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Energy

Construction of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline in Lancaster County. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law

Dynamite disappears from Pa. worksite; ATF is trying to find it

Authorities now say that 704 pounds of explosives were stolen.

8 years ago

(StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Five takeaways from StateImpact’s forum on gas royalties

Many Pennsylvania mineral owners have complained they are not being paid fairly. The controversy has led to class action lawsuits and ongoing litigation.

8 years ago

A public hearing in West Whiteland (StateImpact Pennyslvania, file)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Sunoco proposes changes to Mariner East 2 in Chesco; DEP sets public hearing

The meeting will be held on April 30.

8 years ago

A view of the PJM control room. The grid operator, based outside Philadelphia is the nation's largest. (Courtesy of PJM)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

After alert on Russian hacking, a renewed focus on protecting U.S. power grid

8 years ago

Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Money

With nuke plant shutting down, N.J. community inherits 1.7M pounds of waste

After U.S. plan to dispose of spent fuel rods fails, Lacey Township wants compensation for holding the radioactive waste from the Oyster Creek plant.

8 years ago

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Contractors working to restore power in Cayey, Puerto Rico, last week, the same region where a falling tree interrupted a main transmission line Thursday, plunging 840,000 customers into darkness. (Adrian Florido/NPR)
NPR
Community

A tree falls in Puerto Rico, and 840,000 customers lose power

It would seem remarkable that a single tree could plunge more than half of the commonwealth's population into darkness. But it was so.

8 years ago

This May 22, 2007 file photo shows FirstEnergy's Bruce Mansfield plant in Shippingport, Pa., northwest of Pittsburgh. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo, File)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Money

FirstEnergy: If feds don’t help us, more power plants will close. Trump’s thinking about it

FirstEnergy filed for bankruptcy last month and plans to close three nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

8 years ago

A gas drilling site in Lycoming County, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Bill would weaken standards on conventional oil and gas drillers in Pa.

The measure marks the latest move in a protracted legal and political battle over how to regulate the state’s oil and gas industry.

8 years ago

Pipeline workers probe the ground on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township where sinkholes have developed as a result of the Mariner East 2 construction. Vandalism to pipeline construction equipment nearby has garnered two separate $10,000 rewards. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Pipeline opponents offer their own $10k reward for information on Mariner East vandalism

Two separate $10,000 rewards are now offered for information on who vandalized a backhoe and bulldozer last week in Chester County.

8 years ago

A pile of waste coal sits abandoned in Fredericktown. Photo: Reid Frazier
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

State to send $25M to help clean up a dozen abandoned coal mine sites

Pennsylvania announced approval of $25 million in funding for cleanup of abandoned mines at 12 sites around the state.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Penn Township fracking dispute heads to court, with state’s Environmental Rights Amendment at center of lawsuit

A dispute over a local law that opens up much of a Pittsburgh suburb to oil and gas drilling has made it to a Westmoreland County courtroom.

8 years ago

Across Europe, laws on fracking vary. In 2016, after years of debate over environmental concerns and economic interests around fracking, Germany banned some forms of it. Environmentalists are calling for a total ban. (Robin Wood/flickr)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

‘The Shale Dilemma’ goes global: Author discusses shale gas development across the world

Shanti Gamper-Rabindran a University of Pittsburgh professor and editor of The Shale Dilemma, sat down for an interview about the topic.

8 years ago

United States Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks at an offshore winds energy forum Friday, April 6, 2018, in Plainsboro, New Jersey. The secretary noted there is
Politics & Policy

Interior secretary: ‘Opposition’ to offshore drill plan

"There is a lot of opposition, particularly off the East Coast and the West Coast, on oil and gas," Zinke said.

8 years ago

Workers and contractors for Sunoco Pipeline begin an ‘additional investigation’ of 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. The work is expected to take 4-6 weeks. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Vandals damage Mariner East equipment in Chester County, Sunoco says

Sunoco Pipeline offered a $10,000 reward on Thursday for information leading to the arrest of vandals who the company said attacked construction equipment.

8 years ago

Cars drive past windmills on the grounds of a sewage treatment plant in Atlantic City, N.J. on Monday Jan. 4, 2016. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Community

Murphy: Danish off-shore wind firm coming to Atlantic City

"Opening of this office is just the beginning," Murphy said.

8 years ago

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