Claim that Pa. climate program was unlawfully delayed is moot, court says
Because the rule is now official, the court says the case is moot and any judgment given would not have an effect.
Gov. Tom Wolf ordered the review, but it will be up to new Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration to take any action.
Natural gas heats most homes in Pennsylvania. Heat-pump technology could help reduce one of the largest sources of greenhouse gases in America: home heating.
The no-contest plea to multiple criminal charges marks the first time Cabot Oil and Gas has taken responsibility for destroying drinking water supplies.
As the climate changes and brings more risks to the traditional farming schedule, farmers are looking for ways to make sure their crops survive.
Because the rule is now official, the court says the case is moot and any judgment given would not have an effect.
There are no federal maximum contaminant levels for PFAS. Pennsylvania joins others states that have set their own.
A Christmas-morning explosion at an Energy Transfer plant caused a fire but didn’t injure anyone.
Former DEP secretary Patrick McDonnell says the new leader will have his management skills tested at an agency that’s been constrained by a decade of underfunding.
The Shapiro transition team says Negrin will be the first Latino to lead DEP.
The Department of Environmental Protection’s most recent annual report shows that the pace of new drilling slowed in recent years, but the combination of old and new wells enabled companies to extract a record amount of gas.
Pennsylvania finished regulations to join a carbon-trading program and to limit oil and gas site emissions in 2022.