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Energy

Construction on the Mariner East 2 pipeline has faced myriad problems, including damaged water supplies and sinkholes in a residential neighborhood in Chester County. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Chesco DA charges Energy Transfer security manager, others in scheme for Mariner East pipeline security

Those charged include employees from the international security firm Tiger Swan.

7 years ago

Franklin Park’s Matt Ferriolo recruited a slate of fracking skeptics to run in local elections this fall. (Chris Potter / WESA)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Natural gas drilling fractures political alliances in small western Pa. community

Franklin Park is both rustic and upscale, graced with million-dollar homes, state game lands and even the occasional large flightless bird.

7 years ago

Peter Melnik, a fourth-generation dairy farmer, owns Bar-Way Farm, Inc. in Deerfield, Mass. He has an anaerobic digester on his farm that converts food waste into renewable energy. (Allison Aubrey/NPR)
NPR
Science

Chew on this: Farmers are using food waste to make electricity

As the season of big holiday meals kicks off, it's as good a time as any to reflect on just how much food goes to waste.

7 years ago

Fire fighters battle flames at the PES refinery in June 2019. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

City’s report on refinery site: A cleaner use, while desirable, isn’t likely in the short term

Though it urges cleaner use of the site long term, the Refinery Advisory Group’s report says the city has limited control over the fate of the complex.

7 years ago

Listen 1:53
A tanker carrying liquified natural gas unloads its cargo at the port of Yokohama, Japan.  Exports of Pennsylvania shale gas began in the spring of 2018, and are expected to increase.  (Hiroo Saso)
Science

Pennsylvania’s LNG export boom heads to Japan

Abundant drilling of the Marcellus and Utica Shale created a glut of natural gas and drove down prices. Now, new pipelines and export terminals are aiding overseas sales.

7 years ago

Listen 7:01
A mid-century modern motel at 600 University Avenue on the Banks of the Schuylkill River. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

PECO used eminent domain to seize University City’s vacant midcentury mod motel

PECO used eminent domain to seize 600 University Avenue. It’s only the second time the utility has used its taking power since 1973.

7 years ago

wind farm offshore
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

N.J. forms panel to advise state government on offshore wind generation program

A newly established panel will provide guidance to New Jersey officials as they undertake a goal to power more than three million homes by offshore wind energy generation.

7 years ago

Signs are held up as a standing room only crowd listens to testimony given by environmental experts, community activists and residents during a community meeting regarding the future of the site of Philadelphia Energy Solutions in August 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Many voices with one mission: Seeking a safer future for PES refinery site

Residents, labor leaders, health and environmental experts, planners and municipal officials gave City Council oversight panels their recommendations.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery on August 8, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

City Council takes stance supporting a cleaner use for PES refinery site

In a resolution passed unanimously, Council expressed “strong interest and enthusiastic support” for proposals in tune with Philadelphia’s climate goals.

7 years ago

The Shale and Public Health Conference in Pittsburgh. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Johns Hopkins researcher: Pa. should ban fracking

A scientist at Johns Hopkins University told a public health conference that Pennsylvania should ban fracking because of its impact on public health and climate change.

7 years ago

The Bruce Mansfield Power Plant burns coal to generate electricity in Beaver County. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Will Pa. Gov. or Legislature decide on state-led cap-and-trade program?

A proposed bill would require the Legislature to OK Pennsylvania becoming part of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

7 years ago

Ships carrying ethane from Pennsylvania sail the Firth of Forth, a river estuary emptying into the North Sea, to Grangemouth. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Money
StateImpact Pennsylvania

U.S. fracking helps to push a global plastic boom

Despite Scotland’s fracking ban, imported American shale gas is key to the economy in one town. To some, it’s an uneasy state of affairs.

7 years ago

PennEast’s bid to condemn state-owned properties as part of its plan to build a pipeline was blocked by a lower court. (Twenty20/NJ Spotlight)
Courts & Law
NJ Spotlight

PennEast will appeal to US Supreme Court over lower court’s adverse ruling

The company is looking to overturn a decision that denied its bid to condemn state-owned lands for $1 billion pipeline project.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery on August 8, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Money

Future owner of PES refinery could be decided as soon as January

So far, 15 parties have expressed interest in the complex, though their identities were not disclosed. Philadelphia Energy Solutions may hold an auction.

7 years ago

The Andover estate in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, along the route of the Mariner East 2 pipeline which began operating on Dec. 29. A valve site for the pipeline is in the center of the picture. (Courtesy of Eric Friedman)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Timeline: Mariner East 2 pipeline project’s permit problems and investigations

Explore this timeline to see how the story of problems and investigations has unfolded.

7 years ago

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