Boots and drones deployed in hunt for orphan gas wells in Southwestern Pa.
Old wells pose health and safety risks by leaking pollutants that can contaminate groundwater and impact air quality.
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Why Trump’s budget bill could mean ‘America’s electric vehicle surrender’
Narayan Subramanian, who worked in the Biden administration, says President Trump’s budget bill would cede the U.S. electric vehicle supply chain to China.
Federal money to plug Pa.’s dangerous wells is unfrozen, but uncertainty plagues contractors
Ongoing lawsuits against the Trump administration over hundreds of millions of federal dollars to plug old oil and gas wells are creating uncertainty.
Gov. Shapiro sues over ‘flagrantly lawless’ halt in federal funds committed to Pennsylvania
The Trump administration's funding freeze jeopardizes nearly $2.2 billion for environmental and climate programs committed to Pennsylvania.
As Trump takes aim at clean energy, will the Appalachian hydrogen hub survive?
Will Trump like hydrogen because it can be made with fossil fuels or will he say it's part of the "green scam"?
Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules
A massive push for hydrogen energy is one of the first test cases of new federal environmental justice initiatives. Communities and advocates so far give the feds a failing grade.
What’s hampering federal environmental justice efforts in the hydrogen hub build-out?
“Organizational change in large bureaucracies takes time.”
Pa. communities start to see impact of federal climate spending, as election casts doubt on programs’ futures
More than $5.6 billion in federal funds have been awarded to hundreds of projects across the state. Republicans want to repeal climate funding.
Pennsylvania receives another round of record-level federal funding for coal mine cleanups
Pennsylvania is receiving nearly $245 million for the third year to clean up abandoned mine lands and treat coal-polluted waterways.
Coal community groups ask Harris and Trump for continued funding
The groups want assurances from Harris and Trump to continue historic investments in coal communities for economic development, clean energy, environmental cleanup and more.
