Energy
Chesapeake Energy plans to file for bankruptcy, Reuters reports
The company led the land rush into Northeast Pennsylvania at the start of the fracking boom.
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Surveys set to begin for second wind farm off N.J.
Ocean floor surveying will be getting underway off the southern New Jersey coast as part of a second major offshore wind project planned for New Jersey.
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The coal industry was already struggling. Now it’s getting hammered by coronavirus.
Since the coronavirus hit the U.S., coal mines across the country have begun shutting down, laying off workers and slowing production. Bankruptcies loom over the industry.
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N.J. commits $45M to electrify heavy-duty vehicles used in cities
The DEP will focus investments in environmental justice communities, converting old diesel trucks, buses, port equipment, marine vessels and trains to electric power.
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How modern emissions compare to ancient, extinction-level events
Many of Earth’s most severe extinction crises have coincided with some of its largest volcanic events.
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Philly warns of odors wafting from shuttered refinery this week
Crews are removing mercaptan from the site, the odor used to make natural gas leaks smelly.
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A website about the U.S. electricity grid offers a mesmerizing way to pass the time productively
While millions of Americans hunker down, work from home, and try to stay busy and entertained amid a pandemic, much of our infrastructure hums along as normal, unseen and unap
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PGW wants to raise rates by 11 percent, to cover cost of new pipes
The increase would generate an extra $70 million a year the utility says is needed to help replace dangerous, old cast iron pipes.
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Pennsylvania raises alarms on transfer of radioactive Three Mile Island reactor
DEP asks the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to slow down the review of a license transfer due to the coronavirus emergency.
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Listen 1:56EPA rolls back air regulations for waste coal plants in western Pa., W.Va.
Mercury rule exemption applies to three plants in Pennsylvania, one in West Virginia
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N.J., DRBC call on FERC for new environmental review of PennEast
PennEast’s decision to build pipeline in two phases has reignited objections to project, rekindled concerns that have been seething for years
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How some of Pa.’s public utility companies are adjusting during COVID-19
StateImpact Pennsylvania reporter Susan Phillips talks to `Morning Edition’ host Jennifer Lynn about COVID-19’s effect on power, water, and gas companies.
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Listen 5:30Federal agency said new policy doesn't mean facilities can exceed allowed pollution limits
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State environmental regulator cancels public hearings due to COVID-19
The state Department of Environmental Protection canceled seven public hearings
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Gov. Wolf vetoes natural gas tax-break bill
Proponents say the economic impact of the new coronavirus pandemic should boost efforts to override the veto.
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