Pa. participation in RGGI has been held up for more than a year. What has the state lost?
Former Gov. Tom Wolf’s signature climate program has been on hold for over a year. Some estimate the state has lost $1 billion as a result.
Energy
A new book looks to climate resilience to ensure that no one gets left behind
Author Kylie Flanagan defines climate resilience as a community's capacity to keep all of its members safe.
Pa. group pitches farms on solar model that keeps farmland usable
Pasa Sustainable Agriculture wants to introduce farmers to solar that allows farming to continue and creates a smaller footprint.
Bill to boost solar in Pa. schools has bipartisan support
A proposal in the state legislature would help boost renewables in Pennsylvania by easing the process for schools to install solar panels.
Documents reveal new details about Pennsylvania governor’s secret working group on greenhouse gas emissions
A secret committee packed with energy companies that will determine if Pennsylvania would benefit from joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
$5M from Shell to be used to monitor air, educate community in wake of air quality violations
The funds come from a settlement with Shell over air quality volitions at its Beaver County ethane cracker.
Pa.’s environmental oversight board dismisses petition to raise key cost for conventional drillers
The request was to raise the bond amount for conventional wells. That's the money to plug a well at the end of its useful life.
Sunoco Pipeline ordered to pay $660,000 for environmental violations, DEP says
The violations are for water contamination across the state caused by the company’s Mariner East pipeline construction project between 2018 and 2021.
Pa. House brings severance tax idea back around, raising an old debate in the nation’s 2nd-largest gas producer
There’s talk of a natural gas severance tax in Harrisburg again. It's unclear whether Gov. Shapiro will support it.
Study finds radioactive materials in waterways near treatment plants associated with fracking waste
Pitt and Duquesne University researchers found radium downstream of wastewater treatment plants that treat runoff from landfills that accept frack waste.
