Energy
Delaware opposes U.S. effort to search for oil beneath ocean surface
The National Marine Fisheries Service has awarded permits to five marine contractors to conduct the tests in the Atlantic Ocean between Delaware and Central Florida.
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High stakes as International Climate Conference begins
A major international climate conference kicked off Sunday in Poland.
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Volkswagen planning a new North American factory for electric cars
At $30,000 to $40,000, Volkswagen's electric car would be able to compete with an upcoming $35,000 make of the Tesla Model 3.
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Mariner East pipelines: Judge reviews request for immediate shutdown
Residents want the lines stopped while judge considers whether to halt them permanently.
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Leaky coal ash pond seeks new pollution permit from DEP
The largest coal ash pond east of the Mississippi is asking the state for a new pollution discharge permit. Little Blue Run, is on the Pennsylvania–West Virginia border.
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Pennsylvania nuclear plants could be saved, report says, if lawmakers act
The 42-page report published Thursday by Pennsylvania’s bipartisan Nuclear Energy Caucus was nearly two years in the making.
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Feds authorize seismic surveys for Atlantic Ocean drilling
The Trump administration is authorizing the use of seismic air guns to find oil and gas formations deep underneath the Atlantic Ocean floor.
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Climate change: the talks, the costs, and the consequences
Guests: Jean Chemnick, Robert Kopp, Stephen Pacala The UN climate change conference in Katowice, Poland starts Mo ...
Air Date: November 30, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:582 years after Standing Rock protests, tensions remain but oil business booms
North Dakota's oil production is growing so fast the state likely will run out of pipeline capacity next year.
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The U.K. economy is growing — but its energy use is shrinking
In the global fight against climate change, the United Kingdom has quietly notched an unusual — and somewhat mystifying — victory.
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Federal investigators pinpoint what caused string of gas explosions in Mass.
At least five homes were destroyed and a person was killed. More than 20 others were injured.
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Wolf joins governors calling for unified, national power grid
A bipartisan group of governors, including Pennsylvania’s Tom Wolf, is calling on federal regulators to look at unifying the nation’s power grids.
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New plan calls for 10 percent solar power in Pa. by 2030
Pennsylvania could lower its greenhouse gas emissions, create jobs, and improve public health if it got more power from the sun. That’s ...
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Pa. regulators adopt new policy, clearing confusion over electric vehicle charging stations
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission began looking into the issue earlier this year.
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As construction of Keystone XL is paused, tribes brace for what’s next
This week a federal judge in Montana temporarily blocked TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil over 1,000 miles from the Alberta tar sands to Nebraska.
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