New bill would lower threshold for labeling trains ‘high-hazard’

Oliver MorrisonFebruary 28, 2023

The bill would also require high-hazard trains to travel at slower speeds in newer cars, with better braking equipment and additional reporting requirements.

PoliticsPollutionTransportation

Pa. leaders begin to piece together what happened after East Palestine derailment

Oliver MorrisonFebruary 24, 2023

A dozen residents testified under oath about how dramatically the accident had altered their lives. Norfolk Southern's CEO was a no-show.

PoliticsTransportation

Ex-Pennsylvania DEP secretary: Agency’s underfunding will test its new leader

Rachel McDevittJanuary 20, 2023

Despite some recent increases in its budget, DEP has been constrained by a decade of underfunding.

Politics

Federal spending bill includes long-term cleanup of streams polluted by abandoned mines

Julie GrantDecember 23, 2022

The bill addresses an issue with last year's Infrastructure Law which limited how states spend $11.3 billion for mine cleanups.

EnergyPoliticsPollutionWater

Ohio bill to spur fracking in state parks and forests heads to governor’s office

Julie GrantDecember 16, 2022

The bill has raised fears that Ohio agencies will be required to lease state-owned parks, forests, preserves and universities to fracking.

ConservationEnergyPoliticsYour Environment Update

How the $2 billion in tax credits Gov. Wolf signed into law will benefit natural gas

Kara HolsoppleNovember 18, 2022

We dig into how the tax credits will encourage natural gas drilling, why Wolf and Democrats supported it, and how hydrogen fits in.

EconomyEnergyPoliticsYour Environment Update

Tom Wolf signs $2 billion tax package that encourages natural gas production in Pa.

Spotlight PANovember 3, 2022

Despite the size of the package, lawmakers introduced and passed the bill in just a few hours with no public hearings.

Climate ChangeEconomyEnergyPolitics

In Pa. Senate race, Fetterman and Oz change views on fracking, trying to match voters

Reid FrazierOctober 28, 2022

They were once both against it. Now they're both for it. But do voters care?

Climate ChangeEnergyPolitics

Pa.’s natural gas industry set to get billions in state tax credits

Sam DunklauOctober 27, 2022

Called a backroom deal by critics, the bill includes nearly $2 billion in tax credits. Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to sign it.

Climate ChangeEnergyPolitics

Sinkholes Attributed to Gas Drilling Underline the Stakes in Pennsylvania’s Governor’s Race

Inside Climate NewsOctober 21, 2022

As residents struggle with damage linked to the Mariner East pipeline, many observe that the Democratic nominee is playing down his environmental bona fides.

Climate ChangeEnergyPolitics