
Energy
If Three Mile Island shuts down, counties could lose grant money
If Three Mile Island shuts down, the counties and communities surrounding the plant could see less money for emergency management.
7 years ago
New safety concerns over Sunoco’s Mariner East 2X pipeline
Pipeline safety advocates worry the pressure on the 16-inch Mariner East 2x would pose greater dangers.
7 years ago
Gov. Wolf highlights Philly school conditions in severance tax push
Gov. Tom Wolf is once again pushing for a severance tax on Pennsylvania’s natural gas producers — this time by focusing on how the money could be used for schools.
7 years ago
What will become of Three Mile Island’s nuclear waste if the plant closes?
"Nobody wants the spent fuel near them," said Don Hudson, who lives downstream from the defunct Maine Yankee plant.
7 years ago
Three Mile Island accident was eerily foreshadowed by a Hollywood blockbuster days before
Less than two weeks before the accident at Three Mile Island, a Hollywood thriller depicting the frightening scenario of a disaster at a nuclear plant hit the screens.
7 years ago
Thyroid cancer study re-ignites debate over Three Mile Island accident’s health effects
Although Pennsylvania has the nation’s highest rate of thyroid cancer, most of that cancer has nothing to do with Three Mile Island.
7 years ago
Nuclear watchdog group, citing potential safety issue at Three Mile Island, wants investigation
Three Mile Island Alert is asking federal regulators to analyze what the group calls a “potentially dangerous and risky condition” at Exelon's Three Mile Island plant.
7 years ago
Pa. AG, Delco DA launch criminal investigation into Sunoco, Energy Transfer
Energy Transfer says the probe into the construction of the Mariner East pipelines "has no legitimate basis."
7 years ago
The partial meltdown at Three Mile Island left areas of the facility highly radioactive and inaccessible to humans. Along came a young group of researchers and robots.
7 years ago
Gas prices on the rise at the Shore
Gas prices continue to rise in New Jersey and around the nation due to crude oil prices above $55 and refineries in seasonal maintenance that can temporarily limit production.
7 years ago
Rep. Mehaffie talks up his nuclear bailout bill; opponents line up to trash it
Pennsylvania Rep. Thomas Mehaffie (R-Dauphin) on Monday introduced a bill aimed at keeping two of the state’s five nuclear plants from retiring early.
7 years ago
It’s 2050 and this is how we stopped climate change
Let's imagined that we've ended global warming. Humans are no longer releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Here's what life is like in a zero-carbon world.
7 years ago
Unsolicited, PUC commissioner sends legislators a breakdown of nuclear bailout options
A state utility regulator sent a 33-page memo analyzing policy options to legislators who are drafting a bill to rescue two of the state’s five plants.
7 years ago
N.J. AG takes aim at ExxonMobil over polluted Gloucester County site
The state is once again going after ExxonMobil to clean up and pay to restore once pristine natural areas, in this case a 12-acre site in Gloucester County.
7 years ago
Three Mile Island accounts for 10 to 15 percent of the annual revenue at Roberto’s Pizza & Subs in Middletown.
7 years ago