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Energy

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal filed a six-count lawsuit against ExxonMobil, alleging the company is liable for harmful contamination found on and around its 12-acre-plus Lail property in Paulsboro, N.J. on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (Tim Larsen/Office of the Attorney General)
Courts & Law
NJ Spotlight

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

David Kitner works inside his pizza shop in Middletown on Friday, March 1, 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Pos)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Why one pizza shop owner is worried about Three Mile Island closing — but some don’t see a major impact

Three Mile Island accounts for 10 to 15 percent of the annual revenue at Roberto’s Pizza & Subs in Middletown.

7 years ago

A Mariner East pipeline valve site on the edge of the Andover development, Thornbury Township, Delaware County, illustrates the pipeline's path through densely-populated southeastern Pennsylvania. (Courtesy of Jon Hurdle)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Chester County investigation of pipeline builder Energy Transfer now includes grand jury

The district attorney's probe of the Mariner East project began in December.

7 years ago

Solar panels on the roof of the building supplying energy to the AirTrain at Newark Liberty International Airport soak up the rays. A New Jersey lawmaker wants the state to aim for 80 percent renewable energy use by 2050. (AP file photo)
Science
NJ Spotlight

Energy suppliers ordered to stop passing on higher costs to N.J. customers

Tens of millions of dollars are on the line as third-party suppliers dispute Board of Public Utilities’ order not to increase fixed rate during a term of contracts.

7 years ago

In this May 22, 2017, file photo shows the control room at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. Forty years after Three Mile Island became synonymous with America's worst commercial nuclear power accident, the prospect of bailing out nuclear power plants is stirring debate at the highest levels of Pennsylvania and the federal government. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Science

Rescuing nuclear power plants could come with conditions

Giving nuclear power plants what opponents call a bailout to ensure they stay open could mean a politically risky vote to hike electric bills across the state

7 years ago

John Ord of Susquehanna, Pa., loads 40-pound bags of anthracite coal into his car. He's among the fewer than 130,000 households left in the United States that burn coal to heat their homes. (Jeff Brady/NPR)
NPR
Keystone Crossroads
Science

Coal is still king for 65k Pa. households, most in nation

There was a time when coal was king in the home-heating business. In 1940, more than half of U.S. homes burned coal, according to the Census Bureau.

7 years ago

Representatives of Philadelphia Gas Works (from left) Melanie McCottry and President and CEO Craig White, and Matthew Tayler of Liberty Energy Trust, testify before the Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities while opponents raise signs in protest. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

PGW wins key city approval for Southwest Philly LNG venture

Philadelphia Gas Works’ planned liquefied natural gas plant won a key approval this week, moving the $60 million Passyunk Energy Center closer to groundbreaking.

7 years ago

Protesters armed with signs fill the bleachers at Pine Belt Arena in Toms River, where the New Jersey Pinelands Commission held a public hearing on the Southern Reliability pipeline through Burlington and Ocean counties. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Community
NJ Spotlight

BL England decision may doom N.J. pipeline but natural gas projects still on

The demise of the B.L. England power plant appears to doom a 22-mile gas pipeline through the Pinelands to the facility.

7 years ago

In this file photo taken Aug. 19, 2008, the Chevron Genesis Oil Rig Platform is seen in the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans, La. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Courts & Law

Coalition asks federal judge to stop offshore seismic airgun blasting

A coalition of environmental advocacy organizations has asked a federal judge to block the commencement of seismic airgun blasting.

7 years ago

Recycling bins on Cuthbert Street in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Radio Times
Health

Burning plastic recyclables

Since China has stopped accepting America's plastic recyclables, one solution to dealing with the excess material has been to burn it in already-existing trash incinerators.

Air Date: March 1, 2019 10:00 am

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Energy Transfer, the parent company of Mariner East 2 pipeline builder, Sunoco, works at Snitz Creek in West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County after a drilling mud spill during the summer. (Marie Cusick / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Energy Transfer CEO: ‘We’ve made mistakes’ in building Mariner East

Critics say promises won’t make the cross-state pipeline project any safer.

7 years ago

Chris Wilmer, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, holds a model of a metal organic framework. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Could membranes at coal-fired power plants help stop climate change?

Pittsburgh researchers are working on potentially cheaper ways to capture carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

AG Shapiro investigating ‘environmental crimes’ in Pa.

The woman who sued natural gas driller Range Resources over alleged air and water contamination at her Mt. Pleasant, Pa. home, testified before an investigative grand jury.

7 years ago

backhoe works at a construction site
Courts & Law

Delaware County asks to join ‘safety seven’ suit challenging Mariner East pipeline

Delaware County is the latest public entity seeking to join the ongoing lawsuit, which alleges unsafe conditions and a need for more emergency planning.

7 years ago

Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. It shut down in September 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Community

Offshore wind company considers using Shore power plants for energy distribution

A Danish offshore wind company is considering adaptively reusing two New Jersey power plants set to be decommissioned.

7 years ago

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