just business

The Danish company says inflation, supply chain issues, and rising interest rates gave them no choice but to pull out of Ocean Wind 1 and 2.

2 years ago

power plant
PlanPhilly
Community

Pa.’s new environmental justice policy doesn’t solve the problem, advocates say

“The community has to have a determining voice,” one critic said. “This policy doesn't do that.”

2 years ago

Smokestack at a power plant
Science

Former N.J. coal-fired power plant being razed to make way for offshore wind electricity connection

The B.L. England power plant, which burned coal and oil over the decades, closed in May 2019, a casualty of the global move away from burning fossil fuels.

2 years ago

Tom Carper, Lisa Blunt Rochester, and Matt Maher with the new EV plugs.
Community

New Castle County’s ‘100 EV Plugs Plan’ advances clean transportation and economic growth

The ‘100 EV Plugs Plan’ uses funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to add electric vehicle charging plugs at parks and libraries.

2 years ago

Listen 1:11
Black or brown hydrogen is extracted from coal. Gray hydrogen is made by heating natural gas. Both create carbon dioxide. Blue hydrogen captures about 90% of that carbon dioxide and stores it, usually underground. Green hydrogen uses renewable energy to split hydrogen out of water using electricity. Pink hydrogen does the same but relies on nuclear power.(Meredith Miotke for NPR)
Urban Planning
The Allegheny Front

Hydrogen is coming to Pennsylvania. Now what?

Analysts say the hydrogen hubs will take at least 10 years and billions more in private money and tax breaks to develop.

2 years ago

File photo: Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks at McKinstry Aug. 15, 2023, in Seattle.
Politics & Policy

Millions of federal dollars could help Pa. build a climate-ready electric grid

PECO, PPL Electric, and Duquesne Light’s plans include floodproofing, adding battery storage, and increasing grid capacity.

2 years ago

Guests tour the five turbines of America's first offshore wind farm, owned by the Danish company, Ørsted, off the coast of Block Island, R.I. Ørsted is being sued over its Ocean Wind 1 project, New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm.
Courts & Law
NJ Spotlight News

Another legal challenge to N.J. offshore wind project

Cape May County, fishing, tourism and conservation groups accuse federal agencies of violating laws.

2 years ago

Cranes frame the Philadelphia skyline at the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Bellwether District at the former PES Refinery site in South Philadelphia in October 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

What to know about the Bellwether District, the giant complex now rising in South Philly

The commercial and industrial complex at the former refinery site is now officially under construction.

2 years ago

truck overturned
Community
6abc

Evacuation recommended for some Doylestown residents after propane truck overturns

According to police, residents near Ferry Road and Old Iron Hill Road are advised to evacuate as of 10:51 a.m.

2 years ago

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