Energy & Environment

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Crypto-mining could be Pa’s next big environmental threat. We need to treat it that way | Opinion

BY: - June 1, 2023

The industry is operating with little regulation and oversight. Its many environmental impacts must be taken seriously.

How Pa. lawmakers are clawing back the state’s power to plug abandoned wells

BY: - May 31, 2023

‘Essentially, what we’re trying to do is to take the law back to where it was,’ state Rep. Greg Vitali, D-Delaware, said.

Shell to pay $10M in fines for exceeding pollution limits. Will it matter?

BY: - May 30, 2023

The fossil fuel giant acknowledged that it often exceeded emissions limitations at its Beaver County cracker plant since October 2022.

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An acid mine drainage treatment system on Nanticoke Creek in Luzerne County, PA. New federal funding will allow more streams tainted by acid mine drainage to be restored. (PA Department of Environmental Protection photo)

‘Mining our Manners’: It’s time for Pa. to clean up its abandoned mines

BY: - May 29, 2023

Pa. leads the nation in abandoned mine lands. It doesn't have to be that way.

$14M in federal aid for brownfield cleanup headed to Pa., Sens. Casey, Fetterman say

BY: - May 27, 2023

Organizations with brownfield site issues had to apply for the grant. Applicants received varying sums, ranging from $472,000 to $2 million. 

A heron is perched on a piling at sunrise on the Chesapeake Bay in Chesapeake Beach.

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Biden wetlands regulation; what that means for the Chesapeake Bay

BY: - May 26, 2023

Wetlands unique to the Chesapeake Bay's watershed will lose protection from being dredged and filled without a permit.

Pa. Supreme Court hears arguments on order halting greenhouse gas reduction program

BY: and - May 24, 2023

‘We know that the proceeds from the RGGI auction have the potential for further growth in a Pennsylvania clean energy economy,’ Katie Blume, of Conservation Voters PA said.

Conservation advocates fear clean energy initiatives could be lost in debt ceiling talks

BY: - May 23, 2023

With the most recent IPCC report indicating that the world will likely hit the 1.5 degrees celsius threshold by 2027, Blume said the IRA’s provisions to transition to clean energy “critical.”

PJM, which coordinates the flow of electricity from power generators to utility companies in 13 states and the District of Columbia, is facing complaints about how it ensures it will have enough capacity to keep the electricity flowing during a winter storm or summer heat wave. (Photo by fhm/Getty Images)

With summer coming fast, regulator issues electric reliability warning

BY: - May 20, 2023

'Weather officials are expecting above normal temperatures for much of the United States,' a new report concludes.

PJM, which coordinates the flow of electricity from power generators to utility companies in 13 states and the District of Columbia, is facing complaints about how it ensures it will have enough capacity to keep the electricity flowing during a winter storm or summer heat wave. (Photo by fhm/Getty Images)

Rural electric co-ops to get $10.7B in USDA funds for clean energy grants, loans

BY: - May 16, 2023

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin to administer two loan and grant programs worth nearly $11 billion to boost clean energy systems in rural areas, administration officials said Tuesday. Congress approved the federal spending — $9.7 billion for a grant and loan program the department is calling the New Empowering Rural America program, or […]

N.J. state senator waters down plan to ban non-flushable wipes

BY: - May 15, 2023

Requiring a 'do not flush' label is a common sense approach that will benefit both industries and consumers, the bill's sponsor said.

Pa.’s largest coal plant is retiring. Could it transition to renewables?

BY: - May 15, 2023

Homer City Generating Station has been used to delay environmental regulations. Could the infamous site become a symbol for the just transition?