Rachel McDevitt | StateImpact Pennsylvania
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The proposal under consideration in Harrisburg would up Pennsylvania’s renewable energy goals from 8% now to 30% by 2030.
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Pennsylvania natural gas companies may be on track to frack the lowest number of new wells in 2023 than any year of the past decade.
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The Environmental Protection Agency released a final rule on Dec. 2 that aims to avoid 80% of methane emissions by 2038, an estimated 58 million tons.
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Federal tax credits meant to drive investment to energy communities and low income areas are working, according to recent analyses. But those communities may not be seeing results yet.
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The Greenhouse 100 Suppliers List from the University of Massachusetts Amherst adds up how much companies are contributing to the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by producing coal, oil and natural gas.
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The Department of Environmental Protection’s latest Oil and Gas Annual Report shows drillers produced 7.5 trillion cubic feet of gas last year. That’s down from 7.6 trillion cubic feet in 2021.
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The federal hubs planned to be near Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are meant to demonstrate how to make and use clean-burning hydrogen in sectors that make a lot of pollution, like the steel industry and manufacturing.
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Red Cross volunteers are preparing to offer emergency shelter to people who might be displaced by disaster.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro is appealing a court decision that stopped Pennsylvania’s effort to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap-and-trade program targeting power plant emissions.
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Families that live near fracking in Washington County are disappointed in Gov. Josh Shapiro’s recent partnership with a major gas driller, saying it doesn’t do enough to bring accountability to the industry.