After a year of uncertainty, federal mine safety research employees in Pa. get good news
The roughly 100 employees at the Pittsburgh Mining Research Division were notified that they’re no longer subject to layoffs announced last spring.
Energy
Ohio selects company to frack wildlife area, public voices opposition
An Ohio commission approved a Texas-based company to frack Leesville Wildlife Area, as public objects to longer leases at hearing.
Meta reaches agreement to buy electricity from Beaver Valley nuclear plant to fuel AI data centers
Increased power demand from AI has given a boost to the nation’s nuclear industry, as a source of zero-carbon electricity, to an increasingly power-hungry tech industry.
Takeaways from frack waste investigation in Pennsylvania
Inside Climate News found lax state oversight of solid waste from oil and gas drilling, despite new findings that it's more radioactive than previously thought.
New financing is available for Philly-area homeowners seeking to install rooftop solar
Although the residential solar tax credits expired, solar installers and financers are pointing to another affordable option: leasing.
Pa. environmental groups appeal permit for massive gas power plant meant to fuel data center
The proposed 4.4 gigawatt gas-fired plant would generate enough power for more than 3 million homes and emit more greenhouse gases each year than all the cars on Pennsylvania’s roads.
The ‘toxic cocktail’ brewing in Pennsylvania’s waterways
Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste, some of it radioactive.
Twenty years into fracking, Pennsylvania has yet to reckon with its radioactive waste
Former government officials say the state isn’t doing enough to regulate fracking waste, even as new research shows it’s far more radioactive than previously known.
Tracking oil and gas waste in Pennsylvania is still a ‘logistical mess’
More than a decade after regulators promised to improve reporting standards for this waste, an investigation found huge discrepancies in state records.
Pennsylvania joins lawsuit seeking Trump administration release of EV charger funds
Staters say EV charging infrastructure development is stalled across the region because the White House is not releasing the funds.
