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‘Fundamental constitutional right’: Montana Supreme Court upholds landmark climate ruling, agrees that state must provide a ‘clean and healthful’ environment

Meghan Keely2024-12-20T15:42:04-05:00December 20th, 2024|

The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that the state has a “fundamental constitutional right” to provide a “clean and healthful” environment — upholding a landmark 2023 climate ruling that said residents were having their rights violated on account of the state not having a “stable climate system that sustains human lives and liberties.”

Reality Check: Supply, Demand and Infrastructure: A Wake-Up Call for U.S. Energy Future

Meghan Keely2024-12-13T13:01:49-05:00December 13th, 2024|

PIOGA’s year-end Reality Check takes a hard look at the emerging forces that make 2025 critical to the development of U.S. energy policy.

IFO 3Q24 Report: New Wells Drilled in Pa. Lowest Since 2008

Meghan Keely2024-12-05T10:16:56-05:00December 5th, 2024|

The Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) released its latest quarterly Natural Gas Production Report for July through September 2024. There were 63 new horizontal wells spud (drilled) in 3Q24, the same exact number as in 2Q24, but 3Q’s number was a decrease of 39 wells (-38%) compared to the third quarter of 2023.

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.

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