Susan Phillips
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Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia accounted for one third of the country's shale gas production in 2019.
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A new report by the National Audubon Society says Pennsylvania's state bird the ruffed grouse and New Jersey's American goldfinch could disappear from the state.
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Rafe Pomerance has been a climate activist for 40 years. As an environmental lobbyist for Friends of the Earth, he was one of the first people to agitate for bi-partisan action after reading a 1978 EPA report on coal.
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A federal appeals court has blocked PennEast pipeline company from condemning state-owned land for its proposed 116-mile long line that would ship Marcellus Shale gas from northeast Pennsylvania to New Jersey.
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Pennsylvania is the third-largest coal producing state in the country. But coal generated electricity plants have struggled to compete with cheaper natural gas and renewable energy.
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"They're saying 'it's a bad idea to put pipelines in areas where damage to the pipeline could be caused by earth movement. If you know there's potential damage, don't put them there."
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New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal says the eight companies knew for decades that PFOA and PFOS used as a main component of firefighting foam would contaminate the environment.
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"Government leaders must lead by example, and businesses, farms, community organizations, and citizens can all make a difference to fight climate change."
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"Why did they (state inspectors) grant these water permits the way they did? What was the rush in February, 2017? Did anyone put pressure on them to encourage that?"
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Pipeline opponents are raising new concerns about the safety of Energy Transfer/Sunoco Logistics' Mariner East 2x natural gas liquids line.