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FILE - Deepwater Wind's turbines stand in the water off Block Island, R.I., on Aug. 23, 2019. The White House is launching a formal partnership with 12 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry. It's a key element of President Joe Biden's plan for climate change.
June 23, 2022 | 9:02 AM

Pennsylvania, East Coast governors team up with Biden for offshore wind power

The White House is launching a formal partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry

By Matthew Daly/ The Associated Press
June 6, 2022 | 4:18 PM

Chesapeake Bay watershed earns a C+ on latest ‘report card’

The Chesapeake Bay watershed has received an overall grade of C+ on its latest report card.

By Brian White/ The Associated Press
A natural gas drilling rig in Greene County, Pa. in 2016.
May 16, 2022 | 12:34 PM

In US, Pennsylvania and other states struggle to replace fossil fuel tax revenue

In April, the commonwealth became the first major fossil-fuel state to adopt a carbon-pricing policy.

By Morgan Lee and Mead Gruver/The Associated Press
The Brunner Island coal-fired plant located on the west bank of Susquehanna River.
April 26, 2022 | 1:28 AM

Coal interests sue to block Pennsylvania’s carbon policy

Coal-related interests sued on Monday to block the centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fight climate change

By The Associated Press
The Asia Vision LNG carrier ship sits docked at the Cheniere Energy Inc. terminal in this aerial photograph taken over Sabine Pass, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. Cheniere said in a statement last month. Cheniere Energy Inc. expects to ship the first cargo of liquefied natural gas on Wednesday to Brazil with another tanker to be loaded a few days later, marking the historic start of U.S. shale exports and sending its shares up the most in more than a month. Photographer: Lindsey Janies/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Updated: March 28, 2022 | 2:04 pm

Proposed Pennsylvania natural gas plant on hold after legal challenge

A subsidiary of New Fortress Energy Inc. agreed to pull the plug on its proposed LNG plant in Wyalusing

By Michael Rubinkam/ The Associated Press
Ray Kemble talks about his water issues in his home in Dimock, Pa., Feb. 14, 2022. Kemble recently met with officials in the Pennsylvania attorney general's office regarding the criminal case against a gas driller charged with polluting Dimock's groundwater with methane. Faulty gas wells drilled by Cabot Oil & Gas were blamed for leaking methane into the groundwater in Dimock, in one of the best-known pollution cases ever to emerge from the U.S. drilling and fracking boom. (AP Photo/Mike Rubinkam)
February 18, 2022 | 9:56 AM

‘Irreversible’: No easy fix for water fouled by gas driller in Dimock, Pennsylvania

A gas driller in Dimock, Pennsylvania polluted the surrounding water supply and residents have been fighting for almost 14 years for clean water.

By Michael Rubinkam/ The Associated Press
Sheep graze at a solar farm at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. As panels spread across the landscape, the grounds around them can be used for native grasses and flowers that attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies. Some solar farms are being used to graze sheep.
November 4, 2021 | 5:09 AM

Bees, sheep, crops: Solar developers tout multiple benefits

Solar is a renewable energy source that can help wean the world off fossil fuels that produce greenhouse gases.

By John Flesher/The Associated Press and Tammy Webber/The Associated Press
September 28, 2021 | 2:34 PM

Pennsylvania eyes $500M from feds for environmental program

Eligible projects include improvements to state parks and forests, local parks and riverfronts.

By The Associated Press
A great blue heron catching a fish on a Chesapeake Bay beach at sunset.
August 11, 2021 | 8:59 AM

Group cites PFAS chemical concerns at military sites near Chesapeake Bay

The watershed of the nation’s largest estuary includes Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York. The bay also is troubled by pollution from nitrogen fertilizer runoff and other pollutants.

By Brian Witte/Associated Press
A Kia Niro EV is charged at a charging station at Colorado Mills Outlet Mall Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Lakewood, Colo.
February 19, 2021 | 6:11 PM

Pennsylvania looks to boost electric vehicle sales

Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is drafting a regulation that would require automakers to offer electric cars for sale in Pennsylvania as a way to cut emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants that cause lung problems.

By The Associated Press
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