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 ...

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 ...

7/9/2026: This story has been updated to include the most recent EPA PM 2.5 numbers for Allegheny County and other areas of Pennsylvania. A federal appeals court ruling late last month upheld a key ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

This week, a special show of award-winning and recognized stories. What advocates and residents who live near U.S. Steel plants are saying about the Trump administration’s policies on the pollution ...

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 ...