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Gas processing equipment in Lycoming County. (Joe Ulrich/ WITF)

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. wants to cut methane emissions, but plans moving slowly

Methane is the main component of natural gas. Compared to carbon dioxide, it’s much more potent as a climate-warming greenhouse gas.

7 years ago

An easement where Sunoco Pipeline is preparing for construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline. A homeowners group is asking a court to halt construction in that location until Sunoco comes up with a plan to mitigate contaminated soil on the site. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact)

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco proposes construction change for Mariner East 2, but meets fresh resistance

7 years ago

Part of the proposed PennEast pipeline could run through this stretch of land in Bucks County, Pa.

StateImpact Pennsylvania

FERC sued over alleged ‘unconstitutional’ granting of pipeline certificates

7 years ago

Natural gas drillers (Kim Paynter/WHYY)

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Lawmaker: Natural gas lobby too influential in severance tax debate

7 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. (WITF)

Politics & Policy

As lawmakers leave for holiday, fate of Pa. severance tax unclear

Debate may have begun in the state House on a natural gas severance tax — but it remains to be seen if that will actually result in a final vote.

7 years ago

$The two wells drilled on Bryan Latkanich’s property are among 1,655 that have been hydraulically fractured in Washington County since 2004. Latkanich is one of more than 4,000 Pennsylvania residents who have filed complaints with DEP, wondering if gas drilling impacted their water. Only 284 cases have been linked. (CREDIT: ANNA BELLE PEEVEY)$

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Special report: How the U.S. government hid fracking’s risks to drinking water

7 years ago

Natural gas drillers (Kim Paynter/WHYY)

Politics & Policy

Pa. House begins debating natural gas drilling tax

It's a major priority for Democrats, who have been trying unsuccessfully to pass one for a decade.

7 years ago

Construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)

StateImpact Pennsylvania

After recent Mariner East 2 spills, DEP mulls ‘additional enforcement’

7 years ago

$A truck delivers fracking wastewater to a Susquehanna County recycling center$

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Lycoming County Waste Water Spill Tops 63,000 Gallons

7 years ago

The Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery accounts for almost 16 percent of the city's carbon footprint, according to a City report that describes how to make deep cuts in carbon emissions.

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Philadelphia explains how it would make deep cut in carbon emissions

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)

StateImpact

Philadelphia area refineries urge EPA to reform biofuels credit program

7 years ago

Workers unload pipes at a staging area in Worthing, S.D., for the 1,130-mile Dakota Access Pipeline. A new report says the nation's new natural gas pipeline capacity resulting from a building boom is far more than is needed.

StateImpact

New gas pipeline capacity sharply exceeds consumption, report says

7 years ago

Protesters confront a construction crew for the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline in central Pennsylvania. A new PUC ruling may make it easier for communities to control pipeline development. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Atlantic Sunrise construction picks back up after two-day delay

Construction on a controversial natural gas pipeline has resumed after a two-day court delay.

7 years ago

The contaminated Bishop Tube former industrial site in Malvern

StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP accused of neglecting cleanup of contaminated Chesco site

Delaware Riverkeeper Network stepped up its campaign to clean the highly contaminated Bishop Tube industrial site at Malvern in Chester County.

7 years ago

A pipeline construction site in Jackson Township, Butler County, Pa. A recent ruling over a disputed valve station in Chester County has created more construction delays for the Mariner East 2 natural gas liquids pipeline. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Mariner East 2 pipeline completion delayed again

The controversial cross-state project has been beset with technical, environmental and regulatory challenges.

7 years ago

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