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State Senate Introduces Its Own Nuclear Bailout Bill

Marie Cusick·April 5, 2019

The Senate bill is similar to the $500 million proposal from House last month. The Senate bill recognizes nuclear energy as carbon free and adds it to the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard.

Energy Politics

U.S. Steel: Fire-Damaged Pollution Controls at Clairton Back On-Line

Reid Frazier·April 5, 2019

It took more than three months to fix pollution equipment damaged in a Christmas Eve fire. Without the controls, US Steel's facilities released five times the amount of sulfur dioxide as they normally are permitted to emit.

Health Pollution

Amid Global Push to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Japan Envisions a ‘Hydrogen Society’

Susan Phillips·April 5, 2019

Japan is looking beyond battery-powered electric cars. Hydrogen fuel buses are on tap for 2020 Olympics, and more fuel stations are planned

Climate Change Culture Energy Technology

DEP Investigating Gas Well for Water Supply Complaint in Pittsburgh Suburb

Reid Frazier·April 2, 2019

It would be first water supply impacted by drilling in Allegheny County.

Energy

Officials Fine U.S. Steel for Clairton Emissions from 2018

Amy Sisk·April 2, 2019

The penalties are not related to a December fire that damaged pollution controls. One of the biggest problems is leaky coke oven doors.

Pollution

The Enrico Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, on Lake Erie near Detroit, Michigan. Photo: James Marvin Phelps via Flickr

Poll: Public Split on Nuclear Bailout

Reid Frazier·March 29, 2019

Respondents generally support nuclear as part of the state’s energy mix. But when it comes to the government acting to help out the industry, they aren’t so sure.

Climate Change Energy

A Japanese Man’s Regrets Mirror His Country’s Turn Against Nuclear Power

Susan Phillips·March 29, 2019

In Fukushima, farmers and residents now put their stock in solar.

Energy

Proposal to Drill for Gas at U.S. Steel Site Prompts Contentious Hearing

Amy Sisk·March 29, 2019

The company wants to frack at the Edgar Thomson plant in Braddock, but residents in the area are concerned about safety and health impacts.

Energy

Meltdown at Three Mile Island: 40 Years Later

PA Post·March 28, 2019

Watch this documentary that details what happened inside the containment building at TMI on March 28: the chaos, confusion, miscommunication and fear.

Energy History Video

Three Mile Mile Island: The New Nuclear Dilemma

Marie Cusick·March 28, 2019

StateImpact Pennsylvania’s latest documentary explores the plant’s fraught history and the new fight to keep it open.

Energy History Video

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State Senate Introduces Its Own Nuclear Bailout Bill

U.S. Steel: Fire-Damaged Pollution Controls at Clairton Back On-Line

Amid Global Push to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Japan Envisions a ‘Hydrogen Society’

DEP Investigating Gas Well for Water Supply Complaint in Pittsburgh Suburb

Officials Fine U.S. Steel for Clairton Emissions from 2018

Poll: Public Split on Nuclear Bailout

A Japanese Man’s Regrets Mirror His Country’s Turn Against Nuclear Power

Proposal to Drill for Gas at U.S. Steel Site Prompts Contentious Hearing

Meltdown at Three Mile Island: 40 Years Later

Three Mile Mile Island: The New Nuclear Dilemma