Republican candidates for Pennsylvania governor spent little time during recent debates talking about energy and the environment. So where do they stand?
Parties suing over the rule allowing Pa. to join an effort among 11 states to curb CO2 from power plants will present their arguments in court this week.
The regulation allowing Pa. to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative will finally be published. But Republican lawmakers and candidates running for governor are against it.
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.
The regulation allowing Pa. to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was set to take effect Saturday. Republican lawmakers asked to court to stop the rule until all legal questions are resolved.
The GOP-backed bill would require the state to sell credits created by government-owned renewable energy projects and use the money to plug abandoned oil and gas wells.
