Energy
The company that owns Three Mile Island’s Unit 1 reactor will scale back its emergency planning starting in January.
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How Tropical Storm Isaias is connected to climate change
A new field of climate science known as attribution science examines how a warming atmosphere plays a part in individual weather events.
6 years ago
Green stimulus proposal calls for departure from legislative business as usual
As lawmakers debate how to help Pennsylvania’s economy recover from the coronavirus shutdown, environmental groups see an opening for a cleaner future.
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Pa. DEP urged to close ‘loopholes’ in new regulation on VOCs and methane
Cutting VOCs would help environmental justice communities that are disproportionately affected by poor air quality.
6 years ago
This week: Philadelphia schools Superintendent William Hite on reopening schools, the efforts to reform fracking in PA, and the life of a "synth tech."
Air Date: July 20, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:59More sinkholes develop alongside Mariner East construction in Chester County
Residents are asking the Public Utility Commission to shut down construction.
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Trump administration finalizing rollback of rules for landmark environmental law
The NEPA as first enacted in 1970 and mandates federal agencies conduct environmental and public reviews of the impacts of projects like highways, pipelines, and power plants.
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Wolf, legislature draw closer to more tax breaks for the natural gas industry
Lawmakers say Wolf has agreed to a compromise measure to incentivize natural gas manufacturers.
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Despite the two-year effort to bring these findings to light, it’s unclear if the grand jury report will bring about meaningful reforms sought by those who say they’ve harmed.
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Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro says drillers have greater negotiating power. But companies say consumer protection law doesn't cover someone who sells drilling rights.
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Family that lost hundreds of trees to failed pipeline project settles with company, gets land back
Constitution pipeline builder cut 558 trees to make way for line that never got built
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District Attorney so far silent on whether she will re-file case against Energy Transfer employee
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U.S. Department of Energy putting money into coal ‘innovation’ grants
$122 million will go to research into using coal as a base for materials.
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The $225.5 million deal is done. Chicago-based Hilco plans to turn the 1,300-acre site in Southwest Philly into a distribution and logistics center.
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