A moratorium on wind energy on state game lands, a review of the grid, a severance tax on natural gas and a vote to gut regulations for conventional drillers. Don't miss this week's energy news.
Ohioans are concerned about the impact that all the new well pads, pipelines, compressor stations and diesel truck traffic are having on the environment and the quality of life in their rural communities. What can they learn from what has happened in southwestern Pennsylvania?
The operator says it will take several months to study whether its system could withstand events like a pipeline shutdown, a cyber attack on a natural gas delivery system, or a prolonged cold snap.
The four nuclear power plants that could close produce more carbon-free power than all of the wind and solar in the Mid-Atlantic grid, according to one study. What's an environmentalist to do?
Residents and environmental advocates are calling for tough limits on water pollution from a coal-fired power plant situated a few miles upstream from the water intake for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority.
In past decisions, judges on the Environmental Hearing Board ruled against the DEP’s permits, at one point saying they would allow the company to “essentially destroy” the stream.
The joint alert from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security warning that Russia was hacking into critical U.S. energy infrastructure came as no surprise to the nation’s largest grid operator.
The bankruptcy of an Ohio power company is the latest sign of how coal and nuclear plants are struggling. FirstEnergy is also making an unusual request of the Trump administration... and it appears to have the president’s ear.
