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Energy

Youths play ice hockey on a frozen pond at Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park during a winter storm, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Changing climate and Philly’s freezing temperatures

Warming oceans put more moisture and energy into the atmosphere, creating conditions for stronger storms.

7 years ago

The Acosta metallurgical coal mine opened in Somerset County in 2017. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

With coal consumption down, production ticks up from some Appalachian mines

U.S. coal companies also ramped up production as demand in China increased.

7 years ago

In January, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced plans to expand possible offshore drilling sites in federal waters including nine sites in the Atlantic region. (AP file)
Politics & Policy

Trump proposal to Atlantic offshore drilling draws opposition from New Jersey lawmakers

Lawmakers see the plan as a threat to the state’s $44 billion tourism industry.

7 years ago

Spring Garden School is one of several schools whose outdated heating system would cost more to repair than to replace.
Education

Heating problems in Philly schools rise as temperatures plunge

Philadelphia School District facilities workers have been on the job since Christmas to fix faulty heating units. It's a $70M problem.

7 years ago

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2016 file photo, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez addresses a large rally in Asbury Park, N.J.,
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Trump proposes oil and gas drilling off the Atlantic coast

7 years ago

In January, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced plans to expand possible offshore drilling sites in federal waters including nine sites in the Atlantic region. (AP file)
Politics & Policy

Trump moves to vastly expand offshore drilling

The five-year plan includes the Atlantic, Arctic, and waters off the California coast.

7 years ago

FirstEnergy's Bruce Mansfield Power Plant in Shippingport, Pa. Photo: Reid Frazier
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Power grid bracing for ‘bomb cyclone,’ bitter cold

7 years ago

A Mariner East 2 construction site in Lebanon County. Sunoco says it expects to have the pipeline in service by the end of the second quarter, 2018. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

DEP suspends all construction on Mariner East 2 pipeline

7 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Federal repeal of fracking regulations affects relatively small amount of Pa. land

7 years ago

The Delaware River basin: Officials say proposed new rules would strengthen protections against contamination from any fracking waste water brought into the basin. (KATIE COLANERI/STATEIMPACT PENNSYLVANIA)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

DRBC’s new rule would protect against frack-waste contamination, officials say

7 years ago

A donated solar lamp in a driveway illuminates storm debris still waiting to be collected earlier this week in Morovis, Puerto Rico. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Anger builds 100 days after Maria hit Puerto Rico

Though life has improved for some Puerto Ricans on the island more than three months since Maria hit, the Caribbean island is still in recovery mode.

7 years ago

Washington County resident Frank Brownlee stands in his backyard, where a rig on the hill behind him is drilling natural gas wells. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Pennsylvania’s gas fields ramp up for more drilling in 2018

The site of some of the state’s newest gas wells lies atop a Washington County hill in Frank Brownlee’s backyard.

7 years ago

A natural gas well site operates in southwestern Pennsylvania. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

CNX Gas fined more than $400,000 for drilling violations

The penalties stem from incidents at four well sites that affected waterways and vegetation, according to the DEP.

7 years ago

Portland Generating Station
Science

Pa. coal power plant closing leads to healthier babies downwind

After a coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania closed, early-life health outcomes improved for babies across the border, in New Jersey.

7 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

US Steel agrees to allow fracking at Edgar Thompson works steel mill

7 years ago

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