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Updated: 2021-11-10 14:06:02

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Arkoosh calls for end to fracking in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania gas wells produced about 7.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in 2020 — the largest volume of natural gas ever produced in the state in a single year.

By Julia Zenkevich/WESA

Wolf promotes natural gas tax to boost pandemic economy

Those funds would fuel Back to Work PA, a $3 billion initiative to support workers and small businesses struggling due to restrictions designed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

By Laura Benshoff/WHYY

Smart Talk: Would green jobs help Pa recover?

ReImagine Appalachia coalition unveils plan for new jobs in a climate infrastructure
By Merideth Bucher

Report: Pennsylvania stands to gain 243,000 jobs a year from clean energy investment

The clean-energy jobs that could be created each year over the next decade in Pennsylvania “are jobs across the board,” said Robert Pollin, a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and one of the study’s authors.

By An-Li Herring/WESA