Rachel McDevitt | StateImpact Pennsylvania
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The measure from Rep. Donna Bullock (D-Philadelphia) would require companies to estimate the total environmental impact of new or expanded plants on environmental justice areas.
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The efforts include giving more money to public transit, mandating prevailing wages for clean energy projects, and updating efficiency standards for appliances.
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A Washington high school got $65,000 in energy transition grants to upgrade its fish hatchery program to one that rivals commercial operations.
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Lewis County Transit got a $1.8 million grant from the coal transition fund to install a micro-sized hydrogen electrolyzer, which will use electricity to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.
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The $80,000 grant from the community transition fund in Centralia, Wa. helped replace the Juice Box Public House's roof and failing heating system.
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Under pressure from climate activists to close, the Centralia, Wa. plant agreed to a deadline and put millions in a transition fund. StateImpact Pennsylvania spent several days there to explore how time and money has affected preparations for what lies ahead.
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The Rager Mountain storage field owned by Equitrans spewed methane gas for nearly two weeks, from Nov. 6-19, 2022.
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It’s the heart of tax season, which means it’s time for people who made clean energy upgrades around their home or bought an electric vehicle last year to claim a federal tax credit.
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Despite the state awarding more than $23 million in contracts to plug 139 abandoned oil and gas wells in 2023, the number of abandoned wells continues to grow.
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Farmland is appealing to developers for grid-scale solar because it’s often easy to build on and close to infrastructure like transmission lines.