Energy

After U.S. plan to dispose of spent fuel rods fails, Lacey Township wants compensation for holding the radioactive waste from the Oyster Creek plant.

It would seem remarkable that a single tree could plunge more than half of the commonwealth's population into darkness. But it was so.

FirstEnergy filed for bankruptcy last month and plans to close three nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

The measure marks the latest move in a protracted legal and political battle over how to regulate the state’s oil and gas industry.

Two separate $10,000 rewards are now offered for information on who vandalized a backhoe and bulldozer last week in Chester County.

Pennsylvania announced approval of $25 million in funding for cleanup of abandoned mines at 12 sites around the state.

A dispute over a local law that opens up much of a Pittsburgh suburb to oil and gas drilling has made it to a Westmoreland County courtroom.

Shanti Gamper-Rabindran a University of Pittsburgh professor and editor of The Shale Dilemma, sat down for an interview about the topic.

"There is a lot of opposition, particularly off the East Coast and the West Coast, on oil and gas," Zinke said.

Sunoco Pipeline offered a $10,000 reward on Thursday for information leading to the arrest of vandals who the company said attacked construction equipment.

"Opening of this office is just the beginning," Murphy said.

Measure would establish standards for emergency preparation and restoration of service after a major power outage.