The executive director of Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania said, “This is such an existential election for environmental issues in this state, particularly at the top of the ticket with the governor’s race.”
The backbone of the nation’s current water quality regulations dates back to the early 1970s with the passage of laws like the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act, which is 50 years old as of Oct. 18.
The Chemical Safety Board’s investigation points to a corroded pipe as the source of the explosion. It also says several safety provisions failed to kick in immediately or were not in place.
The activists say Vanguard should be using more of its economic muscle to actively disinvest in companies contributing to global warming.
The four states in the Delaware River Basin — Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and New York — voted to ban fracking in February 2021.
A three-judge panel of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on the case that pits the Natural Gas Act against the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
PGW, which provides fossil fuel to heat the majority of Philly’s commercial and residential buildings, is under pressure to decarbonize. Vicinity Energy says it has an idea to help: decarbonize all the buildings within the current steam loop.
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Susan Phillips 
NOAA forecast 14 to 21 named storms between June 1 and November 30, with 6 to 10 major hurricanes. Those predictions have been revised.
A known cause of acute lymphoblastic leukemia is benzene, a chemical released by oil and gas drilling activities into both air and water.
