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PA Governor’s Cap-And-Trade Proposal Takes Step Forward
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DEP acting on governor’s executive order — which Republicans are challenging
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Feds Lower Coal Mine Cleanup Funds For PA
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Pennsylvania is getting less money from the federal government this year to clean up its old abandoned mines.
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PA Lawmakers, Criticizing Executive Order On Cap-And-Trade Program, Say It’s Their Call To Make
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Proposed bill would require Legislature to OK Pennsylvania becoming part of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Energy
Trump Administration Proposes Rollbacks For Two Obama-Era Coal Pollution Rules
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Rules on coal ash ponds, wastewater from coal-fired power plants are targeted
Energy
Trump Ditches Obama Climate Policy That Targeted Coal Emissions
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Pennsylvania is the third-largest coal producing state in the country. But coal generated electricity plants have struggled to compete with cheaper natural gas and renewable energy.
Finding New Opportunity For PA’s Old Coal-Fired Power Plant Sites
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Coal-fired power plants keep closing and communities around the country must decide what to do with those sites. Pennsylvania has a plan, aiming to create new jobs where the old ones have been lost.
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Cayuga Lake Coal-Fired Power Plant To Convert To Solar Powered Data Center
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The owners want to convert it into a 100 megawatt data center. Their proposal includes a seventy-five acre solar farm, and they will apply to the state for a 125 megawatt renewable energy allocation.
Energy
PA Reaches $7M Deal Over 1,400 Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells
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Alabama company has until 2033 to plug wells or put them back into production
Energy
Report: Coal Ash Contamination Widespread In PA
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A new report finds coal ash pollution is leaking into groundwater at nine power plants around Pennsylvania and over 200 nationwide. West Pa. site has arsenic 372 times the ‘safe’ level
For Pennsylvanians Who Heat Homes With Coal, It’s Still King
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Nearly 130,000 homes in the U.S. still burn coal for heat. Despite decades of decline and concerns about climate change, companies in the coal home-heating business are optimistic about the future.