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Energy

Roofer Rob Nolfi applies a reflective topping on a rehabbed roof in North Philadelphia. Cool roofs help keep temperatures down when the city heats up. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

A hotter topic: Building heat resilience into multifamily housing

Affordable multifamily housing is the most vulnerable building sector when it comes to extreme weather, and its residents have fewer resources.

7 years ago

U.S. Seretary of Energy Rick Perry speaks to scientists at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Science

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry salutes fusion work at N.J. lab

Perry visits Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory for a tour and a chance to address hundreds of scientists.

7 years ago

Early in the morning, Duquesne Light crews prepare their trucks for the day ahead installing new transformers, poles and auto-switches to reroute power around outages. (Amy Sisk / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community

As more storms roll in, how will power companies keep the lights on?

Utilities need to be acting now to better prepare for severe weather, an expert said

7 years ago

In this file photo from May, pipeline workers probe the ground on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township where sinkholes have developed as a result of the Mariner East 2 construction. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PUC allows restart of Mariner East 2 construction in parts of Chester County

An administrative law judge had stopped work in May, citing public safety.

7 years ago

Transfer pipes carry liquified natural gas to and from a holding tank, seen in background, at Dominion Energy's Cove Point LNG Terminal in Lusby, Md., Thursday, June 12, 2014. Federal regulators concluded that Dominion Energy's proposal to export liquefied natural gas from its Cove Point terminal on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland would pose
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Trump’s plan for LNG exports to Europe may not have much impact in Pennsylvania

Liquified natural gas plays a significant role in the trade deal with the European Union, and the president wants Europe to buy less from Russia.

7 years ago

Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community
NJ Spotlight

Sale of Oyster Creek could speed up decommissioning by decades

Environmentalists are happy that the nuclear power facility could be cleaned up faster than originally planned but are concerned about details.

7 years ago

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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

Holtec says it will decommission Oyster Creek decades ahead of schedule

The country's oldest nuclear power plant is being sold to a company that will decommission it in the next eight years.

7 years ago

Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline construction in Lancaster County. (Marie Cusick / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Wolf administration criticizes federal pipeline approval process

Tom Wolf’s administration is calling for more federal oversight on the buildout of new natural gas pipelines, including how they can facilitate greenhouse gas emissions.

7 years ago

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania's 8th District is co-sponsoring a bill calling for a carbon tax in an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions. (Emily Cohen for WHYY, file)
Money

In rarity for GOP, Fitzpatrick pushes for carbon tax to cut greenhouse gas emissions

Most of the tax revenue would go to the Highway Trust Fund.

7 years ago

Homeowner Joan Kimball celebrates her home's conversion to solar power under a the Philadelphia Energy Campaign. Kimball's home, on Fairmount Avenue, became the 150th to go solar since the launch of the campaign to promote clean energy and create jobs
Urban Planning

Solarize Philly celebrates 150 homes switching to solar, more to come

Solarize Philly aims to make solar energy affordable to local homeowners.

7 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

EPA urged to set national standards to protect public health from PFAS chemicals

7 years ago

An abandoned well from the early 1900's spews oil into the Tamarack Swamp. (
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

State orders companies to plug more than 1,000 abandoned oil, gas wells

7 years ago

FILE: A natural gas pipeline crosses the Tiadaghton State Forest. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Natural gas development in Pa. state forests has slowed significantly

The build-out of natural gas infrastructure in Pennsylvania’s state forest system has slowed dramatically in recent years, according to a new report.

7 years ago

A large cooling tower and other buildings at the Salem nuclear power plant known as Artificial Island can be seen near a farm in Lower Alloways Creek Township, N.J. The project calls for connecting Delaware’s electric grid to powerlines adjacent to the plant via a 230-kilovolt transmission line buried in the sediment underneath the Delaware River. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Politics & Policy

Plan for underwater power line connecting Delaware to New Jersey back on

Plans to build a power line under the Delaware River may be back on the table after a decision to reconsider how the costs would be split.

7 years ago

(StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Curious or concerned about an energy issue? Ask StateImpact — and see what we’ve already answered

Tap the expertise of StateImpact Pennsylvania reporters and help build a statewide resource.

7 years ago

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