Pennsylvania takes first step to access low-income solar funds
A bill allowing the Pa. Energy Development Authority to access $156 million for the federal Solar for All program passed a first-round vote in a House committee.
Energy
Next up for nuclear power: small, transportable and made in a factory near Pittsburgh
Small, transportable and mass-produced “microreactors” are seen as part of the future of nuclear power. And it's underway in Etna, where Westinghouse scientists are at work developing a nuclear microreactor called eVinci.
Crypto mining company agrees to speed cleanup of its coal ash pile
Stronghold Digital Mining will clean up its unpermitted coal ash dump at its waste coal power plant in Venango County, which fuels its crypto mining operations.
Pollution from a Westmoreland Co. landfill caused problems for decades. Fracking waste made it worse
Max Environmental Technologies hazardous waste landfill in Westmoreland County has a history of compliance problems. Fracking waste, which is often radioactive, made it worse.
Trump’s federal funding freeze brought some abandoned mine cleanup in Pennsylvania to a standstill
Pennsylvania has the most abandoned coal mines in the U.S. Trump’s month-long funding freeze brought some of the work to fix it to a halt.
Could ‘Solar For All’ be doomed in Pennsylvania?
A federal program to provide solar panels for lower-income families is in jeopardy in Pennsylvania, and it's not because of Trump’s funding freeze.
Trump’s attack on environment and climate policy is having immediate impacts
We talk with a former DOJ environmental enforcement lawyer who says Trump's funding pauses and cuts to staff at climate and environment programs will have a lasting impact.
What Trump’s halt of $5 billion charging program could mean for Pennsylvania EV owners
The Trump administration ordered states to scrap their federally-funded EV charging station plans as it issues new program guidelines.
Speakers at Pittsburgh climate rally assail Trump, urge local action
Western Pa. politicians spoke about climate action during the second Trump administration in front of a crowd of 200 in a Pittsburgh park.
Report: Beaver County population, employment decline despite taxpayer-backed chemical plant
A report by the Ohio River Valley Institute found population, gross domestic product and employment declined since 2012, when the Shell ethane cracker was announced.
