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Down the Shore
Community

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.

6 years ago

Coal is piled up at the the Blaschak Coal Corporation pit mine
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

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.

6 years ago

Dump truck
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

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.

6 years ago

FirstEnergy’s Hatfield Ferry coal plant in Greene County closed in 2013 amid poor market conditions, helping Pennsylvania to meet its emissions targets under the federal Clean Power Plan. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

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.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

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.

6 years ago

(Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

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

6 years ago

A sign reads Philadelphia Gas works
Money

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.

6 years ago

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 28, 1979 file photo, a Pennsylvania state police officer and plant security guards stand outside the closed front gate to the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pa. after the plant was shut down following a partial meltdown. (AP Photo/Paul Vathis)
Science

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.

6 years ago

Listen 1:56
A view of the Colver Power Project in Cambria County. (Courtesy of the Appalachian Region Independent Power Producers Association)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

EPA 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

7 years ago

The DEP wants a new environmental impact statement for both phases of the project. (Creative Commons)
Community
NJ Spotlight

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

7 years ago

A crew cleans up Darby Creek in Chester County, Pa. (Kim Paynter)
Science

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.

7 years ago

Listen 5:30
The state Department of Environmental Protection added air-quality monitors outside Erie Coke in July. One is seen on Sept. 11, 2019. (Ed Mahon / PA Post)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

EPA relaxes enforcement because of COVID-19, but state and local governments do most oversight for major federal laws

Federal agency said new policy doesn't mean facilities can exceed allowed pollution limits

7 years ago

In this file photo, Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2, 2018 after sinkholes opened in the area. That caused one of the ME2 project's many delays. (Marie Cusick / WITF)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

State environmental regulator cancels public hearings due to COVID-19

The state Department of Environmental Protection canceled seven public hearings

7 years ago

In this April 23, 2010 photo, a Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site is seen near Burlington, Pa., in Bradford County. (Ralph Wilson/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

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.

7 years ago

Construction of the Mariner East 2 in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, August 2018. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Mariner East construction back on after waiver requests approved

The Wolf administration has granted all of Energy Transfer's waiver requests.

7 years ago

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