Although shale gas drill rigs won’t be rising out of the backyards of suburban Philadelphia, pipelines may be tunneling beneath its parks and sub-divisions. The Mainline Times reports on a crowded public hearing in Chester county this week discussing the coming construction of the Commonwealth pipeline, which will bring Marcellus Shale gas from Lycoming county [...]
Vice Presidential hopeful Paul Ryan seemed to echo an Obama refrain during his stop in the Philadelphia suburb of West Chester on Tuesday. Speaking to several thousand supporters at the American Helicopter Museum in Chester County, Ryan said he’s in favor of an “all of the above” energy strategy. “We have energy in this country, [...]
California leads the nation in clean energy according to a new report published by Clean Edge, a market research firm focused on the clean-tech industry. The annual report looks at 70 different factors related to technology, policy and capital investments. Pennsylvania does not even make the top 20, instead it ranks right in the middle [...]
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