Inside the Carnegie Library in Braddock, Pennsylvania, Ron Ferchak explained what a hot strip mill does. Imagine an assembly line, three football fields long. You put in a steel slab on one 40 feet ...

U.S. Steel is investing big money to modernize a mill in the Pittsburgh area. Some are worried about continued air pollution from the plant, while others in the area are excited about its economic ...

A Texas-based energy company wants to expand a natural gas processing facility in western Pennsylvania that has had multiple environmental violations since opening in 2020. The Pennsylvania Department ...

Searching the shores of Lake Erie for beach glass is a favorite pastime. Here are the best beaches at Presque Isle to find it and some tips from a pro.

A federal appeals court upheld a Biden-era air quality standard for soot. Allegheny County and other areas in PA could be out of compliance with the new standard.

The passing of Pennsylvania’s new budget means that several bills to slow down data center development in the state are on hold, like repealing a key tax exemption.

The Monongahela River is a 130-mile waterway that begins in the mountains of West Virginia and ends in Pittsburgh, where its waters flow into the Ohio River. Over the course of that journey, the river ...

In the race to develop data centers to satiate the growing appetite for artificial intelligence, Washington County is hoping to be a contender. CNX — a natural gas company based in Washington County — ...

A new report by Concerned Health Professionals of NY and Physicians for Social Responsibility concludes that fracking is a public health crisis. That’s not a surprise. It’s the 9th edition of the ...

A new rule finalized by the EPA last month will require U.S. Steel and other companies around the country to set up fenceline monitoring for air pollution around its coke plants.The rule means that ...

This is part of a series tracking waste from the fracking industry. Off a back road in the hilly country south of Pittsburgh, a tributary to the Monongahela River runs through overgrown vegetation and ...

This story is part of our series, Wild Pennsylvania. Check out all of our stories here. A new study uses museum specimens to find out how the leaves of poison ivy in Pennsylvania have changed with the ...