Proposals for hyper-scale data centers have been popping up across Pennsylvania, causing conflict and opposition. Ahead of signing an executive order reining in large-scale data development, Governor ...

Policy playbook urges Pa. lawmakers look to renewables, not fossil fuels, for energy affordability ...

The order will force data center developers to abide by several rules, including a requirement to obtain a stamp of approval from local officials.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will examine whether a coal mine in Westmoreland County should be allowed to expand into an 11,000 acre-area at the headwaters of two local ...

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 ...

Concerns about data center construction and energy use are being raised all over the Commonwealth. About 80 new data center projects have been proposed in the state. The Pennsylvania Capital-Star’s ...

Policy playbook urges Pa. lawmakers look to renewables, not fossil fuels, for energy affordability ...

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, ...

In the same week that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would give Pennsylvania more than $39 million to address PFAS contamination in drinking water, the agency also said it ...

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 ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is considering Shell’s request for a new permit for its Beaver County ethane cracker, which turns natural gas into plastic. The company said it ...

A study by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection found the liquid runoff from Pennsylvania landfills that take solid oil and gas waste poses no “significant” threat to the public ...