Energy
PSEG canceling nuclear plant spending due to stalled bailout
New Jersey's largest utility is canceling spending on capital projects at a nuclear plant because a $300M financial bailout has stalled in the Legislature.
7 years ago
Proposed natural gas power plant in Berks County gets set of permits from DEP
The Department of Environmental Protection has OK’d several permits for a proposed natural gas power plant in Berks County.
7 years ago
Zinke comes to Pa. to talk abandoned mine cleanup
Ryan Zinke, President Trump’s Interior Secretary, came to Western Pennsylvania to tout the federal government’s abandoned mine cleanup program. It was an appropriate setting.
7 years ago
How this reporter’s #NoDAPL photo wound up in the Russia investigations
Never did I imagine a photo I took would be used by Russian trolls to try to manipulate the pipeline debate.
7 years ago
Author answers hot-button questions on fracking, including climate impact
As Pennsylvania’s gas boom helps propel the United States away from coal-fired power, one energy researcher says the impact on climate change will be a wash.
7 years ago
Environmental groups seek injunction to halt Mariner East 2 pipeline construction
Several environmental groups have asked the Commonwealth Court for an injunction to halt Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners Mariner East 2 pipeline construction.
7 years ago
Sixth time could be the charm for N.J. nuclear power subsidy bill
A bill to provide subsidies for nuclear plants and renewable power incentives is scheduled for a vote in the New Jersey Senate on Monday.
7 years ago
FERC order effectively denies appeals of PennEast approval, critics say
Federal regulators have effectively denied a request to reconsider their approval of the planned PennEast Pipeline, the agency’s critics say.
7 years ago
Coal jobs have gone up under Trump, but not because of his policies
A review of data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration shows 1,001 more U.S. coal jobs last year compared with 2016.
7 years ago
Sunoco: Mariner East 2, despite shutdown, expected in service by end of June
Sunoco said Thursday it aims to begin operating its Mariner East 2 pipeline across southern Pennsylvania by the end of the second quarter of this year.
7 years ago
Ted Cruz blasts renewable fuel standards at Philadelphia refinery
Speaking to hundreds of refinery workers, Cruz railed against the federal program known as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), while the workers cheered.
7 years ago
Philadelphia Energy Solutions: A giant polluter looms over the lives — and health — of its neighbors
The refinery is Philadelphia’s single largest stationary source of particulate pollution.
7 years ago
Mariner East 2: Sunoco’s public utility status trumps local regulation, court says
7 years ago
Philadelphia Energy Solutions: A giant polluter looms over the lives — and health — of its neighbors
7 years ago
Landowners brace for eminent domain loss in PennEast pipeline cases
Despite her alarm at the prospect of losing her spring water, Anthony says she’s not moving even if the pipeline is built on her land.
7 years ago