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Energy

Environmental advocates are pushing for a faster transition from diesel to electric buses in Pennsylvania. (WESA)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Urban Planning

As transit agencies inch toward electric buses, environmental groups want more progress

More than 23,000 diesel-powered transit and school buses exist throughout the state.

8 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf is renewing his annual call for a severance tax on natural gas. Most Republicans have no intention of supporting one. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Wolf again readies plan for Pa. severance tax

The gas industry and most Republicans are meeting it with a resounding 'no.'

8 years ago

Tree clearing for construction of the Mariner East 2 natural gas liquids pipeline at site in Delaware County. DEP has issued more than 50 violations to Sunoco during the past year of construction. The agency recently fined the company for additional drilling mud spills. (Emily Cohen for StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

DEP hits Sunoco with another fine for Mariner East 2 pipeline construction

The Department of Environmental Protection fined Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners an additional $355,622.

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. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

PUC safety officials recommend restart of Mariner East 1 after inspection

Safety inspectors are recommending that Sunoco’s Mariner East 1 pipeline be restarted.

8 years ago

Denise McCarthy told a Department of Environmental Protection hearing that the Mariner East pipelines would endanger her grand nephew, Jack, whose picture she held up as she spoke. DEP held the public meeting to hear comment on Sunoco’s proposed permit modifications in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Residents urge DEP to deny Mariner East pipeline construction changes; unions argue for approval

Nearly all of the 33 speakers at the two-hour hearing argued that the natural gas liquids pipeline represents a risk to public safety.

8 years ago

A shale gas drilling rig in Washington, Pa. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Wolf, once again, pitches severance tax on natural gas

Some Pennsylvania lawmakers are introducing legislation, again, to impose a severance tax on natural gas production.

8 years ago

Towers carrying electricity in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, a nuclear power plant in Delta, Pennsylvania. (Stan Honda / AFP/Getty Images)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

PJM will study ‘fuel security’ of electric grid as natural gas use rises

The grid operator for 65 million customers in the mid-Atlantic says it will look at whether it’s becoming more susceptible to outages.

8 years ago

Dead vegetation around a conventional well site in Warren County indicates a possible brine spill. (Pa. Dept. of Environmental Protection)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Pa. House panel OKs bill to gut environmental standards for conventional drillers

The controversial bill would eliminate many environmental requirements for Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industry.

8 years ago

An aerial view of Sunoco Pipeline's Mariner East 2 construction in rural Pennsylvania. Plans for a new construction technique in some locations have prompted a new round of community resistance. (Jeremy Long/Lebanon Daily News)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

State senator files complaint asking PUC to halt Mariner East pipeline construction in Chesco

State Senator Andy Dinniman is trying to halt construction on two natural gas liquids pipelines.

8 years ago

Crews work to stabilize sinkholes in a West Whiteland Township neighborhood on March 3. The sinkholes appeared recently near a construction site for the Mariner East 2 pipeline. The PUC ordered Sunoco to shut down nearby Mariner East 1 until it can prove the line is safe to operate amid the sinkholes and geology of the region. (Eric Friedman)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Sunoco says PUC asked for expanded work to ‘stabilize’ ground at Chesco pipeline site

Sunoco is preparing to drill 10 more holes behind homes in Chester County’s West Whiteland Township.

8 years ago

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announces his decision to scrap fuel standards. He faces lawmakers Thursday for the first time since numerous ethics allegations surfaced.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Watch: EPA chief Pruitt faces tough questions on Capitol Hill

There are questions about why Pruitt sanctioned $43,000 for a sound-proof phone booth in his EPA office; the GAO has found that violated federal spending rules.

8 years ago

In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission failed properly quantify greenhouse gas emissions linked to a pipeline expansion project in the southeastern U.S. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

FERC, called a ‘rubber stamp’ by critics, begins policy review for approval of natural gas pipelines

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has launched an inquiry into whether to update its policies on pipeline oversight.

8 years ago

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy speaks about the drilling ban bill signing on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk Friday. (Governor Phil Murphy/Facebook)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

N.J. governor signs bill prohibiting offshore drilling

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a bill prohibiting oil and natural gas drilling in state waters.

8 years ago

Wind turbines along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. (Provided)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Proposed bill takes ‘principled position’: By 2050, Pennsylvania should use only renewable energy

A bipartisan group of state legislators want Pennsylvania to aim for 100 percent renewable energy by the middle of this century.

8 years ago

Workers and contractors for Sunoco Pipeline have been investigating geological conditions behind homes at Lisa Drive, West Whiteland Township, Chester County where the company has been drilling for construction of the Mariner East 2 and 2X pipelines. The company offered to relocate residents of the five homes whose yards are crossed by the pipeline right of way. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Sunoco says testing is done and Mariner East 1 is safe; state officials say slow down

More than a month after the Mariner East 1 was shut down, Sunoco say they’ve found no problems.

8 years ago

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