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Pennsylvania Plastics Pollution Settlement Could Set a National Precedent for Control of Pellets

The case is the first citizen suit to successfully settle over “nurdles” in an inland waterway. State regulators weighed in to help.

By Jon Hurdle

The Three Rivers Waterkeeper found tiny “nurdles” in the water and banks of Raccoon Creek in western Pennsylvania. Credit: Three Rivers Waterkeeper
Commuters board a SEPTA train in Philadelphia. Credit: Gregory Adams/Getty Images

Without Well-Funded Public Transit, Philadelphia’s Climate Future Looks Bleak

By Kiley Bense

In Chester, Pennsylvania, Zulene Mayfield, who heads the nonprofit Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living (CRCQL), outside Reworld’s Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility. Credit: Caroline Gutman/The Washington Post via Getty Images

As Trump Pushes Liquified Natural Gas Exports, Residents in Pennsylvania Towns Push Back to Stop a Proposed LNG Terminal

By Nina Sablan

U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is seen following an explosion at the Pennsylvania plant on Aug. 11. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

Amid Ongoing Pollution From Steel Plants, Trump EPA Urged to Drop Delay in Fenceline Monitoring Requirements

By Jon Hurdle

The Shell plant in Beaver County, Pa., produces polyethylene, a type of single-use plastic, using ethane. Credit: Mark Dixon/CC BY 2.0

Pennsylvania Lured Shell to the State With a $1.65 Billion Tax Break. Now the Company Wants to Sell Its Plant

By Kiley Bense

The Kearny Generating Station, owned and operated by the Public Service Electric and Gas Company, is seen in Kearny, N.J. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

Utilities Want to Regain the Ability to Build Power Plants in PJM. Consumer Advocates Say That’s Probably a Bad Idea

By Dan Gearino

Ambulances respond to an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works on Monday in Clairton, Pa. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

‘It Didn’t Have to Be This Way’: After Another Explosion at Clairton Coke Works, Advocates Call for Accountability

By Kiley Bense

The J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich., was ordered to stay open by the Department of Energy earlier this year. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Delaying Even More Coal, Gas Plant Closures Could Cost Ratepayers Billions

By Carrie Klein

The Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant within PJM’s territory, is seen on June 12 in Maysville, Ky. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts

By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

A view of the Shenango coke plant in Pittsburgh in December 2012. Credit: Allegheny County Clean Air Now

Kids in Pennsylvania Are Breathing (Much) Easier After a Coal Plant Shuttered

By Kiley Bense

Two men fish in a small boat on a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in Chester, Md., on May 30, 2024. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Experts Slam Chesapeake Bay Draft Plan Over Lack of Pollution Targets and Accountability

By Aman Azhar

The Delaware River flows through Pennsylvania near the New Jersey border. Credit: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Activists Pledge to Resist Any Federal Effort to Lift Fracking Ban in Delaware River Basin

By Jon Hurdle

A view of the PJM Interconnection control room in Valley Forge, Pa. Credit: PJM Interconnection

PJM Capacity Price Hits Cap as Clean Energy Projects Remain Stalled

By Rambo Talabong

President Donald Trump arrives to speak to guests and investors at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University on Tuesday in Pittsburgh. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Trump Hails $90 Billion in Corporate Investment to Make Pennsylvania an AI Hub, Fueled by Natural Gas

By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense

Trucks with the oil and gas industry drive through the countryside in Springville, Pa. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Truckers Say Oil and Gas Companies Are Violating Hazardous Materials Transport Regulations

By Kiley Bense

A fracking pad is seen in Westmoreland County, Pa., in October 2022. Credit: Ted Auch/FracTracker Alliance

Five Years After Pennsylvania’s Landmark Fracking Report, Its Public Health Goals Remain Largely Unmet, Groups Say

By Jon Hurdle

U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is seen in the background of a neighborhood in Clairton, Pa. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Air Pollution Is ‘Keeping Kids Out of School’ in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County, Study Shows

By Kiley Bense

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announces the components of his “Lightning Plan,” an energy effort that includes the proposal of a Reliable Energy Siting and Electric Transition Board, on March 11 at the Voith hydropower plant in York, Pa. Credit: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Bill Would Create a State Board to Oversee New Energy Projects

By Jon Hurdle

The Eddystone Generating Station near Philadelphia. Credit: Constellation Energy

Aging Pennsylvania Power Plant to Keep Running After Trump Order on Eve of Shutdown

By Jon Hurdle

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