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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney speaks during a news conference at City Hall in Philadelphia
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 05/13/19

Philadelphia mayoral incumbent Jim Kenney; Michael Solomonov on winning the Beard award for best restaurant in America; the closure of Three Mile Island.

Air Date: May 13, 2019 10:00 am

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Gas is pumped into a car at the Eastcoast filling station in Pennsauken, New Jersey. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Money

N.J. gas prices dip slightly; analyst ‘cautiously optimistic’ worst is over

Drivers are finally getting a break at the pump with a fall in gas prices in New Jersey and around the nation.

7 years ago

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Three Mile Island will close Sept. 30, as nuclear rescue legislation stalls in Harrisburg

The company had hoped for a state subsidy law to pass by June 1 in order to help keep the plant open, but that doesn’t appear possible in the few legislative voting days left.

7 years ago

Patrick Whittaker of Solar States installs solar panels on the roof of a home in Bryn Mawr.
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Bipartisan group of legislators reintroduces bills to get Pa. 100% powered by renewable energy

A bipartisan group of state legislators is re-introducing a pair of bills aimed at getting Pennsylvania to have 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.

7 years ago

The Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport, Pa. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Congressional hearing puts focus on struggling Pa. nuclear industry

A Congressional hearing near Pittsburgh Friday highlighted the plight of the nuclear industry, which has struggled to compete against cheap natural gas and renewables.

7 years ago

An oil and gas well in Forward Township, Allegheny County. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Natural gas driller EQT fined $330K for erosion violations in Allegheny County

Natural gas driller EQT was fined $330,000 by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for erosion violations at two natural gas sites in Allegheny County.

7 years ago

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig is seen here in July 2010, shortly before the Macondo well was capped after spilling oil for 87 days. The Trump administration has proposed revisions to Obama-era rules that aimed to prevent similar disasters. (Dave Martin/Associated Press)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump administration moves to roll back offshore drilling safety regulations

The Trump Administration is rolling back some Obama-era safety regulations for offshore drilling that were meant to prevent a repeat of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, speaks during the We the People Membership Summit, featuring the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, at the Warner Theater, in Washington, Monday, April 1, 2019. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Inslee’s climate change proposal: 100% clean energy by 2030

Democratic presidential hopeful Jay Inslee is calling for the nation's entire electrical grid and all new vehicles and buildings to be carbon pollution free by 2030.

7 years ago

Elected officials help LS Power break ground on a project to install a 230-kilovolt power line underneath the Delaware River between Salem, New Jersey and an area just south of Port Penn, Delaware. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Work begins on underwater power cable connecting New Jersey, Delaware

Electric line connecting Delaware and New Jersey will stretch below Delaware River in an effort to improve power grid reliability, eliminate power bottleneck.

7 years ago

A sinkhole that opened up in January was surrounded by orange plastic fencing outside a suburban home at Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. (Courtesy of Eric Friedman)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Chester County state Rep. faces backlash for bringing Nazis into pipeline debate

In a now-deleted tweet, Friel Otten responded that “The Nazis were just doing their jobs too,” and linked a PBS article on coercion by people in power.

7 years ago

BL England generating station in Marmora, Upper Township, New Jersey. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

N.J. coal plant retiring, imperiling pipeline plan while boosting offshore wind

A Danish offshore wind company is eyeing the N.J. coal plant as a site to connect offshore wind turbines to the electric grid.

7 years ago

Once it is safe to remove the spent fuel from the pool, it's stored outside in metal casks. They are lined up on a concrete base, behind razor wire and against a hillside near the power plant. (Olivia Sun/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

As nuclear waste piles up, private companies pitch new ways to store it

Nuclear power plants across the U.S. are running out of room to store spent fuel. Plans for a permanent disposal site are stalled, so private companies are pitching solutions.

7 years ago

This photo taken on July 11, 2012, shows the Marcus Hook Refinery in Marcus Hook, Pa. The facility, which is owned and operated by Sunoco Logistics, is an international hub for natural gas liquids, propane, ethane, and butane from the Marcellus Shale region of Western Pennsylvania. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

In Pa., two disparate visions for natural gas

The state House Speaker and other Republican lawmakers announced a slate of bills Monday that are aimed at bolstering Pennsylvania's natural gas industry.

7 years ago

US Steel's Clairton Coke Works. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Groups sue U.S. Steel, allege potentially ‘thousands’ of Clean Air Act violations

Pollution controls were off-line for over three months following a Christmas Eve fire.

7 years ago

In this file photo, Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2, 2018 after sinkholes opened in the area. That caused one of the ME2 project's many delays. (Marie Cusick/WITF)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco buys two homes at Chester County site of Mariner East 2-related sinkhole

State and county documents show the company paid $400,000 each for the properties in Chester County.

7 years ago

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