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Environment

Jim Barrett stands next to a wellpad on his farm in Bradford County. He says Chesapeake Energy, which drilled four natural gas wells on his land, is cheating him out of royalty money. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Royalties: Why some strike it rich in the natural gas patch, and others strike out

That disparity in how royalties are paid spans the Marcellus Shale, and it’s popping up in other oil- and gas-rich regions across the United States.

9 years ago

Austin Turner, 19, of Gladesville, W. Va. is one of 370 miners getting laid off at the 4 West Mine in Mt. Morris, Pa. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

At Greene County coal mine, dwindling production means 370 lost jobs

In January, Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mepco LLC notified the state that it would begin idling the mine in early March.

9 years ago

Pennsylvania environmental regulators are investigating health complaints after the Invenergy natural gas power plant in Jessup Pa. began spewing plumes of smoke this week. The company says the emissions are temporary and part of a planned commissioning process. (Kim Crinella)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Yellow smoke, health complaints prompt state investigation at new gas power plant

Regulators are looking into health complaints after residents say a natural gas power plant being built near Scranton started emitting noxious, greenish-yellow smoke.

9 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, March 7, 2018

We have updates on the aftermath of today’s snowstorm. Scientists are concerned about ...

Air Date: March 7, 2018

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StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Sinkholes in Chester County prompt PUC to ask for Mariner East 1 shutdown

9 years ago

The Delaware City Refinery has agreed to pay a $218,000 penalty for a series of environmental violations. (File/WHYY)
Community

Delaware City Refinery to pay $218,000 penalty for violations

The Delaware City Refining Company has agreed to pay $218,000 in two settlements with the state for a series of environmental violations. ...

9 years ago

Two elephants play in a field in southern Kenya earlier this year. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump administration quietly decides — again — to allow elephant trophy imports

In a memo dated March 1, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in place of the Obama-era blanket ban, the agency will consider importation permits "on a case-by-case basis."

9 years ago

Bruce Mansfield Power Station in Shippingport, Pa. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Fatal gas leak at Pittsburgh-area power plant draws OSHA fines

Kevin Patrick Bachner, 34, and John Michael Gorchock, 42, both of Pittsburgh, died Aug. 29 at FirstEnergy’s Bruce Mansfield Power Station after inhaling toxic gas.

9 years ago

The spotted lanternfly is spreading through Southeast Pennsylvania. It was spotted for the first time in the United States in Berks County. (Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture)
Science

Invasive insect spreads beyond Pennsylvania farms and orchards to backyards

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will send $17.5 million in emergency funds to Pennsylvania to prevent the spotted lanternfly from spreading further.

9 years ago

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

EPA restores funding to news outlet covering Chesapeake Bay

The EPA agreed to restore $325,000 in funding to the Bay Journal, a print and online news outlet covering environmental issues related to the Chesapeake Bay.

9 years ago

A natural gas power plant under construction in Bradford County, Pa. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Proposed natural gas power plant in Berks County gets set of permits from DEP

The Department of Environmental Protection has OK’d several permits for a proposed natural gas power plant in Berks County.

9 years ago

The 2018 Philadelphia Flower Show theme Wonders of Water inspired the main exhibit rainforest theme. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Flower Show taking deep dive into water

The annual Philadelphia Flower Show gets its feet wet in environmental issues surrounding water.

9 years ago

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Large crane operations were suspended in Philadelphia for the day because of high winds. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Nor’easter slams region, knocking down trees and snarling travel

Philly officials suspend crane work, ask public to prep for high winds.

9 years ago

Ryan Zinke in East Bethlehem Township, Washington County. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Zinke comes to Pa. to talk abandoned mine cleanup

Ryan Zinke, President Trump’s Interior Secretary, came to Western Pennsylvania to tout the federal government’s abandoned mine cleanup program. It was an appropriate setting.

9 years ago

(U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

How this reporter’s #NoDAPL photo wound up in the Russia investigations

Never did I imagine a photo I took would be used by Russian trolls to try to manipulate the pipeline debate.

9 years ago

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