How the Coronavirus Is Impacting 4 Environmental Issues

Kara HolsoppleMay 22, 2020

From less traffic to more plastic, how the coronavirus shut-down has impacted Pittsburgh.

Climate ChangeCoronavirusEnergyYour Environment Update

Study Finds Methane Leaks in Pa Are Much Higher Than State Reports

Reid FrazierMay 14, 2020

The Environmental Defense Fund found estimates don't capture leaks from 'abnormal' conditions. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas.

Climate ChangeEnergy

Green Energy Industry Slowed by COVID-19, But It Should Bounce Back

Anne DanahyMay 12, 2020

Energy companies work to ensure hospitals are ready to respond. Meanwhile, the solar industry has been hit hard.

CoronavirusEconomyEnergy

Oil and Gas companies Asked, Then Received Changes to Coronavirus Stimulus Program

Reid FrazierMay 11, 2020

These companies can use federal stimulus dollars to pay off existing debt, a move critics are calling a "stealth bailout."

CoronavirusEconomyEnergy

DEP Says It’s Found Hundreds of New Violations for the Revolution Pipeline in Beaver County

Reid FrazierMay 7, 2020

Since January, DEP inspectors observed hillsides slip, erosion barriers fail and sediment getting into streams. Energy Transfer was fined $30 million for an explosion in 2018.

EnergyFollow the Pipeline

Report: Chesapeake Energy Plans to File for Bankruptcy

Susan PhillipsMay 4, 2020

The Oklahoma-based company led the land rush in Pennsylvania that helped kick off the fracking boom a decade ago.

EconomyEnergy

Decision to Build Ohio Cracker Plant on Hold Due to Pandemic

Julie GrantApril 30, 2020

The decision was supposed to come this summer. The company says the project is still a "top priority."

CoronavirusEconomyEnergyThe Coming Chemical Boom

DEP Approves Injection Well in Plum, But Uncertain Economy Might Put Project on Hold

Reid FrazierApril 24, 2020

The well will be used to dispose of fracking wastewater, but the economic slowdown from the pandemic has put the project on hold.

Energy

DEP Reaches Agreement with Range Resources Over Air Violations

Reid FrazierApril 16, 2020

The two Washington County communities where the violations took place can apply to use part of the nearly $200,000 fine toward local parks and pollution reduction efforts. 

Energy

500 Construction Workers to Go Back to Work on Shell’s Ethane Cracker

Reid FrazierApril 16, 2020

State officials say part of the construction is considered an essential business, and will monitor Shell's activities.

CoronavirusEnergy