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Energy

Pipelines run from the offshore docking station to the four LNG tanks capable of holding 2.5 billion cubic feet of LNG apiece as shown Friday, June 13, 2003, at the Dominion Liquified Natural Gas facility in Cove Point, Md. (Matt Houston/AP Photo)
Science
NJ Spotlight

Plans for LNG terminal in South Jersey kept under wraps, enviro group says

Developer and agencies deny effort to shield from public view plans that would allow for transfer of potentially explosive liquefied natural gas to ocean-going tankers.

6 years ago

A Range Resources well site in Washington County in 2018. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Judge bars release of document in gas drilling suit

A judge has issued a court order barring The Allegheny Front, StateImpact Pennsylvania and 90.5 WESA from publishing a publicly available legal document.

6 years ago

This July 27, 2011 file photo shows a farmhouse in the background framed by pipes connecting pumps where the hydraulic fracturing process in the Marcellus Shale was underway at a Range Resources site in Claysville, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Audit: Pa. Game commission didn’t track royalties from oil, gas

The Pennsylvania Game Commission failed to make sure that energy companies paid what they owed in royalties from oil and gas production on state hunting lands.

6 years ago

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks at an energy summit hosted by Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and attended by Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon Thursday, May 30, 2019, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Science

Energy secretary says US can make oil, gas, coal cleaner

The Trump administration is committed to making fossil fuels cleaner rather than imposing "draconian" regulations on oil, gas and coal, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said.

6 years ago

wind farm offshore
Money
NJ Spotlight

PSEG looks to benefit from — but not build — offshore wind developments

Rather than get involved in the construction side of emerging clean energy, PSE&G signals it will concentrate on energy management and transmission.

6 years ago

A drill rig in the Tiadaghton State Forest (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Wolf rejects Pa. Senate’s infrastructure proposal funded by forest drilling

After months of Governor Tom Wolf promoting a sweeping infrastructure plan funded by a tax on natural gas drillers, some Senate Republicans have come up with an alternative.

6 years ago

Workers push a partly assembled Mirai through the assembly line at Toyota's LFA Works in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Since there are so few hydrogen fuel cell cars manufactured, all of them are assembled by hand. (Hiroo Saso)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Delaware, New Jersey lawmakers accuse EPA of deceit over clean car standards

In a letter, Sen. Tom Carper and Rep. Frank Pallone say EPA is listening to fossil-fuel interests over its own staff.

6 years ago

Belle Vernon Municipal Authority (Google Maps)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. AG investigating wastewater case from landfill that accepts fracking waste

The Pa. Attorney General’s office is investigating the disposal of contaminated water from a landfill that accepts fracking waste to a sewage treatment plant in Fayette County

6 years ago

Crews work at the site of a sinkhole along the Mariner East pipeline route near the Pennsylvania State Police barracks on Route 1 in Delaware County on Thursday, April 25, 2019. Pipeline builder Energy Transfer/Sunoco said there were no leaks and no pipelines were exposed. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Federal pipeline safety regulators issue warning on floods and subsidence

The PHMSA advisory bulletin says pipeline incidents caused by erosion have increased in the eastern U.S.

6 years ago

US Steel's Clairton Coke Works. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

U.S. Steel hit with another six-figure fine over excessive emissions

The Allegheny County Health Department announced Monday that it’s fined US Steel more than $300,000 for air pollution violations at the Clairton Coke Works.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney speaks during a news conference at City Hall in Philadelphia
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 05/13/19

Philadelphia mayoral incumbent Jim Kenney; Michael Solomonov on winning the Beard award for best restaurant in America; the closure of Three Mile Island.

Air Date: May 13, 2019 10:00 am

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Gas is pumped into a car at the Eastcoast filling station in Pennsauken, New Jersey. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Money

N.J. gas prices dip slightly; analyst ‘cautiously optimistic’ worst is over

Drivers are finally getting a break at the pump with a fall in gas prices in New Jersey and around the nation.

6 years ago

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Three Mile Island will close Sept. 30, as nuclear rescue legislation stalls in Harrisburg

The company had hoped for a state subsidy law to pass by June 1 in order to help keep the plant open, but that doesn’t appear possible in the few legislative voting days left.

6 years ago

Patrick Whittaker of Solar States installs solar panels on the roof of a home in Bryn Mawr. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Bipartisan group of legislators reintroduces bills to get Pa. 100% powered by renewable energy

A bipartisan group of state legislators is re-introducing a pair of bills aimed at getting Pennsylvania to have 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.

6 years ago

The Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport, Pa. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Congressional hearing puts focus on struggling Pa. nuclear industry

A Congressional hearing near Pittsburgh Friday highlighted the plight of the nuclear industry, which has struggled to compete against cheap natural gas and renewables.

6 years ago

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