Higher electric vehicle rebates are now available in Pennsylvania

WHYYSeptember 9, 2022

The maximum state rebates for electric vehicles are now $2,000 or $3,000, depending on household income. State rebates can be combined with new tax credits from the federal government.

Climate ChangeEnergyTransportation

Climate law has a hidden benefit for coal miners: Permanent funding for Black Lung

Reid FrazierSeptember 2, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act made permanent the tax on coal that funds benefits to coal miners with black lung disease. In Pennsylvania, 2000 miners have the debilitating disease.

EnergyHealth

DEP hears concerns over evaporator at landfill that processes frack waste

Julie GrantSeptember 2, 2022

Residents and others are concerned that radiation from fracking waste treated at the landfill will end up in the evaporator's air emissions.

EnergyHealthWater

Residents oppose plan to build second fracking waste injection well in Pittsburgh suburb

Reid FrazierSeptember 1, 2022

Residents who say the first injection well polluted groundwater oppose an EPA permit for another injection well next to it.

EnergyWater

Children living near Pa. fracking sites are at increased risk of leukemia, study finds

Susan PhillipsAugust 19, 2022

It found that children born within 1.24 miles of a well site were 2-3 times more likely to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

EnergyHealth

Researchers find spreading drilling wastewater on Pa. roads can lead to harmful runoff

Rachel McDevittAugust 12, 2022

Wastewater from oil and gas drilling has been used as a cheap dust suppressant in rural Pa. for years, but it can contain toxins.

EnergyHealthPollutionWater

Energy Transfer held criminally responsible for damage from Mariner East pipeline construction

Susan PhillipsAugust 5, 2022

The company will have a permanent criminal record for causing damage to drinking water, wetlands and waterways across Pennsylvania.

EnergyPollution

A new Pa. law aims to address old gas well cleanup. It could make the problem worse, critics say

Rachel McDevittAugust 3, 2022

They say it could prevent DEP from denying funds to companies with compliance issues and setting stricter rules to clean up abandoned wells.

Climate ChangeEnergyPolitics

Leaving Beaver County as Shell’s ethane cracker sets to open

Reid FrazierJuly 29, 2022

Some families have left or are planning to leave the area, fearing pollution from Shell's cracker plant and looking for better opportunities.

EnergyThe Coming Chemical Boom

Greene County community has questions after fracking incident at EQT well

Reid FrazierJuly 22, 2022

They say a 'frac-out' affected their well water and they can't drink it. They want action from EQT.

EnergyWater