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FILE - In this Friday, May 9, 2003 file photo, angler Andy Hails, of Montgomery, Ala., checks the fishing lines on his boat as he trolls the Gulf of Mexico near a natural gas well off the Alabama coast near Gulf Shores, Ala. President Obama announced his new offshore drilling policy Wednesday, March 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
Politics & Policy

Delaware threatens legal action against offshore drilling plan

State Attorney General Matt Denn sent a letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to formally object to the federal plan to allow oil drilling off Delaware’s coast.

7 years ago

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey wants the state to be exempted from a Trump administration plan for expanded offshore oil and gas drilling. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Politics & Policy

N.J. wants out of Trump plan for offshore drilling

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has removed Florida’s waters from consideration for expanded offshore oil and gas drilling — and New Jersey wants the same exemption.

7 years ago

Sunoco/ETP's Mariner East 2 construction continues this week in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. Despite DEP ordering construction to stop, Sunoco can continue to work on welding pipes. That work is regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, not DEP.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Despite DEP order to halt Mariner East 2 construction, some work is still allowed

When it comes to anything other than earth disturbance or water crossings, the agency doesn’t have jurisdiction.

7 years ago

Mariner East 2 construction site on Shepherd Road in Edgemont Township, Delaware County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Report: Mariner East pipelines could have a $9 billion financial impact

Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners, which is building the $2.5 billion pipeline, paid for the report.

7 years ago

Large coal power plant. (Big Stock photo)
Politics & Policy

FERC rejects Trump bid to boost coal, nuclear power

An independent energy agency on Monday rejected a Trump administration plan to bolster coal-fired and nuclear power plants, dealing a blo ...

7 years ago

 The Obama administration set a goal to cut carbon emissions by power plants by 30 percent by 2030. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
Politics & Policy

Delawareans denounce Trump proposal to end Clean Power Plan

The only public hearing scheduled by the EPA to discuss the decision to end the Clean Power Plan was held in West Virginia, so Delaware leaders held their own hearing.

7 years ago

Youths play ice hockey on a frozen pond at Philadelphia's Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park during a winter storm, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Cold and climate change / Offshore drilling

Guests: Michael Mann, Jennifer Francis, Jennifer Dlouhy The frigid temperatures around the nation made President ...

Air Date: January 8, 2018

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Oyster Creek Generating Station in Forked River. (Exelon Corporation, file)
Science

Normal operations resume at nation’s oldest nuclear plant

Unusually low tides and high winds impacted the water levels in its intake canal.

7 years ago

Youths play ice hockey on a frozen pond at Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park during a winter storm, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Changing climate and Philly’s freezing temperatures

Warming oceans put more moisture and energy into the atmosphere, creating conditions for stronger storms.

7 years ago

The Acosta metallurgical coal mine opened in Somerset County in 2017. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

With coal consumption down, production ticks up from some Appalachian mines

U.S. coal companies also ramped up production as demand in China increased.

7 years ago

In January, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced plans to expand possible offshore drilling sites in federal waters including nine sites in the Atlantic region. (AP file)
Politics & Policy

Trump proposal to Atlantic offshore drilling draws opposition from New Jersey lawmakers

Lawmakers see the plan as a threat to the state’s $44 billion tourism industry.

7 years ago

Spring Garden School is one of several schools whose outdated heating system would cost more to repair than to replace.
Education

Heating problems in Philly schools rise as temperatures plunge

Philadelphia School District facilities workers have been on the job since Christmas to fix faulty heating units. It's a $70M problem.

7 years ago

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2016 file photo, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez addresses a large rally in Asbury Park, N.J.,
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Trump proposes oil and gas drilling off the Atlantic coast

7 years ago

In January, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced plans to expand possible offshore drilling sites in federal waters including nine sites in the Atlantic region. (AP file)
Politics & Policy

Trump moves to vastly expand offshore drilling

The five-year plan includes the Atlantic, Arctic, and waters off the California coast.

7 years ago

FirstEnergy's Bruce Mansfield Power Plant in Shippingport, Pa. Photo: Reid Frazier
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Power grid bracing for ‘bomb cyclone,’ bitter cold

7 years ago

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