
Energy
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
Plaintiffs ask judge to revoke ‘illegal’ Mariner East 2 permits
7 years ago
Rising rate of PECO service shut-offs prompts Pa. review of utility costs for poor
Over the past decade, PECO has more than doubled the number of service shut-offs to customers who fall behind on payments.
7 years ago
Pennsylvania’s biggest environmental group is getting a new CEO
Jacquelyn Bonomo is succeeding Larry Schweiger as the leader of PennFuture. Schweiger is retiring.
7 years ago
Pennsylvania’s environmental rights amendment is back from the dead
John Dernbach, director of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Center at Widener University sat down with StateImpact to discuss.
7 years ago
PUC’s West Goshen ruling cheers advocates for local control over pipelines
The commission voted unanimously on Thursday to uphold a judge’s ruling that prevented Sunoco from building the valve and associated equipment on private land.
7 years ago
Marcellus Shale boom cuts costs for Pennsylvania ratepayers
Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale gas boom has significantly cut energy costs for consumers across the state, according to a new study released Friday.
7 years ago
New Castle County loosens solar power restrictions
County leaders say solar energy use in Delaware will double following the enactment of an ordinance that reduces various restrictions on solar energy systems.
7 years ago
Future in limbo for coal ash site
A Greene County coal ash landfill won’t be receiving any more coal waste until December, at the earliest.
7 years ago