Rachel McDevitt | StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Officials say the remaining 1% of fuel is the hardest to get out of the reactor.
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The amount communities get to help offset the effects of natural gas drilling will likely be one of the lowest on record.
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The proposal under consideration in Harrisburg would up Pennsylvania’s renewable energy goals from 8% now to 30% by 2030.
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Pennsylvania now has 1 gigawatt of solar energy capacity–enough to power all the homes in a city as big as Pittsburgh. Solar industry backers say the state should be doing more to help the industry grow.
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Pennsylvania natural gas companies may be on track to frack the lowest number of new wells in 2023 than any year of the past decade.
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The Environmental Protection Agency released a final rule on Dec. 2 that aims to avoid 80% of methane emissions by 2038, an estimated 58 million tons.
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Federal tax credits meant to drive investment to energy communities and low income areas are working, according to recent analyses, but those communities may not be seeing results yet.
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The decision could inform future cases in which communities fight proposed development.
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The Department of Environmental Protection’s latest Oil and Gas Annual Report shows drillers produced 7.5 trillion cubic feet of gas last year. That’s down from 7.6 trillion cubic feet in 2021.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro is appealing a court decision that stopped Pennsylvania’s effort to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap-and-trade program targeting power plant emissions.