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EPA Rules Threaten Coal-Fired Plants
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — New federal rules on air pollution are being hailed as the most significant in 20 years. As KDKA Investigator Andy Sheehan reports the impact may be great right here in Western...
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Neighbors Oppose Expansion Of Little Blue Lagoon
GREENE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – From the air, Little Blue Run may look benign — even fit for recreation. “Looks can be very deceiving,” Lisa Marcucci, an environmentalist, said. “There’s nothing little about...
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Beaver County Residents Concerned Over Well Water Contamination
BEAVER COUNTY (KDKA) – More than a hundred concerned citizens packed the Hookstown fire hall in Beaver County to hear plans by First Energy to close a coal waste disposal site. The 900-acre lagoon...
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Rehabilitated Eagle Released Into Beaver County
POTTER TWP. (KDKA) — Abandoned farmland in Potter Township, Beaver County, is about to welcome a rehabilitated bald eagle. The fledgling was discovered in Shippingport last August, by First Energy...
View ArticleWorkers Overcome By Gas, 2 Dead, 3 Injured At Bruce Mansfield Power Station
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter SHIPPINGPORT, Pa. (KDKA) – Two workers are dead and three others were being treated for injuries after a gas leak early Wednesday morning at the Bruce Mansfield Power...
View Article2 Injured At Power Plant Released From Hospital; 2 Died
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter SHIPPINGPORT, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say two contractors who inhaled toxic fumes at a Pennsylvania power plant that killed two other workers have been released from...
View ArticleDuctwork Fire Proves To Be Challenging For Crews At Bruce Mansfield Plant
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter SHIPPINGPORT, Pa. (KDKA/AP) — Firefighters were called to the scene of a ductwork and roof fire at FirstEnergy’s Bruce Mansfield Plant in Shippingport, Beaver County,...
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Shippingport’s Bruce Mansfield Coal-Fired Plant To Shut Down In 2021
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter SHIPPINGPORT (KDKA) — The largest coal-fired plant in Pennsylvania will soon be retired. FirstEnergy announced Wednesday evening that the Bruce Mansfield Plant,...
View ArticleFirst Energy To Close Last Coal-Fired Plant In Pennsylvania Earlier Than...
SHIPPINGPORT (KDKA) — First Energy is closing its last coal-fired energy plant two years earlier than expected. The plant in Beaver County will cease operations on November 7. After filing for...
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