Report: Draft Memo Points to Trump Invoking National Security in Bailing Out Coal, Nuclear
The plan could cost ratepayers more in the mid-Atlantic region and guarantee profits for some power plants.
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Study Finds Health Threats From Oil and Gas Wastewater Spread on Roads
Spreading oil and gas wastewater has been a cheap way for municipalities to suppress dust on unpaved roads in parts of Pennsylvania for years. But the waste can contain high levels of radioactive materials and other pollutants that are bad for water quality and human health.
Building a Better Bat Cave to Combat White-Nose Syndrome
Researchers in Pennsylvania have a plan to make an old roadside attraction into a cooler cave for bats.
Sierra Club Says it Will Sue Cheswick Power Plant Over Air Pollution
The group says the coal-fired power plant is allowing soot and coal ash to fall on the surrounding community, and isn’t operating its pollution control scrubbers as much as it could be.
Pruitt’s Transparency Rule is Not What it Sounds Like
Pruitt wants to throw out a vast amount of public health data in the name of transparency. Here's why that's a bad idea.
Abandoned Mines Across State to Get $55M in Cleanup Money
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will spend the money on projects around the state that treat polluted mine water, stabilize unsafe mine lands, and put out underground mine fires.
PJM Will Study ‘Fuel Security’ of Electric Grid as Natural Gas use Rises
The operator says it will take several months to study whether its system could withstand events like a pipeline shutdown, a cyber attack on a natural gas delivery system, or a prolonged cold snap.
As Nuclear Power Loses Ground, Environmentalists are Torn: Save Nuclear for Climate’s Sake?
The four nuclear power plants that could close produce more carbon-free power than all of the wind and solar in the Mid-Atlantic grid, according to one study. What's an environmentalist to do?
Judges OK Consol Plan to Mine Beneath Greene County Stream
In past decisions, judges on the Environmental Hearing Board ruled against the DEP’s permits, at one point saying they would allow the company to “essentially destroy” the stream.
FirstEnergy is Asking the Feds for Help. Trump’s Thinking About It.
The bankruptcy of an Ohio power company is the latest sign of how coal and nuclear plants are struggling. FirstEnergy is also making an unusual request of the Trump administration... and it appears to have the president’s ear.
