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Energy

Cooling towers belch white smoke into the cloudy blue sky
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Revoking Clean Power Plan could have a big Pa. impact

EPA administrator Scott Pruitt announced the EPA will formally propose to revoke the Clean Power Plan, Obama’s regulation for carbon dioxide from the electricity sector.

8 years ago

People stand in the rain, behind them a line of cars, behind that, heavy equipment
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Protesters park cars to blockade Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline work site

Anti-pipeline activists in Lancaster County formed a vehicle blockade Monday that temporarily obstructed access to a work site for the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline.

8 years ago

backhoe works at a construction site
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Money

Pipeline blasting sprayed Lebanon County home with debris, and may have spread legacy pollution

Blasting to remove rock for construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in Lebanon County showered a home and its swimming pool with debris.

8 years ago

A man in a hard hat walks past equipment in the turbine building of a nuclear energy facility
Science

Oyster Creek nuclear plant in N.J. may close before planned 2019 shutdown

The Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Ocean County, New Jersey, may be shut down a bit sooner than scheduled.

8 years ago

Opponents of the Mariner East 2 pipeline, like those engaged in nonviolent civil disobedience at this site in Huntingdon County, say a blog post is falsely linking them to the alleged sabotage of construction vehicles. So far, no one has presented any evidence the sabotage actually took place.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Pipeline critics say blog post seeks to discredit them with ‘fake news’

8 years ago

Trash piles up at Atlantic County Utilities Authority’s warehouse (Bill Barlow for WHYY)
Science

Atlantic County could one day vaporize trash to energy

In a large warehouse in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, trucks and front-end loaders are building a mountain of trash. A quick gl ...

8 years ago

Facing forward from the rear, arched ceilings, painted murals, and members of the Pa. legislature seated at desks
Money

Lacking support to get Pa. severance tax to House floor, Dems will try again

Pennsylvania House Democrats and a handful of Republicans are trying to figure out the best way to bring a natural gas severance tax up for a vote.

8 years ago

A red and white drilling rig justts out in the background behind a line of trees. Farmland and grass, a silo and cows in the foreground
Money

Bipartisan-supported severance tax bill stays stalled in Pa.

The fight over how to fund Pennsylvania’s overdue budget is boiling down to just a few points of contention — including whether to impose a new tax on natural gas drillers.

8 years ago

Ellen (left) and Elise Gerhart have been battling with Sunoco Logistics over the construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline on their property in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
StateImpact
Money

Pipeline opponents sue Sunoco, alleging constitutional violations

Four opponents of the Mariner East 2 pipeline sued Sunoco Pipeline and its parent, Energy Transfer Partners, in federal court on Monday.

8 years ago

solar panel installation
Money

Solar industry gets boost from PECO donation, proposed legislation

Renewable energy got a boost on Thursday when PECO donated $100,000 for a solar-job training program in Philadelphia, and a state lawmake ...

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

Delco homeowners ask court to halt Mariner East 2 pipeline construction

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 a proposed natural gas pipeline through Burlington and Ocean counties. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

Pinelands Commission approves South Jersey pipeline, construction could begin soon

A New Jersey agency approved a contentious natural gas pipeline Thursday that would run through the Pinelands, a one million-acre nature ...

8 years ago

Money

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
Science

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
Science

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

8 years ago

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