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StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Study: Methane emissions cancel near-term climate benefits of natural gas

A new study finds climate-damaging methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas industry are nearly 60 percent higher than Environmental Protection Agency estimates.

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StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania’s gas impact fees rise to $209 million this year

Money goes to local governments, but there is little oversight of how it's spent.

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Report: Jobs in efficiency, renewables grow while clean transportation lags

A new report shows that jobs in most parts of Pennsylvania’s clean energy industry grew over the past year.

8 years ago

Solar panels in Hanover generate electricity for the Snyder's-Lance snack company. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Solar installers in Pennsylvania weather tariff upheaval

While big solar installation companies have announced a halt to more than $2.5 billion in projects, Pennsylvania solar installers have fared better.

8 years ago

A 2012 fire at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, Calif., led the state to update regulations governing how disasters at refineries are investigated, and requiring companies to disclose information to emergency workers and citizens. The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to block similar federal chemical regulations from taking effect. (Paul Sakuma/AP)
NPR
Science

Fear and frustration over EPA move to kill chemical-disaster protections

The EPA is taking public comments on the new chemical disaster regulations until July 30, and expects to make a final decision later this year.

8 years ago

Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2. Sinkholes that opened in the area prompted the state's Public Utility Commission to order that an existing pipeline nearby, the Mariner East 1, be shut down until it could be determined that the sinkholes didn't threaten its safety. PUC on May 3 approved a re-start of Mariner East 1. (Marie Cusick/WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

PUC keeps lid on Mariner East 2 work, but allows ME1 to re-start

In a split decision, the PUC found no evidence that Mariner East 1 poses a public safety threat but orders Sunoco to comply with judge's orders on Mariner East 2.

8 years ago

Minerva Ortolaza holds a rechargeable bulb her sister, Santa, uses to light her house. The Ortolazas didn't have light for months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico and they had to change their routines to make do. (Irina Zhorov/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Puerto Rico crawls toward full re-electrification

As the island’s utility struggles to turn the lights back on, there’s a larger conversation about rebuilding better.

8 years ago

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StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Gov. Wolf signs bill to help finance clean energy, efficiency projects

The bll aimed at helping commercial property owners finance the costs of installing renewable energy, water conservation, and energy efficiency upgrades.

8 years ago

This July 27, 2011 file photo shows a farmhouse in the background framed by pipes connecting pumps where the hydraulic fracturing process in the Marcellus Shale was underway at a Range Resources site in Claysville, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Court rejects fracking company’s appeal in ‘rule of capture’ decision

8 years ago

About 150 people showed up at a rally in West Chester on Saturday to urge the state's Public Utility Commission to shut down Sunoco's Mariner East pipeline project.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Urban Planning

As PUC decision nears, Mariner East foes rally to call for total shutdown

Commission's ruling could come this week

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Wolf administration, two years after climate pledge: ‘no specific timeline’ on methane regulations

New requirements for the oil and gas industry don't affect thousands of existing wells.

8 years ago

Methane leaks throughout the entire process of developing natural gas– from well sites, to storage and processing facilities and pipelines. (Joe Ulrich/WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania, for first time, sets methane regulations on natural gas wells

Gov. Wolf touts the rules, which apply only to new wells.

8 years ago

In March, residents of Chester County’s West Whiteland Township pressed pipeline regulators for answers on Sunoco’s Mariner East construction after it produced sink holes behind some local homes. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Chesco commissioners slam Sunoco for ‘appalling’ lack of pipeline information

The letter urges the PUC to uphold the judge's order halting Mariner East construction.

8 years ago

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

Owner of nation’s oldest nuke plant files $1.4B closing plan

It will cost $1.4 billion and take 60 years to shut down the site due to close in October.

8 years ago

An unconventional drilling site is prepared in Butler County, Pennsylvania in the winter of 2014. (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Study finds health threats from oil and gas wastewater spread on roads

Pennsylvania stopped the practice after a lawsuit alleging pollution.

8 years ago

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