
Environment
How perceptions about natural gas production, climate change have changed
New polling finds most Pennsylvanians are concerned about climate change.
7 years ago
Listen 4:00Poll: Most Pennsylvania voters say climate change causing problems now
Party affiliation and political ideology continue to play a big role in people’s views.
7 years ago
FERC’s critics, and two commissioners, say new comment policy will hurt landowners
FERC says it will limit public interventions in its pipeline review process if they are submitted outside the prescribed time.
7 years ago
In Pennsylvania, unions throw political weight behind natural gas
Nationwide, fewer than 5 percent of workers in oil, gas, and mining are unionized, about half the national average.
7 years ago
Lobbyist, lawmakers entwined in complex relationship: Is it influence peddling, or essential?
There are more than 1,200 registered lobbyists in Harrisburg.
7 years ago
N.J. files in federal court to stop PennEast from condemning protected land
7 years ago
Wastewater well opposed by some Pa. residents secures state permit
Marianne Atkinson of Brady Township said her family’s water well is 900 feet from the proposed injection site.
7 years ago
Federal budget includes $5M for Delaware River clean up
The $1.3 trillion spending bill signed by President Donald Trump on Friday unexpectedly brought good news for environmentalists.
7 years ago
Could some Pa. counties scrap the annual vehicle emissions test? A study aims to figure that out
Emission tests are required in 25 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
7 years ago
Report: Severance tax proposal could cost Pa. mineral owners millions
“States that levy a natural gas severance tax allow those costs to be treated like a post-production cost,” IFO director Matthew Knittel wrote.
7 years ago
Groups oppose another coal mining permit in Greene County state park
They argue that longwall mining, the technique Consol would use to mine beneath the stream, can cause ground beneath streams to fall in.
7 years ago
StateImpact Pennsylvania invites public to forum in Towanda on natural gas royalties
Join StateImpact Pennsylvania for an educational forum to learn how other states handle natural gas royalty payments and what’s being done about the controversy.
7 years ago
PES likely to resolve growing objections to its bankruptcy plan, analysts say
Philadelphia Energy Solutions is meeting more resistance to its plan to reorganize while in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
7 years ago
Guests: Michio Kaku Physicist and futurist MICHIO KAKU theorizes ...
Air Date: March 21, 2018 10:00 am
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