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Pa.’s environmental oversight board dismisses petition to raise key cost for conventional drillers

State regulators are rejecting a petition from environmentalists to increase a key cost for natural gas drillers. It’s not because they think current costs are appropriate. Trying to raise them now is against the law.

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Environmentalists hail latest Pennsylvania budget, even as a key climate program is on hold

Advocacy groups say the new state budget is a huge win for the environment that makes historic investments in Pennsylvania’s waterways and green spaces.

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf takes next step to start carbon emission caps in 2022

Gov. Tom Wolf's administration is solidifying its intention to begin imposing a price on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants next year, over the protests of coal- and gas-region lawmakers and elements of the energy industry.

Former technician admits to falsifying weld records on Mariner East pipeline in Westmoreland County

Former technician admits to falsifying weld records on Mariner East pipeline in Westmoreland County

A former pipeline technician admitted Monday that he falsified documents indicating welds on the Mariner East pipeline in Westmoreland County had been properly X-rayed when they had not been.

Democrats could field an anti-fracking candidate in 2020. Can they win in Pennsylvania?
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Democrats could field an anti-fracking candidate in 2020. Can they win in Pennsylvania?

Some political observers think an anti-fracking message could hurt a candidate in Pennsylvania, where 30,000 people work in oil and gas.

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