Energy
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
Special report: How the U.S. government hid fracking’s risks to drinking water
7 years ago
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
After recent Mariner East 2 spills, DEP mulls ‘additional enforcement’
7 years ago
Philadelphia explains how it would make deep cut in carbon emissions
7 years ago
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
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
Mariner East 2 pipeline completion delayed again
The controversial cross-state project has been beset with technical, environmental and regulatory challenges.
7 years ago
‘People are furious’: Wolf aide criticized after downplaying royalty problems
Advocates for Pennsylvania landowners are challenging a statement made recently by one of Governor Tom Wolf’s top aides, after saying complaints over gas royalties subsided.
7 years ago
Activists offer pancakes to pipeline workers, are rebuffed
Activists set up a pancake breakfast picnic on an Amish farm in Conestoga adjacent to a construction site and invited the pipeline workers to share a meal.
7 years ago
Natural gas plant proposed for coal-rich Greene County
A New York company is planning to build a natural gas plant in Pennsylvania’s biggest coal county.
7 years ago