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Energy

Wolf speaks to reporters after an event in Camp Hill on Nov. 13. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Wolf says he’s unaware of any wrongdoing in Mariner East pipeline permitting process

Wolf said he was surprised when he began hearing reports of an FBI corruption investigation into permits his administration issued for a major natural gas pipeline.

6 years ago

In this Oct. 22, 2019 file photo, pipes lay along a construction site on the Mariner East pipeline in a residential neighborhood in Exton, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

FBI opens corruption investigation into Pa.’s approval process of Mariner East pipeline

FBI agents have interviewed current or former state employees in recent weeks about the Mariner East project and the construction permits.

6 years ago

Nozzles pump gas into vehicles at a BP gas station. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Money

Gas prices rise at the Jersey Shore

AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded was $2.59 in New Jersey last week, up two cents from the previous week.

6 years ago

South Philly resident Carol White and other members of Philly Thrive block the entrance to a public meeting about the refinery Thursday evening. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Activists take over meeting on Philly refinery cleanup, demand public involvement

Tired of being left out of the process, protesters refused to let public meetings on cleaning up the refinery site move ahead.

6 years ago

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Court ruling takes N.J. 'a step closer to permanently stopping a gas pipeline we don’t need,'’ said one critic. (Creative Commons/NJ Spotlight)
Courts & Law
NJ Spotlight

Have feds delivered death blow to PennEast Pipeline project?

PennEast Pipeline LLC suffered a potentially huge setback when a federal court Tuesday denied the company’s bid to rehear a case.

6 years ago

The Energy Co-op is expanding its renewable natural gas service area to Philadelphia. The fuel comes from methane captured at landfills. (Bigstock/JKLS photography)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphians can opt for renewable natural gas come January

The Energy Co-op is expanding its renewable natural gas service area to Philadelphia. The fuel comes from methane captured at landfills.

6 years ago

On a tour of the energy facilities in Salem Township, Forbes Road Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bob Rosatti stops at a Mariner East 2 construction site. The Slickville Volunteer Fire Department would have jurisdiction over an incident here, but the Forbes Road department — just six miles south — would provide mutual aid, Rosatti said. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

In court, seven people who live near Mariner East pipelines will urge a regulator to stop the project for good. It might be their last chance

Almost a year after lines opened, residents will say the project remains a risk to public safety.

7 years ago

solar panels
Down the Shore
Urban Planning

Shore town approves N.J.’s largest solar farm on Superfund site

A sprawling solar farm could soon become operational on an Ocean County Superfund site that's roughly the size of Hoboken. 

7 years ago

Heavy rains flood a trench where the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline is being installed August 22, 2018 in Lebanon County. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

New federal pipeline safety rules draw praise from industry, scorn from critics

New federal rules on pipeline safety are being praised by the oil and gas industry but dismissed by pipeline critics in Pennsylvania as unlikely to make pipelines any safer.

7 years ago

(Katie Meyer/WITF)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Activists urge Gov. Wolf, again, to shut down the Mariner pipelines

They’re pointing to sinkholes and contaminated wells they’ve seen throughout the building process, and say they’re worried about explosions.

7 years ago

Kristen Kulinowski (left), interim executive of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, and Supervisory Invetigator Lauren Grim, talk about the causes and results of the June 21 fire and explosion at Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Chemical Safety Board says PES refinery explosion ‘did not have to happen’

The Chemical Safety Board says if recommendations made after a California refinery explosion had been followed, the South Philly site might not have burned.

7 years ago

A video still shows the 38,000-pound vessel that flew across the Schuylkill River when the third explosion occurred at 4:22 a.m. (Credit: Global News)
Community

Faulty, old pipe caused PES refinery explosion, sending a bus-size piece of debris flying across Schuylkill

A federal investigation blames faulty, old pipe for the explosion and fire at the South Philly refinery. Hydrofluoric acid was released in the blast.

7 years ago

(@donoteat1/Twitter)
PlanPhilly
Community

Neighbors watch warily as PES oil trains make last rounds

Nearly four months after the South Philadelphia refinery complex shut down following a massive explosion, the rail cars used to haul oil are on the road.

7 years ago

A sign on the side of a barn on Riegelsville Road in Holland Township, New Jersey, shows local opposition to the PennEast pipeline. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science
NJ Spotlight

DEP Pushes Back Again on PennEast Pipeline

Agency blocks the 120-mile interstate project from obtaining crucial permits once more

7 years ago

Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Community

N.J. forms panel to oversee Oyster Creek decommissioning operations

A newly established panel will monitor the ongoing decommissioning operations at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, New Jersey officials announced. 

7 years ago

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