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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
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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

The spotted lanternfly is the insect behind the Christmas tree quarantine. (Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture)
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Pa. acts to prevent invasive insects from spreading in Christmas tree shipments

As spotted lanternflies from Southeast Asia reproduce q ...

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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)
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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)
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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

Chantal Pronteau has been a Kitasoo/Xai'xais Coastal Guardian Watchman since 2015. She patrols about 1,500 square miles of inlets on the Canadian coast. (Irina Zhorov/WHYY)
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Watching over the land in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest

First Nations communities in British Columbia are training indigenous people to manage local natural resources.

8 years ago

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Hungry squirrel (NBC)
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Hungry squirrel steals pricey goods left out for delivery folks in N.J.

The thief was targeting the priciest stuff, including Ghirardelli chocolate squares.

8 years ago

A pile of waste coal sits abandoned in Fredericktown. Photo: Reid Frazier
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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DEP Eyes New Land For Abandoned Mine Cleanup

8 years ago

Clairton Coke Works, near Pittsburgh. (Reid R. Frazier/for WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Pa., states sue EPA for missing ozone deadline

8 years ago

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Science

Delaware's ecological task force is attempting to eliminate non-native and invasive plant species.

The snowy white Bradford Pear, the vibrant Burning Bush, the ascending English Ivy—they may be eye-catching, but they’re destroying the ecosystem.

8 years ago

SUSAN PHILLIPS / STATEIMPACT A Cabot Oil and Gas well site in Susquehanna County.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Cabot Oil and Gas to pay $99,000 for air quality violations in Susquehanna County

8 years ago

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The tree that rocked the music industry

New regulations on the international movements of rosewood have hit hard in parts of the music industry.

8 years ago

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