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Energy

MarkWest's Houston gas processing plant in Washington County, Pa. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Four workers injured at gas plant blast near Pittsburgh

The blast happened shortly after 6 p.m. at MarkWest’s Houston Processing and Fractionation Facility at 800 Western Avenue in Chartiers Township.

8 years ago

Downed trees mark the route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in Deerfield, Va., in February. A federal appeals court has blocked development of portions of the pipeline. (Steve Helber/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Quoting ‘The Lorax,’ court pulls permit for pipeline crossing Appalachian Trail

The judges cited Dr. Seuss' The Lorax: "We trust the United States Forest Service to 'speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.'"

8 years ago

A sign on the side of a barn on Riegelsville Road in Holland Township, New Jersey, shows local opposition to the PennEast pipeline. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PennEast pipeline can take New Jersey lands using eminent domain, judge rules

The PennEast Pipeline Co. can take private land through eminent domain to build a natural gas pipeline, a New Jersey federal judge ruled on Friday.

8 years ago

Natural gas wells in Springville Township, Pa.
(Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP unveils proposal to reduce emissions from existing oil, gas wells

Pennsylvania environmental officials have come out with a plan to reduce leaks from thousands of the state’s oil and gas wells.

8 years ago

In this file photo taken Aug. 19, 2008, the Chevron Genesis Oil Rig Platform is seen in the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans, La. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Retiring Shore congressman co-leads charge against airgun ocean blasting

A bipartisan group of federal legislators is opposing the Trump administration's recent decision to permit seismic airgun surveying off the Eastern seaboard. 

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)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Judge denies emergency petition for Mariner East shutdown

A suit brought by seven residents fails on all four requirements.

8 years ago

A sign protesting the proposed PennEast Pipeline route in Carbon County, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Judge grants first eminent domain case to PennEast in Pennsylvania

Company says ruling will allow it to complete surveys. New Jersey landowners await ruling from different judge

8 years ago

(Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Two hurt in construction accident along Mariner East 2 near Pittsburgh

Contractors were struck by equipment.

8 years ago

(From left) WITF Smart Talk host Scott LaMar speaks with Gov. Tom Wolf and first lady Frances Wolf during a live broadcast from the Governors Residence in Harrisburg on Dec. 7, 2018. (Lisa Wardle/WITF)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Gov. Wolf on climate change: ‘We are having real problems’

Wolf spoke Friday morning at the Governor’s Residence with Scott LaMar, host of WITF’s Smart Talk.

8 years ago

In this photo from May 2018, pipeline workers probe the ground on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township where sinkholes have developed as a result of the Mariner East 2 construction. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Delco study: Pipeline blast could be devastating, but risk is low

A flammable vapor cloud could spread as far as 1.3 miles downwind of a rupture, a consultant says.

8 years ago

A Philadelphia refinery (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

PGW plan for liquified natural gas facility in Southwest Philadelphia clears hurdle

The new facility, Passyunk Energy Center LLC, would be a public-private partnership between city-owned PGW and Liberty Energy Trust, based in Conshohocken.

8 years ago

Listen 1:06
U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Money
StateImpact Pennsylvania

U.S. Steel claims air pollution order could cost it $400 million

Allegheny County says the order is necessary to get the region's air within federal pollution limits.

8 years ago

Crabs like these, caught off the coast of Alaska, have been affected by the neurotoxin domoic acid because of algae blooms in recent years, which makes them unsafe to eat (Michael Melford/Getty Image).
NPR
Courts & Law

Fishermen sue big oil for its role in climate change

Fishermen are suing oil companies for allegedly concealing from the public the knowledge that burning fossil fuels could have catastrophic impacts on the biosphere.

8 years ago

An emergency evacuation pamphlet shows the 10-mile radius around Oyster Creek Generating Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Community

Closed Oyster Creek nuclear plant to hold emergency siren test

Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Forked River will conduct a semi-annual, full volume test of its emergency warning sirens Tuesday. 

8 years ago

In this file photo taken Aug. 19, 2008, the Chevron Genesis Oil Rig Platform is seen in the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans, La. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Delaware opposes U.S. effort to search for oil beneath ocean surface

The National Marine Fisheries Service has awarded permits to five marine contractors to conduct the tests in the Atlantic Ocean between Delaware and Central Florida.

8 years ago

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