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In Rooftop Solar, Advocates See a ‘Missed Opportunity’ for Clean Energy in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania lawmakers have been at an impasse on clean energy legislation for years. The lone exception—a $25 million bill to put rooftop solar on schools—strikes some as a blueprint for breaking through, but others see it as a one-off.

By Kyle Bagenstose

Solar panels are seen on the campus of Central Columbia High School in Bloomsburg, Pa., as part of a combination ground-mount and rooftop 3.8 megawatt array. Credit: Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Power lines run through West Reading, Pa. Credit: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

Pennsylvania to Leave RGGI as Part of an Overdue Budget Deal

By Jon Hurdle

U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, an industrial plant that emits benzene, particulate matter and other pollutants, in Clairton, Pennsylvania, on an early morning in October when atmospheric conditions trapped air pollution close to the ground.

The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. The Real Emissions Are Far Worse.

By Lisa Song, photography by Annie Flanagan for ProPublica

Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University on July 15 in Pittsburgh. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Four Governors Whose States Rely on PJM Want Data Centers to Guarantee Their Own Power

By Rambo Talabong

The Schuylkill River flows below the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Oct. 27. Credit: Kyle Bagenstose/Inside Climate News

Why Billions of Gallons of Raw Sewage Keep Ending up in Philadelphia Waterways

By Kyle Bagenstose

An aerial view of an Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

Pennsylvania Community Groups Urge Officials to Restrict Data Center Development

By Jon Hurdle

Environmental activists at a Sept. 9 demonstration against the Northeast Enhancement Supply pipeline on the Raritan Bayshore in Middletown, New Jersey. Credit: Charlie Kratovil

New Jersey Officials Ponder New Permit Requests for the Northeastern Supply Enhancement Pipeline

By Raeanne Raccagno

In Stone Ridge, Virginia, an Amazon Web Services data center in July 2024. Virginia is a PJM state, and Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

PJM Pursues Rule Change to Meet Data Center Surge. Critics Fear Gas Suppliers Could Benefit.

By Rambo Talabong

The photo shows the bay around Oxford

Federal Shutdown Hampers Chesapeake Bay Agreement Talks

By Aman Azhar

A drilling rig is in Pennsylvania’s Greene County. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Scientists Find Evidence that a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking

By Kiley Bense

A landscape of the landfill appears in the middle ground, a brownish-sandy color, with trees at either side.

Along the Banks of the Mon River, Fracking Waste in a Landfill Once Again Poses a Pollution Problem

By Reid Frazier

A person walks their doing along the Delaware River in Philadelphia. Credit: Thomas Hengge/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Amid Rollbacks on Environmental Protections, the EPA Goes the Other Way on Delaware River Water Quality

By Jon Hurdle

A waste water tank truck drives through Waynesburg, Pa. Credit: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

Appeal Could Make It Easier for Companies to Spread Drilling Fluids on Pennsylvania Roadways

By Kyle Bagenstose

A view of the Chesapeake Bay’s Brewerton Chanel in Pasadena, Md. Credit: Tom Brenner/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Chesapeake Bay Program Reaches a Crossroads

By Aman Azhar

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks in front of the Keystone Trade Center during a press conference on Aug. 7 in Falls Township, Pa.

Citing the Need for ‘Significant Reform,’ Pennsylvania’s Governor Threatens to Pull the State Out of the Region’s Power Grid

By Kiley Bense, Aman Azhar, Charles Paullin, Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

Liz Robinson, executive director at Philadelphia Solar Energy Association, at her solar-powered rental property in Philadelphia on Sept. 3. Credit: Laurence Kesterson/Inside Climate News

Pennsylvania Was Once a National Leader in Renewable Energy. What Happened?

By Kiley Bense, Dan Gearino

An aerial view shows a natural gas processing plant under construction in Pennsylvania’s Washington County on Oct. 26, 2017. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Fracking’s Broken Promise to Pennsylvania

By Kiley Bense, Dan Gearino

An aerial view of an Amazon Web Services data center in Stone Ridge, Va. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

The AI Boom Is Coming for Pennsylvania. How Will Lawmakers Respond?

By Kyle Bagenstose

A natural gas well pad is seen in southwest Pennsylvania. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

Two Pennsylvania Towns Seek Public Funding for Water Systems Amid Claims That Gas Industry Contaminated Wells

By Jon Hurdle

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