
Energy
At Greene County coal mine, dwindling production means 370 lost jobs
In January, Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mepco LLC notified the state that it would begin idling the mine in early March.
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Yellow smoke, health complaints prompt state investigation at new gas power plant
Regulators are looking into health complaints after residents say a natural gas power plant being built near Scranton started emitting noxious, greenish-yellow smoke.
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More than 110,000 without power in Pennsylvania after storm
Pennsylvania utility companies say more than 110,000 customers are without power following the state's second major snowstorm in less than a week.
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Sinkholes in Chester County prompt PUC to ask for Mariner East 1 shutdown
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After decades of air pollution, a Louisiana town rebels against a chemical giant
The company recently installed technology it promised would reduce chloroprene emissions by 85 percent. So far, public air monitors suggest levels are still trending upward.
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Fatal gas leak at Pittsburgh-area power plant draws OSHA fines
Kevin Patrick Bachner, 34, and John Michael Gorchock, 42, both of Pittsburgh, died Aug. 29 at FirstEnergy’s Bruce Mansfield Power Station after inhaling toxic gas.
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Philly region braces for another storm while thousands remain without power
The National Weather Service has declared several winter storm warnings in the region for “significant” heavy snow in eastern Pennsylvania and northern and central New Jersey.
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Listen 5:11EPA restores funding to news outlet covering Chesapeake Bay
The EPA agreed to restore $325,000 in funding to the Bay Journal, a print and online news outlet covering environmental issues related to the Chesapeake Bay.
7 years ago
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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