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Community

Wind turbine project proposed in ocean off Atlantic County

New Jersey utility officials will soon start reviewing plans for a 25-megawatt offshore wind project off Atlantic City.

8 years ago

A sign marking the right of way for the Mariner East pipeline in Lebanon County. (Marie Cusick/ StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Natural gas pipeline blast in Beaver County prompts evacuation

An Energy Transfer Partners pipeline exploded this morning, destroying one home. No injuries were reported.

8 years ago

RNG Energy's Heartland biofuel/anaerobic digester in Colorado, similar to the plant proposed for a PES refinery site. (Photo courtesy of RNG Energy)
PlanPhilly
Science
PlanPhilly

Mixed reviews for a proposed $120M renewable-energy plant at South Philly refinery

Making energy out of trash has great environmental appeal.

8 years ago

Workers from the power company, PREPA, work on a downed line in Utuado. Branches from a tree fell on the line, breaking it and causing a transformer to explode. (Irina Zhorov/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Enemy No. 1 for Puerto Rico’s utility: trees

One of the most complicated pieces of technology — the power grid — is no match for the forest.

8 years ago

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Construction takes place in December 2017 at the site of Shell's ethane cracker plant in Beaver County. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Money

Trump lifts steel quota Toomey said could hurt Shell’s ethane cracker

For months, piping destined for Shell Chemical’s Petrochemical complex in Beaver County sat in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.

8 years ago

Construction on the Mariner East 2 pipeline has faced myriad problems, including damaged water supplies and sinkholes in a residential neighborhood in Chester County. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Risk assessment quantifies Mariner East hazards for residents in two counties

Campaigners raised $46,000 for independent evaluation after Wolf, PUC denied requests.

8 years ago

The Horsham Air Guard Station in Bucks County, Pa. where the use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam has been linked with contamination of local water supplies. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Health

Advocates say PFAS bills would tighten federal control over chemicals

Legislation aims to improve detection, spur cooperation between federal and state governments.

8 years ago

A Mariner East 2 pipeline construction site is shown off Valley Road near Media, Pensylvaniaa., on Aug. 22. The site is close to where Sunoco is digging up a section of the pipeline after discovering a coating issue that needed to be fixed. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Sunoco replaces section of Mariner East 2 because of flaws in pipeline coating

8 years ago

A seawall, which will be increased in size, is shown along the banks near downtown Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Port Arthur, Texas.  The oil industry wants the government to help protect some of its facilities on the Texas Gulf Coast against the effects of global warming. One proposal involves building a nearly 60-mile “spine” of flood barriers to shield refineries and chemical plants. Many Republicans argue that such projects should be a national priority. But others question whether taxpayers should have to protect refineries in a state where top politicians still dispute whether climate change is real. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Money

Big oil asks government to protect it from climate change

An ambitious proposal would build a nearly 60-mile "spine" of concrete seawalls, earthen barriers, floating gates and steel levees on the Texas Gulf Coast.

8 years ago

The Longview Power Plant in Maidsville, W.Va.,Thursday, July 6, 2017. Operators of the coal-burning plant, a new plant that began producing power in 2011, report higher efficiency and lower emissions than other U.S. coal-fired power plants. (Michael Virtanen/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Dems pledge to fight Trump power plan replacement

U.S. Senate Democrats pledged to fight 'tooth and nail' against the proposal. Meanwhile, a Pa. industry group welcomes the plan for relaxing pollution regulation.

8 years ago

Crews work to stabilize sinkholes in a West Whiteland Township neighborhood on March 3. The sinkholes appeared near a construction site for the Mariner East 2 pipeline. (Courtesy of Eric Friedman)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP approves ME2 modifications in West Whiteland, but PUC green light still needed

8 years ago

In this photo made on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, a worker walks on top of a container of chemicals used in the making of a brine water that is then pumped below the surface in a hydraulic fracturing process to release natural gas from shale deposits at a gas well site in Zelienople, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Fracking industry water use rises as drills extend, study says

8 years ago

The proposed PennEast pipeline would pass through the fields of the Christman farm, seen from the intersection of Station Street and Pohopoco Drive in Lehighton. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

FERC sued over PennEast approval after denying rehearing requests

8 years ago

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.

8 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.

8 years ago

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