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Federal judges throw out 'gaping loophole' in PA's coal pollution plan
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Federal judges throw out 'gaping loophole' in PA's coal pollution plan

Coal plants could lower operating temperatures to ‘evade’ stringent limits on nitrogen oxides that contribute to smog. DEP has two years to come up with a new plan.
Pa. House moves to block RGGI entrance as DEP estimates it will save money and lives
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Pa. House moves to block RGGI entrance as DEP estimates it will save money and lives

The House voted 130-71 Wednesday to prevent the state joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative through executive action.
State AG Shapiro: Grand jury report reveals Pa.’s systemic failure to regulate shale gas industry
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State AG Shapiro: Grand jury report reveals Pa.’s systemic failure to regulate shale gas industry

Attorney General Josh Shapiro says state environment and health departments fell short of their obligations to protect public health.
Murphy announces plan for 100% clean energy by 2050
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Murphy announces plan for 100% clean energy by 2050

The first-term Democratic governor announced the plan at Stockton University alongside two Cabinet officials who will be carrying the plan out.

Gov. Wolf signs order to get PA into multi-state greenhouse gas program. What's next?
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Gov. Wolf signs order to get PA into multi-state greenhouse gas program. What's next?

Democratic politicians and environmental advocacy groups cheered the move toward joining the RGGI, while Republicans cried foul. Here's what's happening.
Ed Potosnak: New legislation will help N.J. meet its aggressive clean energy goals
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Ed Potosnak: New legislation will help N.J. meet its aggressive clean energy goals

The state Department of Environmental Protection must now set interim guidelines to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets of 80 percent economy-wide by 2050.
Proposed generating plant in the Meadowlands sparks conflict
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Proposed generating plant in the Meadowlands sparks conflict

A subsidiary of Mitsubishi wants to build the fracked-gas-fired plant in New Jersey and have its electricity power Manhattan. Critics say that’s incompatible with candidate and Gov. Phil Murphy’s pledge.
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