STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA – A bipartisan group of state legislators want Pennsylvania to aim for 100 percent renewable energy by the middle of this century.
Crime and Justice
Dynamite Disappears From Atlantic Sunrise Worksite; ATF Trying To Find It
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STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA – Authorities are searching for explosives that were stolen last weekend from an Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline worksite in Lancaster County.
Coal
FirstEnergy Emergency Request Could Be A Last Chance To Help Coal Power
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Ohio-based utility FirstEnergy Solutions made waves last month when it asked the Department of Energy to grant it an emergency order to help keep coal and nuclear plants operating across the Ohio Valley.
Energy
PA To Spend $25M To Clean A Dozen Abandoned Coal Mine Sites
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STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA – Pennsylvania announced approval of $25 million in funding for cleanup of abandoned mines at 12 sites around the state.
PA Pipeline Blocked By Protestor On Monopod
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Activists opposing the Mountain Valley natural gas Pipeline in southwest Virginia are camped in the Jefferson National forest, hoping to delay construction.
Energy
Mayor From Puerto Rico Aims To Rebuild, Modernize Grid
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STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA – Six months after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, 200,000 residents still lack electricity, the mayor of the island’s capital city told a crowded Carnegie Mellon University ballroom Wednesday night. Carmen Yulín Cruz, who received a master’s degree from CMU in the 1980s, came back to the campus to speak at “Energy Week” alongside Pittsburgh’s mayor. She said the situation in Puerto Rico is still dire for many. “You have no idea what it is to spend months and months and months with not a flicker of light,” she said. “We don’t want energy to be able to bathe in warm water or to have air conditioning, we want it so our children can go to school.
Energy
‘The Shale Dilemma’ Goes Global: Author Discusses Shale Gas Development Across The World
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Fracking may have been born in the U.S., but there are shale gas reserves in dozens of other countries. Will these countries say yes or no to fracking? Shanti Gamper-Rabindran a University of Pittsburgh professor and editor of The Shale Dilemma, sat down for an interview about the topic.
Energy
Poll: Public Concern Grows Over Natural Gas Industry’s Environmental Impact
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STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA – A majority of Pennsylvanians still support the natural gas industry, but a new opinion poll shows the number of people concerned about its environmental impact is growing.
Energy
While Legislation Stalls In PA, West Virginia Acts On Natural Gas Royalties
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STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA – Pennsylvania landowners for years have tried and failed to get the Legislature to protect royalties they receive from natural gas companies, but mineral owners in West Virginia just scored a victory.
Energy
Sunoco To Residents Near Sinkholes: We’ll Pay To Relocate You During Investigation
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STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA – Sunoco is offering to relocate residents at a Chester County site where drilling for the Mariner East pipelines has caused sinkholes to open up in recent weeks.
Energy
Environmental Regulators Seek Public Input On New Shale Permits
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State Impact Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania environmental regulators put a call out Friday for the public to weigh in on their draft final general permits to address methane emissions from new Marcellus Shale well sites and other natural gas facilities.