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JON HURDLE / STATEIMPACT PA Construction of Mariner East 2 in West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Sunoco spills drilling fluid into Lebanon County creek for third time

8 years ago

Delaware Business Now
Community

Delaware issues $750,000 penalty to Sunoco Claymont site

The DNREC order calls for a cash penalty of $600,000 from Sunoco and an additional $150,000 for an environmental improvement project.

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
Science

EPA deal gives PES, in bankruptcy, some relief from renewable fuel credits

Philadelphia Energy Solutions reached an agreement with the federal government to reduce its liability for buying renewable fuel credits.

8 years ago

Bob Hoffman of Edgmont Township, Delaware County, says he's OK with a water 'buffalo' that Sunoco installed outside his home. It's to ensure a supply of clean water in case his private well is disrupted by drilling for the Mariner East pipelines. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

On pipeline route, some well owners OK with Sunoco’s water; others are wary

The temporary water supply is being provided to owners of private water wells along the pipeline route because of concerns that water could turn cloudy or become contaminated

8 years ago

T.J. Allen, a resident of West Whiteland Township in Chester County, stands in front of sinkhole enclosures in his back yard. Allen said he's worried about the sinkholes, and the fact that Sunoco has been ordered to make sure an existing pipeline that runs through his neighborhood is safe. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

‘It’s crazy, man’: Sinkholes, Sunoco’s pipeline inspection stir safety fears in Chesco

Sunoco scrambled to inspect an ageing pipeline on Friday in the backyards of Chester County homes where drilling for two new pipelines has caused several sinkholes to open up.

8 years ago

The route of the Falcon Ethane Pipeline through Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. (Fractracker Alliance)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

DEP announces public hearings for Shell ethane cracker pipeline

The Pennsylvania DEP will hold three public hearings in April to gather public comment on a proposed pipeline that will feed a chemical plant in Beaver County.

8 years ago

Jim Barrett stands next to a wellpad on his farm in Bradford County. He says Chesapeake Energy, which drilled four natural gas wells on his land, is cheating him out of royalty money. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Royalties: Why some strike it rich in the natural gas patch, and others strike out

That disparity in how royalties are paid spans the Marcellus Shale, and it’s popping up in other oil- and gas-rich regions across the United States.

8 years ago

Austin Turner, 19, of Gladesville, W. Va. is one of 370 miners getting laid off at the 4 West Mine in Mt. Morris, Pa. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

At Greene County coal mine, dwindling production means 370 lost jobs

In January, Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mepco LLC notified the state that it would begin idling the mine in early March.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania environmental regulators are investigating health complaints after the Invenergy natural gas power plant in Jessup Pa. began spewing plumes of smoke this week. The company says the emissions are temporary and part of a planned commissioning process. (Kim Crinella)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Yellow smoke, health complaints prompt state investigation at new gas power plant

Regulators are looking into health complaints after residents say a natural gas power plant being built near Scranton started emitting noxious, greenish-yellow smoke.

8 years ago

A pedestrian trudges through the storm in Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

More than 110,000 without power in Pennsylvania after storm

Pennsylvania utility companies say more than 110,000 customers are without power following the state's second major snowstorm in less than a week.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Sinkholes in Chester County prompt PUC to ask for Mariner East 1 shutdown

8 years ago

Robert Taylor, (center), speaks at a St. John the Baptist Parish council meeting in 2017. He and the other members of the citizens' group around him wear T-shirts that reference the safety limit for the chemical chloroprene. (Julie Dermansky)
NPR
Health

After decades of air pollution, a Louisiana town rebels against a chemical giant

The company recently installed technology it promised would reduce chloroprene emissions by 85 percent. So far, public air monitors suggest levels are still trending upward.

8 years ago

Bruce Mansfield Power Station in Shippingport, Pa. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Fatal gas leak at Pittsburgh-area power plant draws OSHA fines

Kevin Patrick Bachner, 34, and John Michael Gorchock, 42, both of Pittsburgh, died Aug. 29 at FirstEnergy’s Bruce Mansfield Power Station after inhaling toxic gas.

8 years ago

Heavy wet snow falls in West Philadelphia Wednesday morning. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Winter storm: Take two

What you need to know about the latest winter storm to hit our region.

8 years ago

Listen 2:09
PECO truck in the foreground, PECO worker in the background
Community

Philly region braces for another storm while thousands remain without power

The National Weather Service has declared several winter storm warnings in the region for “significant” heavy snow in eastern Pennsylvania and northern and central New Jersey.

8 years ago

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