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Energy

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

Chicago-based Hilco Redevelopment Partners buys PES refinery for $240 million

The Chicago-based real estate company was the winning bidder for the South Philly complex as part of Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ bankruptcy, according to documents filed.

7 years ago

File photo: In the distance, construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline at Raystown Lake Recreation Area in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. (StateImpact Pennsylvania/Lindsay Lazarski)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco fined $2 million for Mariner East spills in Raystown Lake

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has fined Sunoco Pipeline almost $2 million for pollution releases into Raystown Lake during pipeline construction.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery on August 8, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Future of PES refinery could be decided Friday behind closed doors

A New York law office will host the bankruptcy sale of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions complex, closed since June’s explosion and fire.

7 years ago

A large flare burns off fuel at Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery while firefighters battle a fire there. The wind carried the black smoke toward residential areas of South Philadelphia. (Emma lee/WHYY)
Community

High levels of cancer-causing chemical recorded at PES refinery in May, report reveals

The city knew about the high levels of benzene at the refinery, but decided not to inform the public.

7 years ago

Fisherman on the Susquehanna River. It supplies half the freshwater flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. (Chris Gardner/AP Photo)
Science

Maryland plans to sue Pa. over Chesapeake Bay pollution

The Republican governor said that Pennsylvania is “repeatedly falling short” of goals to curb pollution flowing down the Susquehanna River into the bay.

7 years ago

A conventional drilling site is prepared in Butler County, Pennsylvania in the winter of 2014. (Courtesy of Pennsylvania DEP)
Politics & Policy

Wolf says despite GOP compromise, drilling bill still poses too much environmental risk

Republicans are pushing for looser regulations on conventional oil and gas drillers, who generally run small operations and work with relatively shallow wells.

7 years ago

Exelon Corporation Three Mile Island nuclear generating station Unit 1 cooling towers in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, PA. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive)
Community
PA Post

Three Mile Island wants to end siren tests, radiation monitoring as part of reduced emergency planning role

If the request is granted, the 10-mile evacuation zone surrounding TMI would cease to exist.

7 years ago

In November, Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order more than doubling the state’s original goal for offshore wind. (David Will/Pixabay)
Politics & Policy

What matters in 2020 as N.J. state tries to shift to clean energy? Money, for a start

Murphy administration has ambitions to switch New Jersey from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, but fundamental questions about the effects of that switch remain

7 years ago

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

Jersey Shore gas prices edge up

Gas prices have edged up in New Jersey and around the nation, with analysts citing rising crude oil prices and the year-end spike in holiday travel.

7 years ago

Robert Campbell was a PES refinery lab tech before being laid off in June. He was recently hired as a truck driver. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Six months after the fire, both ex-refinery workers and PES struggle to find new lives

Moving on hasn’t been easy since the June fire disrupted livelihoods and sent the refinery back into bankruptcy. Some have new jobs; some don’t.

7 years ago

Listen 1:50
Nurdles on Ferrycraigs Beach on the Firth of Forth, Scotland. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Scotland is turning Pennsylvania shale gas into plastic. But what happens to it next?

Taxes and bans on single use plastics try to combat plastics in the oceans.

7 years ago

Philadelphia skyine
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Kenney signs law requiring green tune-ups for Philly’s biggest buildings

The new regulation will mandate all non-residential buildings over 50,000 square foot get tune-ups to improve energy and water efficiency.

7 years ago

LNG units on the BNSF Emporia Sub in Olathe, Kansas (NJ Spotlight)
Community
NJ Spotlight

Feds approve plan to ship liquefied natural gas to South Jersey by rail

Environmental groups say cargoes would risk public safety, set back climate efforts.

7 years ago

Detailed view on the newly installed system to filter out PFAS Forever Chemicals at Well #2 of the Horsham Water and Sewer Authority facility in Horsham, Pa., on August 22, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. testing finds elevated levels of PFAS in some drinking water

Pennsylvania regulators found varying levels of toxic heat- and water-resistant chemicals in drinking water supplies across the state.

7 years ago

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

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