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Energy

Exelon's Three Mile Island nuclear plant outside Harrisburg is slated to close in September 2019, 15 years before its operating license expires. (JOANNE CASSARO/ WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Time running out to save Three Mile Island from early closure

There are multiple efforts underway at the federal, state, and regional levels to try to boost the nuclear power industry.

8 years ago

In this June 2, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo, file)
Science

Watchdog to probe EPA chief’s purchase of soundproof booth

A government watchdog will examine whether the head of the EPA misused taxpayer money by purchasing a soundproof booth for making private phone calls from his office.

8 years ago

A Cabot Oil & Gas drill rig nestled into the landscape in Kingsley, Pa.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Science

Gas driller: Make Dimock homeowner pay for disparaging us

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. claims Dimock resident Ray Kemble and his former lawyers tried to extort the company through a frivolous federal lawsuit.

8 years ago

A natural gas well pad in Washington County, Pa.  Dec. 1, 2017. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Lawmakers consider breaks for oil, gas in tax bills

As lawmakers hash out differences between the tax bills in front of Congress, they must decide whether to keep a proposed tax break for oil and gas investors.

8 years ago

The Elrama Power Plant near Pittsburgh was closed in 2012. Photo: Reid R. Frazier
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Trump administration coal plan could have big impact on Pennsylvania

8 years ago

Roz Gitt from Warwick, New York, protests in front of the construction site for the new CPV natural gas plant in Wawayanda. The plant would run on Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale gas.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

New York’s heralded fracking ban isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

8 years ago

FILE: Governor Tom Wolf's deputy chief of staff Yesenia Bane, speaking at natural gas industry conference in 2016.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Ethics complaint filed against Wolf aide

8 years ago

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

DEP Eyes New Land For Abandoned Mine Cleanup

8 years ago

Public Service Enterprise Group CEO Ralph Izzo testifies at a legislative hearing Monday.
Politics & Policy

N.J. nuclear plant operator seeking state subsidy

New Jersey lawmakers are examining whether to act in the final weeks of the legislative session to give some financial assistance to nucl ...

8 years ago

SUSAN PHILLIPS / STATEIMPACT A Cabot Oil and Gas well site in Susquehanna County.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Cabot Oil and Gas to pay $99,000 for air quality violations in Susquehanna County

8 years ago

A view of the Delaware River from Washington Crossing Bridge at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Bucks County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Fracking ban proposed for Delaware River basin; ‘significant risks’ cited

The Delaware River Basin Commission on Thursday proposed a ban on fracking for natural gas in the basin.

8 years ago

Gas processing equipment in Lycoming County. (Joe Ulrich/ WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Pa. wants to cut methane emissions, but plans moving slowly

Methane is the main component of natural gas. Compared to carbon dioxide, it’s much more potent as a climate-warming greenhouse gas.

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
Science

Sunoco proposes construction change for Mariner East 2, but meets fresh resistance

8 years ago

Part of the proposed PennEast pipeline could run through this stretch of land in Bucks County, Pa.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

FERC sued over alleged ‘unconstitutional’ granting of pipeline certificates

8 years ago

Natural gas drillers (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Lawmaker: Natural gas lobby too influential in severance tax debate

8 years ago

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