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RHODE ISLAND: Requires 100 Percent Renewable Power by 2033

June 27, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on RHODE ISLAND: Requires 100 Percent Renewable Power by 2033

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 27, 2022 (ENS) – Rhode Island lawmakers last week passed a bill requiring that within 10 years 100 percent of electricity sold in the state come [...]

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PENNSYLVANIA: Air Pollution Costs U.S. Steel $1.5 Million

May 17, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: Air Pollution Costs U.S. Steel $1.5 Million

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 17, 2022 (ENS) – The U.S. Steel Corporation, a major steelmaker, will pay a $1.5 million penalty and make extensive improvements at its steel production facility in [...]

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PENNSYLVANIA: Coastal Zone Grants Fund Lake Erie Protections

February 15, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: Coastal Zone Grants Fund Lake Erie Protections

MEADVILLE, Pennsylvania, February 15, 2022 (ENS) – Six projects in Pennsylvania have received Coastal Zone Grants totaling more than $250,000. Aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Erie Coastal Zone, [...]

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PENNSYLVANIA: Gas Pipeline Explodes, Criminal Charges Filed

February 4, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: Gas Pipeline Explodes, Criminal Charges Filed

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, February 4, 2022 (ENS) – Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has charged ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Energy Transfer, with nine counts of environmental crimes [...]

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PENNSYLVANIA: Stretches $2.7 Million to Fund 18 Clean Fuel Projects

January 23, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: Stretches $2.7 Million to Fund 18 Clean Fuel Projects

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, January 23, 2022 (ENS) – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection DEP announced today funding for more than $2.7 million in Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIGs) to 18 [...]

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PENNSYLVANIA: Drilling Wastewater Toxics Spread on Dirt Roads

November 19, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: Drilling Wastewater Toxics Spread on Dirt Roads

FARMINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, November 19, 2021 (ENS) – In 2017-18, Farmington Township, a community of about 2,000 in northwestern Pennsylvania became what resident Siri Lawson calls “ground zero” in the [...]

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PENNSYLVANIA: State to Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Control Effort

September 8, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: State to Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Control Effort

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, September 8, 2021 (ENS) – By the slimmest of margins, one vote, a Pennsylvania state commission has authorized a rule empowering the state to participate in the Regional [...]

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Hurricane Ida Survivors Get Help for Power, Home Restoration

September 3, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Hurricane Ida Survivors Get Help for Power, Home Restoration

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, September 3, 2021 (ENS) – At least 66 people across nine U.S. states have died due to Ida in her various phases from Category 4 hurricane when [...]

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PENNSYLVANIA: Copper Smelter Fined Again for Polluting Ohio River

August 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: Copper Smelter Fined Again for Polluting Ohio River

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, August 4, 2021 (ENS) – Hussey Copper, manufacturer of copper for electric power lines and copper-nickel alloys for desalination plants, is being hit with a second big fine [...]

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PENNSYLVANIA: 1,000 Electric Vehicle Chargers Placed Statewide

June 29, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on PENNSYLVANIA: 1,000 Electric Vehicle Chargers Placed Statewide

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 29, 2021 (ENS) – Patrick McDonnell, who heads Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection, DEP, is celebrating the fact that 1,000 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers have been [...]

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