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Company seeks to withdraw water from W. Pa. trout stream for fracking

Reid Frazier·May 4, 2022

Big Sewickley Creek runs through Beaver and Allegheny counties and is known for fishing and swimming. A watershed group, anglers, and a state legislator want DEP to reject the plan.

Conservation Energy Wild Pennsylvania

Safety advocate warns of a lack of oversight for new CO2 pipelines needed for carbon capture

Kara Holsopple·April 29, 2022

A new report by Pipeline Safety Trust outlines the dangers of CO2 pipelines and calls for new regulations.

Climate Change Energy Follow the Pipeline Health Your Environment Update

Biden administration wants to expand wind energy off the coast of Delaware

Susan Phillips·April 27, 2022

It's part of a push by the Administration toward tackling climate change, in part by developing 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030.

Climate Change Energy

Low-producing oil and gas wells emit lots of methane, study finds

Reid Frazier·April 21, 2022

Low-producing wells provide just 6% of oil and gas production in the U.S. But a new study found they emit half of the industry's climate-warming methane.

Climate Change Energy

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New book looks at the big decisions small communities had to make when fracking came to town

Kara Holsopple·April 18, 2022

Many small communities had to figure out how to deal with fracking with little guidance, and try to avoid the worst of the boom-bust cycle that energy extraction brings.

Economy Energy Politics

Allegheny County’s last coal-fired power plant is closing

Reid Frazier·April 12, 2022

The site could be redeveloped for renewable energy or for another industrial use, the new owners say.

Energy

Pennsylvania public transit will ride a wave of new cash in 2022

Margaret J. Krauss·April 8, 2022

The more than $600 million will come from the federal infrastructure law. But how transit agencies can spend the money is still unclear.

Climate Change Energy

Q&A: Federal pipeline regulator fines Energy Transfer $40M, blamed “corporate culture” for large spill into Ohio wetland

Reid Frazier·April 1, 2022

Four years after a massive spill of drilling mud polluted a wetland, FERC issued a $40 million fine. But is it too little, too late?

Energy Pollution Water Your Environment Update

Ohio regulators renew wastewater permit for proposed ethane cracker in Ohio

Julie Grant·April 1, 2022

The company proposing a second ethane cracker for the region hasn't made a final decision to move forward.

Energy The Coming Chemical Boom

Pennsylvania lawmakers push pro-fossil fuel bills, citing Russia’s war and energy security

Rachel McDevitt·March 30, 2022

A slate of bills aimed at boosting the natural gas industry under the claim of energy security has passed a committee in the Pa. House.

Climate Change Energy

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Company seeks to withdraw water from W. Pa. trout stream for fracking

Safety advocate warns of a lack of oversight for new CO2 pipelines needed for carbon capture

Biden administration wants to expand wind energy off the coast of Delaware

Low-producing oil and gas wells emit lots of methane, study finds

New book looks at the big decisions small communities had to make when fracking came to town

Allegheny County’s last coal-fired power plant is closing

Pennsylvania public transit will ride a wave of new cash in 2022

Q&A: Federal pipeline regulator fines Energy Transfer $40M, blamed “corporate culture” for large spill into Ohio wetland

Ohio regulators renew wastewater permit for proposed ethane cracker in Ohio

Pennsylvania lawmakers push pro-fossil fuel bills, citing Russia’s war and energy security