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Energy

Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale, Pa. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

With policy change, nearly a third of Pennsylvanians live in ‘environmental justice’ areas

EJ areas are now defined as a census block group with a 30 percent or greater minority population or 20 percent or greater population at or below the poverty level.

7 years ago

PPL's Brunner Island is a three-unit, coal-fired plant located on the west bank of the Susquehanna River, is seen in York Haven, Pa. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Delaware protests EPA decision on air pollution

State leaders and residents spoke out against the EPA’s denial of Delaware’s petition to reduce air pollution coming into Delaware from other states.

7 years ago

A sign warns drivers of natural gas pipeline construction ahead. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Federal appeals court dismisses pipeline case that charged FERC with bias

Ruling: Agency's pipeline approvals not linked to its funding

7 years ago

An environmental cleanup crew works to remove fuel from a spill in Darby Creek in Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania, near the Philadelphia International Airport. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Sunoco’s stand-in ME2 line leaked gasoline at Darby Creek

7 years ago

In the distance, construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline at Raystown Lake Recreation Area in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

Lindsay Lazarski / StateImpact PA
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

‘No wake zone’ for boaters at Raystown Lake will accommodate Mariner East 2 pipeline work

7 years ago

Solar panels in Hanover generate electricity for the Snyder's-Lance snack company. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Report: Attracting solar farms vital to bolstering renewable energy

Clean energy advocates and environmental officials say bringing solar farms to Pennsylvania needs to happen if the state wants to significantly boost its energy from the sun.

7 years ago

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt (Andrew Harnik/AP)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Scott Pruitt’s resignation welcomed by lawmakers from both parties

Environmentalists and lawmakers from both parties welcomed the resignation Thursday of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

7 years ago

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

Sunoco wants to use older pipeline to pump natural gas liquids over unfinished sections of ME2

Local officials say Sunoco has told them it has customers waiting

7 years ago

A well pad on a Tioga County farm. There is a moratorium against drilling in the eastern part where the Delaware River Basin Commission has jurisdiction. (Scott Detrow/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Federal court rules fracking advocates will get their day in court

Wayne County group: Delaware River Basin Commission lacks authority to block drilling

7 years ago

 Electric power lines (Big Stock photo)
Delaware Business Now
Community

Despite heat, Delmarva Power electric rates going down

The lower rate comes from the utility passing along savings from recently enacted federal tax cuts.

7 years ago

Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. It will shut down Sept. 17. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

NRC: $1.4 billion closing of Oyster Creek nuclear plant will take nearly 60 years

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission stresses precautions, safety measures in place as N.J. plant prepares for Sept. 17 shutdown. Decontamination won't begin until 2075.

7 years ago

Listen 2:26
The FERC building in Washington D.C. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Robert Powelson, former Pa. utility regulator, resigns from FERC

The Republican was appointed as a regulator to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission in 2008 and held that position until last year, when Trump nominated him to FERC.

7 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Study: Methane emissions cancel near-term climate benefits of natural gas

A new study finds climate-damaging methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas industry are nearly 60 percent higher than Environmental Protection Agency estimates.

7 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania’s gas impact fees rise to $209 million this year

Money goes to local governments, but there is little oversight of how it's spent.

7 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Report: Jobs in efficiency, renewables grow while clean transportation lags

A new report shows that jobs in most parts of Pennsylvania’s clean energy industry grew over the past year.

7 years ago

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