Energy

Authorities will begin neutralizing hydrofluoric acid at Philadelphia Energy Solutions any day now, but doing so comes with significant risks.

PES and our elected officials must do more to make sure workers have the opportunity to develop new skills and find meaningful work in our country’s evolving energy sector.

Philadelphia residents concerned about health and environmental impacts dominated the first public meeting of the city’s refinery advisory group.

Resident reports loud explosion; company says no liquids leaked from line

Delaware aims to reduce carbon emissions by increasing its fleet of electric buses with help from a new federal grant.

The chemical is one of the most dangerous industrial substances in use. It was an integral part of the unit that exploded at PES back in June.

The state plans to spend $8.5 million of its $118 million share on new school buses, public buses, trash trucks, and electric-vehicle charging stations.

Philadelphia wants input from all stakeholders, including those with environmental expertise, neighbors who live near the refinery, and workers.

In June, the county health department announced the draft agreement to resolve multiple air pollution violations at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Plant over the past two years.

The Trump administration has targeted 80 plus environmental regulations involving air and water pollution, drilling, toxic chemicals, and protecting land and wildlife.

A Delaware County pipeline foe thought he’d get PUC information on the Mariner East risk, but now he’ll have to fight for it in court.

The Pa. Republican co-sponsored a bill with California Democrat Feinstein to dump the mandate that the fuel made from corn be mixed into transportation fuel.

A Salt Lake City-based company is in talks to purchase and dismantle Three Mile Island’s long-mothballed Unit 2 reactor — the site of the nation’s worst nuclear accident.

PJM is the largest grid operator in the U.S. It manages the flow of wholesale electricity in all or part of 13 Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states and D.C.

With the new solar technology, SEPTA train engineers should be able to keep Regional Rail lines running safely when the main energy grid goes down.