Environment
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Environmental groups urge N.J. lawmakers to try again on fracking wastewater ban
January 18, 2013
Environmental groups are urging New Jersey lawmakers to override Gov. Chris Christie's veto of a bill that would have banned fracking waste from entering the state. More »
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EPA pressures Pa. gas drillers on fracking water disposal
May 13, 2011
The Environmental Protection Agency is flexing more of its regulatory muscle over Pennsylvania's natural gas industry. The EPA is forcing six natural gas companies operating in the state to disclose their wastewater-disposal methods. The move may indicate a rift between federal and state regul... More »
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EPA subpoenas Halliburton's fracking recipe
November 9, 2010
The Environmental Protection Agency hassubpoenaed energy company Halliburton for information on its natural gas drilling practices in places like the Marcellus Shale of Pennsylvania. More »
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Feds stop Dimock water shipment
January 8, 2012
Saturday brought a surprise reversal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which halted without explanation a shipment of water en route to the Northeast Pennsylvania town of Dimock, Ground Zero of the national debate over the impact of natural gas extraction on drinking water supplies. Just... More »
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Fire and the pinelands
July 18, 2008
As the California wildfires get under control, South Jersey is trying to prevent its own catastrophe. More »
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Former Gov. Thornburgh recalls TMI nuclear crisis
March 18, 2011
Japan's nuclear crisis brings back memories of the world's first near nuclear meltdown in Pennsylvania more than 30 years ago. The Three Mile Island nuclear reactor near Harrisburg became synonymous with the dangers of nuclear energy production. On March 28, 1979, Pennsylvania Gov. Dick T... More »
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Fracking may become a greener process
March 31, 2011
President Barack Obama outlined a national energy policy this week that includes tapping domestic natural gas reserves. The president assigned his Nobel Prize-winning Secretary of Energy to come up with a safer way to drill. In his speech, Obama said Secretary Steven Chu is the best man for the job... More »
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Fracking needs oversight
October 11, 2011
Advocates of the extraction process known as "fracking" say it's safe, yielding vast quantities of natural gas without polluting our land and water. So, they say, federal environmental regulators should back off. More »
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Fuel cells seen as energy source of the future
June 10, 2011
A California fuel-cell manufacturer announced this week that it will build its East Coast manufacturing facility at the former Chrysler plant site in Newark, Del. That could mean 1,500 new jobs for the area. Bloom Energy wants to make fuel cells the affordable energy of the future. The dream energy... More »
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Grading the energy alternatives
April 22, 2011
In Bradford County this week, state and local officials scrambling to contain a major spill of contaminated water used to help extract natural gas. It's just one more incident that will fuel Pennsylvania's debate over the risks of drilling for natural gas. The continuing nuclear crisis in... More »
