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Energy

Cars drive past windmills on the grounds of a sewage treatment plant in Atlantic City, N.J. on Monday Jan. 4, 2016. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Community

Murphy: Danish off-shore wind firm coming to Atlantic City

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

8 years ago

Tree branches and cars are tree branches are covered by heavy snow during a snowstorm last month in Jersey City, N.J. A Garden State lawmakers wants to make sure utility companies are held accountable for their response to power outages from such storms. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Politics & Policy

N.J. lawmaker wants utilities better prepared to handle storm-driven outages

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

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

While legislation stalls in Pennsylvania, West Virginia acts on natural gas royalties

8 years ago

In this April 23, 2010 photo, a Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site is seen near Burlington, Pa., in Bradford County. (Ralph Wilson/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Poll: Public concern grows over natural gas industry’s environmental impact

8 years ago

Gas is pumped into vehicles at a BP gas station in Hoboken, N.J. in 2016.The Obama administration moved to nearly double fuel-economy standards by 2025, but the EPA now is moving to weaken them.
NPR
Politics & Policy

EPA moves to weaken landmark fuel efficiency rules

The Trump Administration today moved to weaken fuel economy standards for automobiles, saying the current ones are inappropriate and wrong.

8 years ago

Workers and contractors for Sunoco Pipeline begin an ‘additional investigation’ of geological conditions behind homes at Lisa Drive, West Whiteland Township, Chester County where the company has been drilling for construction of the Mariner East 2 and 2X pipelines. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Sunoco to residents near sinkholes: We’ll pay to relocate you during investigation

Sunoco is offering to relocate residents at a Chester County site where drilling for the Mariner East pipelines has caused sink holes to open up in recent weeks.

8 years ago

A natural gas worker on a rig in Susquehanna County in 2012. A StateImpact/Franklin & Marshall poll out Thursday shows a majority of registered voters, 69 percent, favor policies that would promote renewable wind and solar power over fossil fuel sources like coal and natural gas. (Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy

How perceptions about natural gas production, climate change have changed

New polling finds most Pennsylvanians are concerned about climate change.

8 years ago

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Protesters outside the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, DC. The agency has announced plans to limit public comments on pipeline projects if the comments are submitted outside the deadline. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

FERC’s critics, and two commissioners, say new comment policy will hurt landowners

FERC says it will limit public interventions in its pipeline review process if they are submitted outside the prescribed time.

8 years ago

At the Steamfitters Union Local 449 near Pittsburgh, apprentices practice pipe welding in the union's new training facility. Photo: Reid R. Frazier

At the Steamfitters Union Local 449 near Pittsburgh, apprentices practice pipe welding in the union's new training facility. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

In Pennsylvania, unions throw political weight behind natural gas

Nationwide, fewer than 5 percent of workers in oil, gas, and mining are unionized, about half the national average.

8 years ago

State Sen. Art Haywood, D-Philadelphia, listens to his constituents lobby him about renewable energy proposals. (Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Lobbyist, lawmakers entwined in complex relationship: Is it influence peddling, or essential?

There are more than 1,200 registered lobbyists in Harrisburg.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions, the largest refiner on the East Coast, was relieved of some of its obligations to buy renewable fuel credits in an agreement with the EPA. (Peter DeCarlo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

PES bankruptcy plan approved by court

8 years ago

A sign on farmland near Palmerton in northeast Pennsylvania shows local opposition to the PennEast pipleline. In order to build the pipeline, PennEast Pipeline Co. is trying to seize through eminent domain some lands that are under farmland preservation.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

N.J. files in federal court to stop PennEast from condemning protected land

8 years ago

Marianne and Rick Atkinson with their dog Spot, on their property in Clearfield County. (Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Wastewater well opposed by some Pa. residents secures state permit

Marianne Atkinson of Brady Township said her family’s water well is 900 feet from the proposed injection site.

8 years ago

Teenagers take turns jumping into the Musconetcong river just below the Asbury Mill Dam. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Federal budget includes $5M for Delaware River clean up

The $1.3 trillion spending bill signed by President Donald Trump on Friday unexpectedly brought good news for environmentalists.

8 years ago

Scott Reynolds, owner of Express Transmission in Beaver County, shows an array of gas cap adapters. The adapters are used as a part of Pennsylvania's vehicle emission testing program. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Could some Pa. counties scrap the annual vehicle emissions test? A study aims to figure that out

Emission tests are required in 25 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.

8 years ago

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