We spent Tuesday in McHenry, Maryland at the Maryland House Environment and Transportation Committee meetings and public hearing. The committee visited western Maryland to accept testimony from citizens on Maryland’s current moratorium on fracking and whether that moratorium should become …
Heading to the river this weekend? The free Swim Guide app can help you find the best places to swim! Visit theswimguide.org for information! The Waterkeeper Swim Guide app and Swim Guide website (theswimguide.org) contain over 7,000 popular places to …
Summer has just begun and Pennsylvanians from across the state are heading outside to enjoy our state forests and our award-winning state parks. Unfortunately, our legislature is currently considering allowing private development on these important public lands. To learn more about House …
In front of a packed house, the Elizabeth Township Zoning Hearing Board voted tonight 4-1 to deny Allegheny Energy Center, LLC’s request for use, noise, and height variances to construct a 550 MW natural gas-fired power plant in the township along …
The RECLAIM Act would free up $1 billion over next five years from the federal Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Fund to address two pressing issues relating to the decline of the coal industry—the need to retrain and create new job …
Approximately 200 people attended the zoning hearing in Elizabeth Township on Wednesday regarding Invenergy’s proposed natural gas-fired power plant on the banks of the Yough River. This was the third meeting on the issue and despite the long, two-month process, …
A big thank you to the 150 people who attended the continuation of the zoning hearing regarding Invenergy’s request for variances to build a 550 MW gas-fired power plant along the Youghiogheny River in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, last evening! …
The zoning hearing last evening in Elizabeth Township regarding Invenergy’s proposed natural gas-fired power plant along the Yough went very well. Over 250 people were in attendance; most were in opposition to the plant. The hearing, which began at 7PM, …
Invenergy, a Chicago-based corporation, has proposed a new 450-550 megawatt natural gas-fired power plant (called Allegheny Energy Center) along the Youghiogheny River in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County. Invenergy is seeking zoning variances from Elizabeth Township to allow for construction of the …
We’ve learned that Invenergy has proposed a new 450-550 megawatt natural gas-fired power plant (called Allegheny Energy Center) along the Yough in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County. The proposed site is just downstream from the recently permitted Tenaska gas plant. Details are …
