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Pennsylvania ag organizations are urging federal regulators to reject a hydroelectric project that would likely take preserved farmland by eminent domain.

States are working to find solutions to make their air and water cleaner and safer for their communities but the path is not always clear-cut. A case before the Supreme Court questions if states are doing as much as they can. The EPA Good Neighbor Plan demands 23 states reduce the amount of industrial facility smog over concerns the pollutants are contaminating nearby states. ...

A Texas group is on a mission to reform how the state monitors and repairs oil and gas pipeline leaks. More than 480,000 miles of pipeline run across the state, carrying everything from oil to natural gas to hazardous liquids. Executive Director of the group Commission Shift - Virginia Palacios - says people often arent aware of what lies beneath their neighborhoods, and potentially dangerous pipeline leaks in some areas are going unrepaired. ...

As public officials, we are accustomed to vibrant discussion and heated debate about issues impacting our communities, commonwealth and nation. We disagree at times with our colleagues from the other

A new report found four dams in the Columbia River Basin are big emitters of methane. Research from the organization Tell The Dam Truth showed the four lower Snake River dams in eastern Washington emit the equivalent of 1.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide each year. Robin Everett, deputy western region field director for the Sierra Club, said it undercuts some of the claims the dams are helping provide the region with clean energy. ...

A proposed pumped-storage hydroelectric facility for Cuffs Run near the Susquehanna River in York County has been challenged by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. The foundation filed a motion to intervene in the proceedings with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which is considering granting a preliminary permit to build a 1.8-mile-long dam for the project. Harry Campbell, science policy and advocacy director for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, said they are working to stop the project in ...

When: Columbia Council meeting, March 12. Council member Joanne Price was absent.

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When: Columbia Council meeting March 5.

York Energy Storage is responding to a lawmaker who announced his opposition to a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Susquehanna River in York County.