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The coal-fired Homer City Generating Station. Photo: Reid R. Frazier
Updated: 2023-03-07 17:21:17

Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal includes Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

The Shapiro Administration says the budget accounts for RGGI should it be allowed to move forward.

By Rachel McDevitt
A natural gas well in northeastern Pennsylvania.
January 24, 2023 | 1:14 PM

Pa. drillers abandoned thousands of natural gas wells in 5 years, ignored state law, report says

Gov. Tom Wolf ordered the review, but it will be up to new Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration to take any action.

By Rachel McDevitt
In this 2015 photo, anti-fracking activist Dory Hippauf protests outside a state Department of Environmental Protection meeting on pipelines. DEP has been criticized by opponents of the cross-state Mariner East pipeline for not doing enough in response to repeated permit violations during construction of that project.
January 12, 2023 | 9:39 AM

Ex-Pennsylvania DEP secretary: Agency’s underfunding will test its new leader

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.

By Rachel McDevitt
Bruce Mansfield coal-fired power plant in Shippingport, Pa., which was retired early in November 2019.
November 16, 2022 | 6:26 PM

Tom Wolf’s Pa. climate program awaits court decision after GOP, industry challenge

Attorneys for industry groups and Republican state lawmakers say RGGI is an unconstitutional tax on power plants by the executive branch.

By Rachel McDevitt
Pennsylvania governor-elect Josh Shapiro speaks on the campaign trail.
November 14, 2022 | 4:06 PM

Josh Shapiro could set new tone with legislature on climate, ex-DEP secretary says

Shapiro’s political background will likely help as he negotiates his environmental priorities.

By Rachel McDevitt
Attorney General Josh Shapiro, left, and Sen. Doug Mastriano, right.
August 4, 2022 | 9:56 AM

What questions would you ask Pennsylvania’s candidates for governor?

Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano and state Attorney General Josh Shapiro are running to be Pennsylvania’s next governor, what questions to you have for them?

By Staff
July 29, 2022 | 9:19 AM

¿Qué preguntas le haría a los candidatos para gobernador de Pensilvania?

By Staff
In this Oct. 13, 2021 file photo, Pennsylvania's Democratic attorney general Josh Shapiro speaks to a crowd during his campaign launch address for Pennsylvania governor, in Pittsburgh. Shapiro, has just over $10 million on hand in his campaign account ahead of next year's election, his campaign said. Shapiro's campaign finances have been a hot topic of speculation by insiders, given his reputation as a formidable fundraiser, and the disclosures come three months before the Jan. 31 deadline for gubernatorial campaigns to report year-end finances to the state.
Updated: 2021-12-07 13:24:24

AG’s office approves RGGI rule, after Shapiro criticized the plan

Shapiro said it’s not clear RGGI will address climate change while protecting energy jobs and ensuring affordable power.

By Rachel McDevitt
This July 27, 2011 file photo shows a farmhouse in the background framed by pipes connecting pumps where the hydraulic fracturing process in the Marcellus Shale was underway at a site in Claysville, Pa.
June 29, 2020 | 5:00 AM

Republican lawmakers defend shale gas industry after grand jury report says state failed to protect public health from fracking

Some GOP lawmakers reacted to the report by saying the shale gas industry is “one of the most regulated in the nation,” and they were “offended” at the report’s characterization of the industry.

By Rachel McDevitt