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Electric vehicle proponents look for a plug from New Jersey

Advocates are urging New Jersey officials to do more to encourage the use of electric vehicles throughout the state. Pamela Frank, ...

8 years ago

$A view of the Delaware River from Morrisville, Pa. The Delaware River Basin Commission voted Wednesday on a resolution that could result in a ban on fracking in the Basin.$

StateImpact Pennsylvania

DRBC takes a step toward banning fracking in Northeast Pa.

8 years ago

In 2015 Wolf met with elected officials and landowners from Wayne County to discuss the moratorium on natural gas development in the Delaware River Basin. Several people in the meeting say he offered to help them open up the region to drilling, if they would help him enact a severance tax.

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Landowners: Wolf suggested opening Delaware River Basin to gas drilling in 2015

8 years ago

$Dan Plummer fishes for trout in the Delaware River, Delaware County New York. The Delaware River Basin Commission has proposed a ban on fracking along the river.$

StateImpact Pennsylvania

DRBC confirms it will consider banning fracking in basin

8 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

Homeowners say Sunoco breached protective order during pipeline construction

8 years ago

The Delaware River flows along the Pennsylvania side at the Delaware Water Gap.

StateImpact Pennsylvania

AP: DRBC planning to propose permanent fracking ban

8 years ago

An orange fence separates a Delaware County development from a right-of-way for the Mariner East 2 pipeline.

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco contractors challenge residents’ presence on pipeline right-of-way

8 years ago

A flare stack puts out a flame at a refinery near an area hit by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Port Arthur, Texas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Summer gas requirements waived in face of Harvey damage

The Environmental Protection Agency has ended summer fuel requirements early for states affected by fuel disruptions due to Hurricane Har ...

8 years ago

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Atlantic City seeks ‘microgrid’ to reduce impact of citywide power outages

Although it was spared the devastation Superstorm Sandy wrought on other seaside towns further north, Atlantic City still lost power for ...

8 years ago

(NewsWorks file photo)

Atlantic City seeks ‘microgrid’ to reduce impact of citywide power outages

Although it was spared the devastation Superstorm Sandy wrought on other seaside towns further north, Atlantic City still lost power for ...

8 years ago

View of Arkema's Texas plant. (Bing Maps)

King of Prussia company responds to chemical fire, explosions at its Texas plant

Following the flood brought in by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, a chemical silo belonging to the company Arkema exploded early Thursday morn ...

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Harvey-level damage probably won’t happen in Philadelphia, but intense flooding already does

8 years ago

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Impact from Harvey to be felt as higher gas prices in the Mid-Atlantic region

Get ready for a big jump in gasoline prices because of the flooding in Texas. Tom Kloza, global energy analyst at the Oil Price In ...

8 years ago

Protesters armed with signs fill the bleachers at Pine Belt Arena in Toms River, where the New Jersey Pinelands Commission held a public hearing on the Southern Reliability pipeline through Burlington and Ocean counties. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)

Proposed natural gas pipeline in South Jersey receives key approval

A proposed natural gas pipeline denounced by environmentalists is one step closer to becoming a reality in South Jersey. On Tuesda ...

8 years ago

Gov. Carney signed an executive order to create a working group to examine the possibility of offshore wind in Delaware.(Zoë Read/WHYY)

Delaware takes another try at offshore wind [video]

Gov. Carney signed an executive order to explore the possibility of offshore wind in Delaware. Gov. John Carney, D-Delaware, ...

8 years ago

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