StateImpact Archives

$fracking image$

Impact Fees Expected to Drop Due to Low Natural Gas Prices

Rachel McDevitt·January 29, 2021

Fees haven't been this low since the program started. That's bad news for some smaller communities that rely on the fees for their budgets.

Economy Energy

In Centre County, Solar Energy Has an Unlikely Booster: The Wastewater Authority

Anne Danahy·January 29, 2021

The wastewater authority wants to put solar panels on homes in a pilot project to generate renewable energy and offset water pollution.

Energy Pollution Water

For the First Time Ever, Allegheny County Meets Federal Air Quality Standards

Reid Frazier·January 29, 2021

All eight monitors met the standards, including the most polluted one near the Clairton Coke Works.

Health Pollution

Report Faults DEP for Failure to Protect Streams from Mining in Western Pa.

Reid Frazier·January 22, 2021

The report says DEP is allowing dozens of miles of streambeds to be damaged from longwall mining in southwestern Pa.

Energy Water Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

Proposal to Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Draws 13,000 Comments

Rachel McDevitt·January 22, 2021

Enviro groups claim support for the rule, which will help address climate change. Industry supporters say online system shut out people without reliable internet.

Climate Change Energy

With Biden vow to rejoin Paris Agreement, cities and states look forward to federal partnership on climate

Susan Phillips·January 20, 2021

Cities and states have had to tackle climate change with little to no federal help over the past four years. That's about to change.

Climate Change

Environmentalists see opportunity for Pennsylvania legislature in 2021

Rachel McDevitt·January 14, 2021

They hope lawmakers will see some environmental action as good for the economy and begin to consider climate change.

Climate Change Politics Your Environment Update

State Gives $34 Million for Water Cleanup

Rachel McDevitt·January 6, 2021

The Growing Greener program funded 149 projects across Pennsylvania for improvements like reducing farm runoff and restoring watersheds.

Water Wild Pennsylvania

In the Ohio River Valley, the Petrochemical Boom Is on Hold

Reid Frazier·December 31, 2020

Has the pandemic and other economic woes made the plastics boom a bust? Some in the community are hopeful it will still come to the region.

Coronavirus Economy Energy The Coming Chemical Boom

RGGI, Behind the Rhetoric: What We Know About the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Rachel McDevitt·December 31, 2020

RGGI has been touted as a either a key climate action or job killer. Find out the facts of RGGI.

Climate Change Economy Energy

Username
Password
Prove your humanity 5 + 4 =
	Remember Me Lost your password?

Full Episodes

Episode for June 27, 2025

Episode for June 20, 2025

Episode for June 13, 2025

Trump on Earth

Why Trump’s budget bill could mean ‘America’s electric vehicle surrender’

Atlantic Shores seeks to cancel offshore wind contract with N.J., but says it hasn’t abandoned the project

Despite court order, black lung screening program still not fully functional

StateImpact