Rachel McDevitt | StateImpact Pennsylvania
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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.
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There are now 9.1 million acres of land in the watershed that are permanently protected from development, according to the Chesapeake Bay Program.
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A new report from renewable energy boosters says increased coordination between regional electric grids could save people billions of dollars on energy bills.
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Commonwealth Court is stopping Pennsylvania’s effort to join a cap-and-trade program targeting power plant emissions. Interest groups expect the state will appeal.
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The federal Energy Information Administration projects that an average family that spent $760 on natural gas heating last year may pay around $600 this year.
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Texas-based Encina plans to build a plant on the Susquehanna River in Northumberland County that will break down plastics into chemical building blocks to make new products.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro says his administration has plugged more abandoned oil and gas wells in the last ten months than the state government has in the previous 6 years.
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A new report ranks Pennsylvania at the bottom of states in terms of renewable energy growth over the last decade.
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People across the commonwealth can weigh in on the state’s new environmental justice policy.