The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing rules that curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The action, announced Monday at the G20 “Energy Abundance Ministerial” in Houston, ...

A new book describes the joys and lessons that come with paying close attention to the nature around us. Daryln Brewer Hoffstot lives on a farm in rural Westmoreland County. She’s published essays ...

Documentaries that are part of a film festival about Appalachia and the Rust Belt look at East Palestine after the derailment and the fight against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. In her new book, an ...

Join The Allegheny Front’s Julie Grant on September 24 at 6:30 PM at Point Park University’s George R. White Theatre for the screening and a discussion of “The Bulldogs,” about the uncertain path to ...

Pennsylvania is home to rich biodiversity, huge swaths of forests and thousands of miles of streams and rivers. But not all is well in Penn’s Woods. Roads, pipelines, and homes fragment forests.

Duquesne Light Company is preparing to install tens of thousands of smart meters across its service territory to help identify problems that can lead to outages. It’s part of a multi-year, $40 million ...

A Pennsylvania state budget provision loosens schools' reporting requirements for lead in water, from zero to 5 parts per billion.

The agency found one of the engineers who initiated the procedure that precipitated the explosion “had never previously performed the task.” ...

A lawsuit over a plan to regenerate oaks in the Wayne National Forest cites mycorrhizal fungi as evidence that the plan won't work. We find out why.

New data centers added across the PJM region in one year alone could use more electricity than the entire state of Pennsylvania uses today.

The memorial’s designers set out to restore life at the site, and provide a space for healing and reflection in nature. But maintaining that vision is proving to be a challenge.