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Protecting public health means enforcing environmental regulations while helping businesses thrive | Opinion

Meghan Keely2024-11-25T09:31:58-05:00November 25th, 2024|

Opinion Piece - Acting Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, Jessica Shirley. I’m proud to report that the Shapiro Administration is making real progress at improving our permitting processes. DEP, alongside the Governor’s Office of Transformation and Opportunity, is making enormous strides in reviewing more than 45,000 permits every single year, all while maintaining the levels of environmental and public health protection that Pennsylvanians expect and deserve.

Shapiro signs executive order aimed at streamlining permitting process for infrastructure projects

Meghan Keely2024-11-20T15:29:25-05:00November 20th, 2024|

Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday signed an executive order creating the Pennsylvania Permit Fast Track Program - to streamline the permitting process for infrastructure projects statewide.

A visit to Three Mile Island, where Constellation Energy hopes to restart a nuclear power plant

Meghan Keely2024-11-14T10:14:27-05:00November 14th, 2024|

Constellation Energy has applied to reopen a nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island in the Susquehanna — not the one shut after a coolant failure in 1979, but its long-running neighbor, closed by Exelon Corp. in 2019, as cheaper natural gas made the aging uranium plant too expensive to run.

Renewable natural gas plant opens at western Schuylkill County landfill

Meghan Keely2024-10-30T11:48:41-04:00October 30th, 2024|

A plant converting methane from landfill emissions to renewable natural gas has opened in western Schuylkill County and will benefit both local utility customers and the environment, project leaders say.

Data Centers: More Gas Will Be Needed To Feed U.S. Growth

Meghan Keely2024-10-24T12:52:11-04:00October 24th, 2024|

Data centers' growing demand for electricity will require additional natural gas to support generation, necessitating a response from the North American midstream energy sector.

After spending $2 trillion on renewables, the world uses more fossil fuels than ever

Meghan Keely2024-10-11T10:52:21-04:00October 11th, 2024|

On a global scale, we are investing nearly $2 trillion annually to create an energy transition. In the last 10 years, solar and wind power use has reached unprecedented levels. However, this increase hasn’t led to a reduction in fossil fuel consumption. In fact, fossil fuel use has grown during this period.

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