The U.S. Forest Service is planning a massive overhaul that includes closing research stations in Pennsylvania. What's at stake? Some residents and environmental groups oppose the Pennsylvania ...

A new report finds Pennsylvania’s use of solar energy is on the rise, but the state still falls behind most of the country in adding more renewable energy on the grid. The environmental group ...

This story comes from our partners at WHYY. Imagine living in a house made of pineapple and mango skins, where the scent would greet you as you enter and leave your home. And imagine that the ...

Pennsylvania is getting a federal grant to install a geothermal energy project at an existing natural gas site in Western Pennsylvania. The project will convert an existing natural gas well owned by ...

Hannah Hohman and Koa Reitz stood on an old bridge on a sunny afternoon, looking down at the confluence of two streams. Hohman glanced back and forth between the iced ...

Meta says it has reached a deal to purchase power from the Beaver Valley nuclear plant in western Pennsylvania and two others in Ohio, as part of its efforts to power its artificial intelligence ...

This is part of a series tracking waste from the fracking industry. When John Quigley became the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in 2015, he knew that he would be ...

The Trump administration has reversed course again on a new air pollution rule for coke ovens. The White House is granting two-year waivers to coke oven plants for the rule issued under the Biden ...

Stacey Magda stands on the side of a country road in Westmoreland County, near the top of a ridge. Trucks whiz by. There’s an old cemetery a few steps away. “This is coal country. One of Henry Clay ...

As soon as the weather cooperates, the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden is planning to burn its beloved dogwood meadow. According to local experts, it’s the first time a conservation organization has ...

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 ...

The Shenango coke works on Neville Island, just west of Pittsburgh on the Ohio River, closed down in 2016. Coke is a refined form of coal used in steelmaking, made by baking coal at very high ...