Under pressure from climate activists to close, the Centralia, Wa. plant agreed to a deadline and put millions in a transition fund. StateImpact Pennsylvania spent several days there to explore how time and money has affected preparations for what lies ahead.
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The company said Tuesday that the agreement, if approved by the court, will resolve all class action claims within a 20-mile radius from the derailment and, for those residents who choose to participate, personal injury claims within a 10-mile radius from the derailment.
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The sun broke through the morning's clouds in western Pennsylvania, providing area residents the chance to see the solar eclipse on Monday.
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A cloudy morning has turned mostly sunny, according to the National Weather Service.
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Local union workers cheer new federal rule to modernize grid, but efficiency experts are unimpressedThe core of nearly all transformers is made with what’s called grain-oriented electrical steel. Only one company in the U.S. makes it, Cleveland-Cliffs, at its plants in Butler, Pa., and Zanesville, Ohio.
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The Campus Laboratory School at Carlow University recently hosted an experimental interdisciplinary approach to teach students about birds.
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Hundreds of thousands of anglers visit Pennsylvania’s streams and lakes every year to fish for trophy-sized trout.
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Flood waters are disrupting communities in parts of Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, and other counties across the Pittsburgh region this morning.
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Pennsylvania is receiving another quarter-billion dollars from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law this year – the latest federal investment in helping communities respond to environmental problems caused by abandoned mines.
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Officials say the aftermath of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn’t qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical exposures haven’t been documented.
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The state permit will allow PennEnergy Resources to extract 1.5 million gallons of water a day from Big Sewickley Creek. Biologists are worried this will harm the threatened redbelly dace.