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Pennsylvania is up against a clock to finish emissions regulations for oil and gas sites. At risk are hundreds of millions of dollars in federal highway funds.
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: Some European nations rely on Russia for natural gas, but after its invasion of Ukraine, Pennsylvania oil and gas producers are looking to ramp up efforts to export their products to Europe; Giant Eagle is planning to bring “Mobile Markets” to neighborhoods lacking grocery stores, but a researcher and urban farmer say it will take more intentional, community-based efforts to fix what they call “food apartheid”; and a look at how the state’s new redistricting could impact upcoming elections.
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A new report by the Environmental Defense Fund found there are more abandoned oil and gas wells than previously thought in the United States. Researchers found 8,840 wells are documented in Pennsylvania, but suspect there are hundreds of thousands more.
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An estimated 2 million abandoned oil and gas wells across the country, forgotten or ignored by the energy companies that drilled them, are believed to be leaking toxic chemicals.
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There are about 2 million abandoned oil and gas wells nationwide that haven't been properly plugged with cement. Many of the wells are releasing methane, which is a greenhouse gas containing about 86 times the climate-warming power of carbon dioxide over two decades.
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On today's program: The executive director of Trying Together explains the state of the region’s child care industry, and how $303 million from the Wolf…
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Colleges and universities have to better align the skills they teach to what employers say are needed, according to a new report from the RAND…
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The Department of Environmental Protection has released its 2017 Oil and Gas Annual Report, which revealed 2,231 oil and gas well drilling permits were…
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State environmental officials have ordered three companies to plug more than 1,000 abandoned oil and gas wells.Wells in Pennsylvania are considered…
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Pennsylvania has joined a growing number of states in issuing new methane requirements for natural gas wells.On Thursday, the Pennsylvania Department of…