Wild trout, a canary in the coal mine of water conservation Wild trout are clearly one of Pennsylvania’s greatest conservationsuccess stories. In the fifth most-populated American state -- recognizedworldwide for its industry, once notorious for its pollution -- wild troutare making a dramatic comeback.The true value of the delicate fish is appreciated beyond angler circles....- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
04-07-2019
Wolf supports studying petition to cap greenhouse gases Gov. Tom Wolf supports allowing his administration to formally study apetition that calls for Pennsylvania to impose a cap-and-trade program tomake Pennsylvania carbon neutral by 2052...- AP
04-05-2019
Report: Pennsylvania largest net exporter of electricity in U.S. Pennsylvania was the largest net exporter of electricity in the UnitedStates from 2013-17, according to the U.S. Energy InformationAdministration.California was the largest net importer during the same time period.The EIA said Pennsylvania sent an annual average of 59 million megawatt...- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
State DEP investigating Plum well water contamination State Department of Environmental Protection officials are investigatingcomplaints of well water contamination in Plum.The department received two complaints in August, a few months after thedrilling for natural gas at Monroeville-based Huntley & Huntley Energy...- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Democrat Pam Iovino wins Pa. Senate seat The last time Pam Iovino was subject to a high-stakes vote tally, it was2004 and she was unanimously confirmed to lead the Department of VeteransAffairs congressional and legislative affairs offices.On Tuesday, the Democrat and Navy veteran was elected to the Pennsylvania...- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
04-03-2019
Shell leaves trade group over climate change Royal Dutch Shell will not renew its membership in a large lobbyingorganization because of a disagreement about climate issues.The company announced Tuesday it will not renew its annual membership withthe American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers organization, which is...- Beaver County Times
04-03-2019
Marcellus opportunity booming Three years ago when Ben Whitaker graduated from Valley View High School,he wasn’t quite sure about his future, but knew he would like it to beoutdoors.Today as a lead well tender for Cabot Oil & Gas, he likes the opportunitiesplaced before him.A graduate of a 2-year program in Lackawanna College’s School of...- Tunkhannock The New Age Examiner
04-03-2019
Exelon spent millions in lobbying after announcing TMI closure Exelon Corp. nearly tripled its lobbying expenditures in Pennsylvaniabetween 2016 and 2018 — and it will soon see if that paid off ashearings about subsidizing nuclear energy begin next week.The struggling nuclear energy industry has attempted to seize on the...- York Dispatch
04-03-2019
Local lawmakers, municipal leaders push for renewable energy WEST WHITELAND—Local lawmakers and municipal leaders found out what itwill take to transition to 100 percent renewable energy at PennEnvironmentand Sierra Club’s Chester County Ready for 100 program in WestWhiteland.More than 150 Chester County residents explored clean energy and energy...- West Chester Daily Local News
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