The agency said the three-year plan would prevent this class of toxic chemicals from being released into the environment and speed up the cleanup process.
Sen. Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester) joined eight other state lawmakers to call on the Wolf Administration to halt the Mariner East Pipeline project.
The company has already paid more than $20 million in fines for more than 120 violations of the state’s Clean Streams Law. That same law is the basis for the criminal charges announced Tuesday.
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Susan Phillips To achieve a carbon-free electricity sector, the country would need to more than double the power infrastructure it has now in the next decade.
Orphan wells are a source of climate warming methane emissions, and have been known to contaminate air, water and soil.
An apartment complex’s owners say pipeline construction has threatened the health and safety of the residents.
The grants from the Environmental Protection Agency are meant to address nonpoint source pollution, such as farm and stormwater run-off and acid mine drainage.
“We are so, so far behind” what’s needed to limit warming, the 18-year-old said.
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PennEnvironment’s “Trouble in the Air” report shows Lancaster had 107 unhealthy air days in 2020, while Harrisburg had 97 and Reading had 82.
The August 2020 spill at Marsh Creek was among a series of incidents that has plagued Mariner East since construction began in 2017, making it one of the most penalized projects in state history.
The Center for Rural Pennsylvania is hoping the state can find a balance between the benefits of solar energy and the risk of losing farmland and community character.
An environmental group had challenged the company’s air quality permit.
Measures to plan for the build-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure have attracted bipartisan support in recent years, but haven’t made it to a final vote.
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