Data centers compete with regular customers for energy, but the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a proposal that would have shielded them. PJM is the largest grid operator in the ...

There is a steep rise in black lung disease cases among coal miners in Appalachia. Gov. Josh Shapiro and state Treasurer Stacy Garrity discussed data centers and other hot-button issues facing ...

A new study shows that rates for black lung disease in Appalachia are surging. At the same time, the Trump administration is putting regulations that could reduce miners’ exposure to the dust ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has fined Shell $15 million for air quality violations at its Monaca, Pa. plastics plant. The agency says between 2023 and August 2026, Shell’s ...

Your next waterfall adventure starts here. If you happen to be looking for waterfalls near Pittsburgh, PA you are in luck, because there are quite a few waterfalls only a small distance away! Here ...

Jessi Halligan stares at a laptop screen on the deck of a 50-foot vessel, a few miles from the Canadian border in the middle of Lake Erie. On screen is a stack of squiggly colored lines that are ...

This story comes from our partner, 90.5 WESA. A Pennsylvania environmental group is out with a new playbook to move the state away from fossil fuels and to a clean energy economy. PennFuture’s Energy ...

When was the last time you slowed down? A new exhibit of landscape paintings at The Frick Environmental Center in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park invites visitors to examine “the quiet spaces that exist ...

A new invasive plant has been found in a western Pennsylvania nature reserve that could alter the forests of the Laurel Highlands and beyond if it takes hold. Land managers and invasive species ...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) requested that the owners of four disposal wells in Washington County for wastewater from oil and gas drilling temporarily cease operations. The wells, ...

Environmental groups are criticizing Nippon Steel’s recent investments in its Pittsburgh-area U.S. Steel mills for continuing the company’s reliance on coal to produce steel. As a result, they say, ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is accepting public comments on a proposed permit for treated wastewater discharge for a new coal mine planned for the Laurel Highlands in ...