Solar means business in America: Here’s what that looks like in Pennsylvania
By Scott Elias, guest editorial, PENN Live Patriot-News, Feb. 4, 2022
Americans know that solar means business, creates jobs, helps the environment, and can help families, farms, and businesses save money — that’s why poll after poll finds that an …
Dionysus Deep Well Site Denied
Dec. 15. 2021. Kudos to Concerned Citizens of West Deer (CROWD) in their work to deny permits for two fracking well pads in the West Deer Community. Olympus Energy, formerly Huntley and Huntley, applied for permits for the …
An Empire of Dying Wells
by Zachary R. Mider and Rachel Adams-Heard, Bloomberg Green, Oct. 12, 2021.
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Hutson is the founder and chief executive officer of one of the strangest companies ever to hit the American oil patch and the reason for our four-day …
Pittsburgh outlines energy strategy in new document
Pittsburgh’s energy strategy now has been extended to private developers.
In a document released Saturday, the city says it wants private entities to submit climate and energy-efficiency plans along with building plans.
The Philadelphia Energy Authority Launches the Philadelphia Green Capital Corp. to Grow City’s Clean Energy Economy
Philadelphia Energy Authority Press Release, Sept. 21, 2021
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The Philadelphia Energy Authority Launches the Philadelphia Green Capital Corp. to Grow City’s Clean Energy Economy
Philadelphia, PA — The Philadelphia Green Capital …
PA Releases 2021 Climate Action Plan
PA Dept. Environmental Protection
Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan 2021 outlines a pathway to reaching Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas reduction goals: 26 percent by 2025 and 80 percent by 2050 from 2005 levels. Read the complete plan or a booklet overview.…
Other Voices: Plugging abandoned wells boosts local economies
Max Harleman and Jeremy Weber (Univ. Pittsburgh, GSPIA) in Pittsburgh Post Gazette, July 18,2021.
Energy from oil and gas wells fueled American industrial growth and powered our country through two world wars and two energy crises. But today, many of …
Pa. Senate GOP blocks utility commission appointments to protest Wolf’s climate change rule
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, April 22, 2021. Laura Legere.
Pennsylvania Senate Republicans are blocking Gov. Tom Wolf’s appointments to the state Public Utility Commission until the Democratic governor drops his effort to use executive authority to join a regional partnership for …
Repairing the Damage from Orphan Wells and Abandoned Mine Lands
Ohio River Valley Inst. blog post, April 14, 2021, by
For more than 150 years, Appalachia has provided the cheap energy that has powered the nation’s industrial growth and helped construct the middle class. But …
Pennsylvania PULSE (Project to Utilize Light and Solar Energy)
March 22, 2021, Press Release, Gov. Wolf office.
Governor Tom Wolf announced today a major clean energy initiative that will produce nearly 50 percent of state government’s electricity through seven new solar energy arrays totaling 191-megawatts to be built around …