EPA canceled Solar for All. Will that matter in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania received $156 million for low to mid-income families to install solar, but state lawmakers needed to approve it. They never did.
Energy
You can borrow an induction cooktop at the local library
Millvale Tool Library recently acquired portable induction cooktops, available for the community to borrow for free. These energy-efficient appliances are a cleaner, climate-friendly alternative to gas stoves and can help improve indoor air quality.
West Virginia families sue EQT over fracking pollution
The families say several gas wells and a compressor station in the Wetzel County released harmful pollutants that made their children sick.
What’s behind higher electricity prices? The regional grid explained.
An energy expert weighs in on the troubles and opportunities at the regional grid operator.
PA issues criminal charges against Equitrans for massive 2022 gas leak
The leak in Cambria County released approximately one billion cubic feet of natural gas. The company was fined $1.1 million last year.
‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ casts shade over Pennsylvania’s solar boom
The future of solar installation companies and manufacturing plants is in doubt with the early phase out of tax credits in the new law.
Trump’s tax cut bill turned a clean energy tax credit into an instrument to boost coal
Metallurgical coal is used in steelmaking is a significant greenhouse gas polluter. Companies that mine metallurgical coal are now in line to receive a 2.5 percent tax credit.
Solar for All program at risk in Pa. if state lawmakers don’t act soon
Pennsylvania could lose $156 million meant for low-income people reduce their energy bills through solar if state lawmakers don’t act before September.
Online tool launched to help identify chemical exposure
The Environmental Health Project's Compounds of Concern tool helps residents living near industrial facilities learn about the chemicals and compounds that may be exposed to, and their potential health risks.
Trump came to Pittsburgh to promote AI in Pennsylvania. Here’s what you need to know.
Tech leaders, politicians and gas industry executives joined the president at Carnegie Mellon University, amid protests.
