A federal agency faulted U.S. Steel for a lack of safety procedures which caused the death of two workers at one if its plants last year. A new report from Pennsylvania environmental groups finds more ...

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 ...

In the early morning, before the heat of the day, a crew from Beran Environmental Services met at the Fort Bedford Riverfront Park’s grassy riverbank. Next to it, the Raystown Branch of the Juniata ...

This story comes from our partner, 90.5 WESA. A bill introduced Tuesday in the U.S. House by Pittsburgh-area Rep. Summer Lee aims to boost federal benefits for coal miners disabled by black lung ...

A coalition of groups in Westmoreland County is encouraging people in the Laurel Highlands to make their properties part of a nationwide effort to create habitat for monarch butterflies. Every fall, ...

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 ...

You may have noticed your electricity bill is rising. The Pennsylvania Utility Commission alerted consumers that the price of electric generation is increasing this month, just as it’s getting hotter ...

One year ago, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro stood before a crowd in Berwick, Columbia County, exclaiming that it was a good day. “I’m here to announce that Pennsylvania has landed the largest ...

Ken Fellows has been fishing off and on all his life. Last year, he decided to try his hand at turtles. He caught one near his favorite fishing hole along Montour Run, west of Downtown Pittsburgh “I ...

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 ...

The Trump administration is drastically cutting the budget, and reorganizing the U.S. Forest Service, moving its headquarters and research facilities to western states. In Pennsylvania, four research ...

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 ...