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Energy

A sign marks the path of the Mariner East 1 pipeline through Chester County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Congressman Meehan seeks pipeline risk assessment for Mariner East 2

Responding to landowners’ concerns Congressman Pat Meehan has asked Gov. Tom Wolf to conduct a risk assessment of Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 pipeline.

7 years ago

Delaware City Refinery, where the cost of buying the EPA’s biofuel credits now exceeds payroll, and is the second-largest expenditure item after crude oil. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact PA)
Delaware Business Now
Community

Refinery cited for not immediately informing state regulators about planned shutdown

PDF Energy's Delaware City refinery received a violation notice from the Delaware environmental regulators for not providing notice of a shutdown of a key unit at the plant.

7 years ago

A natural gas well pad in central Pennsylvania, with a home in the foreground. A new study shows infants born to mothers living within a half mile of active fracking sites have a higher risk of low birth weights compared to those living further away. (Scott Detrow/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Study: Low birth weights linked to fracking sites

Infants born to mothers who live very close to natural gas fracking sites have a higher risk of low birth weight, according to a new study published Wednesday.

7 years ago

Construction of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline in Lancaster County. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Federal regulators won’t reconsider approval of Atlantic Sunrise pipeline

Construction on the pipeline began in September. It's being built to carry Marcellus Shale gas from northeastern Pa. to markets along the East Coast.

7 years ago

Somerset County residents examine a map of the proposed Keyser mine Tuesday at a meeting with officials from the Department of Environmental Protection. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Pa. residents concerned proposed mine could hurt water quality

The Keyser underground mine would produce metallurgical coal, which is used to make steel.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. (WITF)
Politics & Policy

Late-night bid to force severance tax onto House floor fails narrowly

Supporters of a natural gas severance tax attempted to circumvent state House Republican leaders late Tuesday night to push the issue back onto the floor.

7 years ago

Ray Kemble of Dimock, displays a jug of what he identifies as his contaminated well water in this August 2013 file photo. (AP PHOTO/MATT ROURKE)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Cabot Oil wants money from homeowner for critical claims following settled lawsuit

7 years ago

Exelon's Three Mile Island nuclear plant outside Harrisburg is slated to close in September 2019, 15 years before its operating license expires. (JOANNE CASSARO/ WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Time running out to save Three Mile Island from early closure

There are multiple efforts underway at the federal, state, and regional levels to try to boost the nuclear power industry.

7 years ago

In this June 2, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo, file)
Science

Watchdog to probe EPA chief’s purchase of soundproof booth

A government watchdog will examine whether the head of the EPA misused taxpayer money by purchasing a soundproof booth for making private phone calls from his office.

7 years ago

A Cabot Oil & Gas drill rig nestled into the landscape in Kingsley, Pa.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Science

Gas driller: Make Dimock homeowner pay for disparaging us

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. claims Dimock resident Ray Kemble and his former lawyers tried to extort the company through a frivolous federal lawsuit.

7 years ago

A natural gas well pad in Washington County, Pa.  Dec. 1, 2017. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Lawmakers consider breaks for oil, gas in tax bills

As lawmakers hash out differences between the tax bills in front of Congress, they must decide whether to keep a proposed tax break for oil and gas investors.

7 years ago

The Elrama Power Plant near Pittsburgh was closed in 2012. Photo: Reid R. Frazier
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Trump administration coal plan could have big impact on Pennsylvania

8 years ago

Roz Gitt from Warwick, New York, protests in front of the construction site for the new CPV natural gas plant in Wawayanda. The plant would run on Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale gas.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

New York’s heralded fracking ban isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

8 years ago

FILE: Governor Tom Wolf's deputy chief of staff Yesenia Bane, speaking at natural gas industry conference in 2016.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Ethics complaint filed against Wolf aide

8 years ago

A pile of waste coal sits abandoned in Fredericktown. Photo: Reid Frazier
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

DEP Eyes New Land For Abandoned Mine Cleanup

8 years ago

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