Pa. lawmakers advance bill to help towns set guidelines on data center construction
A state House committee is advancing measures meant to protect Pennsylvanians from negative effects of new data centers.
Energy
Water districts in Ohio join call for injection well moratorium
Local water authorities want Ohio to pause permitting of new injections wells in Washington County to protect drinking water sources there.
Company spills over 1M gallons of drilling fluid into abandoned mine during pipeline construction
MarkWest said the fluid is nontoxic and that it has monitored for surface water contamination, but hasn’t found any.
Pennsylvania moves to build more EV chargers in neighborhoods
Pennsylvania is preparing to award $100 million for EV charging stations in public places, such as parking lots for businesses and restaurants.
Centre County Solar Group scraps plans for project
That company that was to provide solar energy to Centre County government agencies pulled out, citing new tariffs and an end to federal tax credits.
Grassroots resistance to data centers rises in Pennsylvania
As community protests grow, both Democratic and Republican officials are proposing more industry regulation.
Pennsylvania spent big on a ‘petrochemical renaissance.’ It never arrived.
Visions of a booming hub that would bring jobs and prosperity to Appalachia faded, but the plastic “nurdles” remain.
Ohio towns are pushing back against data centers to varying degrees of success
As rural communities in Ohio become hotspots for new AI data centers, some communities are fighting them, to varying degrees of success.
Trump administration rolls back mercury rules for coal-fired power plants
The standard for mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants will revert back to a 2012 standard.
After deadly explosion, safety and environmental lapses at U.S. Steel’s coke works now rest with Nippon
Six months after two deaths at the massive Clairton Coke Works, U.S. Steel’s new owner inherits the plant’s safety challenges and pollution violations. Nippon’s plans haven’t yet been released.
