DEP Eyes New Land For Abandoned Mine Cleanup
Environmental officials in Pennsylvania have long focused on cleaning up the most hazardous old mines, but they plan to start addressing other abandoned mining sites that pose fewer public health dangers.
View ArticleResidents Concerned Proposed Mine Could Hurt Water Quality
The company behind a new coal mine in Somerset County intends to open another in the area, and some residents worry the new operation could hurt their water quality. The Keyser underground mine would...
View ArticleCNX Gas Fined More Than $400,000 For Drilling Violations In Greene County
CNX Gas Co. has agreed to pay two fines to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for drilling violations that took place in 2015 and 2016 in Greene County. The penalties, totaling...
View ArticleSettlement Requires Coal Plants To Get Permits With Tighter Pollution Controls
In a settlement with environmental groups, the Pennsylvania Department of Environment agreed to require coal-fired power plants to obtain water pollution permits with tighter controls on toxic releases...
View ArticleLead Levels In Pittsburgh Drinking Water Likely To Exceed Federal Limit Once...
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner is once again sounding the alarm on lead levels in Pittsburgh’s drinking water.
View ArticleDEP Fines Natural Gas Company $1.7M For Drilling Violations
State environmental officials have fined a natural gas company $1.7 million for problems at well sites in Greene and Clearfield counties.
View ArticleEPA Employees Spend Uneasy Friday Bracing For Potential Government Shutdown
As the federal government nears a shutdown, frustration is mounting among federal employees tasked with overseeing the Mid-Atlantic region’s environment and energy-related programs. The Environmental...
View ArticlePennsylvania Pipeline Work To Resume, Sunoco Fined $12M
Pennsylvania regulators are fining Sunoco more than $12 million for problems with a massive natural gas pipeline project, but letting work resume under a consent agreement. The Department of...
View ArticleIn PA, Zinke Unveils Federal Government's $55M Toward State's Abandoned Mine...
Ryan Zinke, President Trump’s Interior Secretary, came to Western Pennsylvania to tout the federal government’s abandoned mine cleanup program. It was an appropriate setting.
View ArticleAt Greene County Coal Mine, Dwindling Production Means 370 Lost Jobs
Austin Turner was headed back home to West Virginia on a recent afternoon from his job at the 4 West Mine in Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania. It was going to be one of his last shifts there, as the mine would...
View ArticlePennsylvania Tackles A Solar Problem: How To Get More Electricity From The Sun
Solar energy advocates want to dramatically increase the amount of electricity generated from solar panels in the state.
View ArticleIs It Time To Re-Evaluate PA's Vehicle Emission Tests?
Millions of Pennsylvania drivers make an annual trip to their local auto shop to test their vehicle’s emissions. Two decades after this ritual began, some are questioning its necessity.
View ArticlePA Group Calls For Higher Penalties For Clean Water Act Violators
An environmental group is criticizing Pennsylvania for its high numbers of Clean Water Act violations.
View ArticleCheswick Coal Plant Hearing Draws Scrutiny Over Water Pollution
More than 20 residents and environmental advocates called for tough limits on water pollution from a coal-fired power plant northeast of Pittsburgh on Wednesday evening. They spoke at a Department of...
View ArticlePermit Disagreements In Severance Tax Argument Still Seem Irreconcilable
As state lawmakers prepare for budget negotiations, Governor Tom Wolf is once again trotting out a natural gas severance tax proposal in hopes of slipping it into the final deal.
View ArticleVW Settlement Money To Go Toward Clean Vehicles, Engines
Pennsylvania will use the $118 million it received in a settlement with Volkswagen to fund grants and rebates for cleaner vehicles and engines. The money comes to the state after the German automaker...
View ArticleState Orders Companies To Plug More Than 1,000 Abandoned Oil, Gas Wells
State environmental officials have ordered three companies to plug more than 1,000 abandoned oil and gas wells. Wells in Pennsylvania are considered abandoned when they have been inactive for more than...
View ArticlePittsburgh's Air Quality Better Than The Past, But Not Yet Clean
It’s a hot July day and 86-year-old John Zavacky is chatting with friends in the South Side Market House’s Senior Center. In the background, an air conditioner hums while drawing the warm outside air...
View ArticleDePasquale To Check If PA’s Child Abuse Hotline Agency Is Still Severely...
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said he plans to investigate if the state's child abuse hotline followed through on his office's recommendations to hire more staff. It's part of a plan...
View ArticleActivists Ask The DEP To Reject Permits To Build Falcon Ethane Pipeline In...
Protesters gathered outside the Department of Environmental Protection's Pittsburgh office Thursday to urge the agency to deny permits to Shell Pipeline Co. to build an ethane pipeline. The 97-mile...
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