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Energy

A bus leaves the Midvale depot in Nicetown
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA gas plant in Nicetown up for permit renewal

The first permit approval sparked intense opposition from residents and activists. Now some are calling for more air monitoring.

3 years ago

The 3500 block of Miller Street in Philadelphia's Port Richmond neighborhood was the scene of an explosion that destroyed three houses on New Year's Day.
PlanPhilly
Community

PGW says its gas lines did not cause the Port Richmond explosion. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t gas

The investigation into the New Year’s Day explosion is ongoing. Early results don’t point to PGW’s gas lines, but gas still could have been the cause.

3 years ago

Listen 1:12
A group of people stand around a podium, some holding signs. The ocean is visible in the background.
Community

Groups seek probe of N.Y.-N.J. whale deaths amid wind power prep

Dead whales have been found in Atlantic City, Strathmere and Keansburg in New Jersey, and Rockaway Beach and Amagansett, New York.

3 years ago

An electric charge is plugged into a charging station, next to a sign that reads,
Community

Chester County wants to convert vehicle fleet to electric and install charging stations

Chester County leaders want to make more progress on its Climate Action Plan in 2023 to drastically cut its greenhouse gas emissions.

3 years ago

A group of cars line up at charging stations
Politics & Policy

Delaware could join California in 2035 ban on sales of gas-powered cars

Supporters and opponents weighed in on the plans to phase out sales of gas-powered cars during a series of workshops over the past two months.

3 years ago

Smoke rises from factory chimneys.
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Top stories of 2022: Pa. pushes climate measures forward, meets delays and lawsuits

Pennsylvania finished regulations to join a carbon-trading program and to limit oil and gas site emissions in 2022.

3 years ago

View of power lines.
NPR
Weather

Intense cold strained, but didn’t break, the U.S. electric grid. That was lucky

An intense cold snap caused rolling blackouts in some regions. But a more profound catastrophe didn't unfold, thanks partly to good fortune.

3 years ago

The Covanta incinerator, a waste-to-energy facility that burns trash from Delaware County, Philadelphia, New York City, in Chester, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Coming 2023: Delaware County’s first zero waste report. Will it address incinerator use?

Delco will make the report public in the first quarter of '23. The big question is what it will say — if anything — about the county’s use of incineration in Chester.

3 years ago

A car and trees are covered in snow.
Weather

Winter storm batters U.S. power, snarling Christmas travel

A battering winter storm has knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the United States.

3 years ago

File: A view inside the control room at PJM Interconnection, which operates the electric grid for 65 million people in 13 states and the District of Columbia. (Courtesy of PJM Interconnection)
Weather

Turn it off: Electricity operator PJM asks customers to conserve energy

As temperatures across the Delaware Valley stay below freezing, electricity grid operator PJM Interconnection is asking customers to conserve energy through Dec. 25 at 10 a.m.

3 years ago

New EV charging stations in Camden County can charge 2 cars at once, as seen at Camden County College’s William G. Rohrer Center off of Rt. 70 in Cherry Hill, N.J. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Camden County nearly doubles the capacity of its EV charging network

Camden County upgrades charging stations first installed in 2013, as more people consider electric vehicles. It also added 10 new stations.

3 years ago

U.S. Postal Service electric vehicles are seen as Postmaster General of the United States of America Louis DeJoy announces the Postal Service will sharply increase the number of electric-powered delivery trucks in its fleet and will go all-electric for new purchases starting in 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Community

Postal Service commits to 100% electric vehicle replacement beginning in 2026

After facing lawsuits and protests over plans to purchase new gas guzzlers, the USPS commits to all new EVs beginning in 2026.

3 years ago

Fusion Power Update, NIF
The Pulse
Science

Why the nuclear fusion ‘net energy gain’ is more hype than breakthrough

What does this “breakthrough” actually mean and why some are calling it a ‘scam.’

3 years ago

Delmarva linemen at work
Community

Delmarva Power proposes ‘one of the largest’ rate hikes in its history

Delmarva Power has filed an application with the state’s Public Service Commission to increase its electric distribution rate by $72.3 million.

3 years ago

The multi-billion dollar National Ignition Facility has used 192 laser beams to create net energy from a tiny pellet of nuclear fuel. (Damien Jemison/LLNL/NNSA)
NPR
Science

U.S. reaches a fusion power milestone. Will it be enough to save the planet?

For the first time ever in a laboratory, researchers were able to generate more energy from fusion reactions than they used to start the process.

3 years ago

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