Pa. coal communities have been left to navigate the energy transition mainly on their own.
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Rachel McDevitt Valley Traction plans to perform Life Waste: a Biogas Musical this weekend on the Dickinson College Farm in Boiling Springs.
The western Washington town has been cited as a model for how to successfully transition away from coal. StateImpact Pennsylvania spent several days there to explore how time and money has affected preparations for what lies ahead.
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Rachel McDevitt 
More than $5.6 billion has been awarded to hundreds of projects across Pennsylvania.
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Rachel McDevitt 
Constellation provided a timeline for restarting the plant during a public meeting Friday with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The owner of the TMI Unit 1 reactor opened up the closed plant to media to show their confidence that the site can repower without issue.
The measure asks solar companies to show they can afford to clean up projects once they stop generating power.
StateImpact Pennsylvania is a collaboration among WITF, WHYY and the Allegheny Front.
With all the talk of fracking in Pennsylvania during this presidential race, it’s worth looking at what is at stake for workers, leaseholders and residents who live near oil and gas operations.
One quick but important reality check — a president cannot ban fracking in Pennsylvania. Only an act of Congress can prohibit fracking on a national level on private and state land, which is where fracking occurs in Pennsylvania.
Partners in Dauphin and Cumberland counties are working to help homeowners and businesses get a discount on solar power.
TMI’s restart is being hailed by those who want to cut climate pollution, but it’s opposed by people concerned about the risks of radiation from nuclear power and waste.
The plant’s control panel and a model of the reactor core will be preserved, as well as signs, maps, and photos from the time of TMI-2’s partial meltdown in 1979.
The RGGI rule was finalized more than 2 years ago, but has never been enforced because of court challenges.
The number of new wells has been falling since the third quarter of 2023.
StateImpact Pennsylvania is a collaboration among WITF, WHYY and the Allegheny Front.
