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Energy

Three Mile Island pictured on June 3, 2024. (Jeremy Long - WITF)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Three Mile Island considers nuclear restart as Pa. lawmakers look to new tech to meet demand

The plant’s owner is considering reopening as the demand for power rises along with new technology.

6 months ago

medical devices next to a bed
Health

How to prepare for power outages if your health depends on home medical devices

For most people, power outages are an inconvenience. For those who count on electricity for home medical equipment, they can be a crisis.

6 months ago

wind turbines
Community

Up to 2 new offshore wind projects are proposed for New Jersey. A third seeks to re-bid its terms

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities received three bids by Wednesday's deadline in the state's fourth round of solicitations for offshore wind farms.

6 months ago

an electric bus
Politics & Policy

Biden awards $1.7 billion to boost EV manufacturing and assembly in Pa. and 7 other states

The grants cover a broad range of the automotive supply chain, including parts for electric motorcycles and school buses, hybrid powertrains and electric SUVs.

6 months ago

offshore wind turbines in Copenhagen
Studio 2
Community

Wind farms along the coastline: Clean energy solution or eyesore?

While clean energy advocates applaud the move, some residents are concerned about environmental impacts and how the turbines will spoil ocean views.

Air Date: July 10, 2024 12:00 pm

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wind turbines
Science

U.S. gives key approval to Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm in New Jersey

The project would be built between Atlantic City and Long Beach Island in southern New Jersey. It would generate 2,800 megawatts, enough to power 1 million homes.

6 months ago

Transformer substation
Science
Spotlight PA

Power grid concerns complicate talks about incentivizing green energy in Pa.

Republicans say being too aggressive on clean energy could make Pa.’s electric grid unstable. Environmentalists say that’s an excuse.

6 months ago

This photo from June 21, 2019 shows flames and smoke emerging from the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex in Philadelphia. The blaze and a series of explosions shook homes and caused extensive damage at the refinery, the largest on the East Coast. The company shuttered the 150-year-old site and laid off workers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
PlanPhilly
Community

‘This is how I’m gonna die’: Former employees remember the PES refinery explosion, 5 years later

A series of explosions in 2019 shuttered the largest oil refinery on the East Coast. Here’s a look back at that day.

6 months ago

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McKeesport is one of few municipalities that have used Act 12, a law that offers a different way to privatize water systems in Pennsylvania. (Image courtesy of the Municipal Authority of the City of McKeesport website)
Community

Water privatization has led to rate hikes. Pa. regulators are now adding oversight to help keep bills from rising

With water bills on the rise, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission voted in favor of an order to bring more transparency and review procedures to water privatization.

7 months ago

the Schuylkill River
Science

Montco officials say an unused dam along the Schuylkill in Norristown could provide green energy for the county

The dam could generate enough electricity to power all county operations in Norristown.

7 months ago

Listen 1:00
Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City
Courts & Law

New Jersey and wind farm developer Orsted settle claims for $125M over scrapped offshore projects

The state and Orsted have settled claims against each other stemming from the company’s decision last October to scrap two wind farms off New Jersey's southern coast.

7 months ago

Joe Biden
Urban Planning

Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump

The sale is from storage sites in New Jersey and Maine and will be allocated in increments of 100,000 barrels at a time.

7 months ago

Work continues at a shale gas well drilling site in St. Mary's, Pa., March 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Science

Could Pennsylvania’s fracking wastewater hold the key to the country’s energy transition?

The U.S. will need a lot more lithium to make the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables. Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale has a ton of it.

7 months ago

Listen 1:10
A solar field in Franklin County
Politics & Policy

Suburban Philadelphia counties join forces to purchase renewable energy

The Sustainable Energy Partnership of Southeastern Pennsylvania will set renewable energy guidelines in the coming months.

8 months ago

Taylor McFarland
Science

One natural gas transport plan killed in New Jersey as another forges ahead

A pipeline that would move natural gas through the state and to N.Y. has been killed. But another plan to transport liquefied gas from Pa. by tanker truck is moving forward.

8 months ago

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