If there’s one thing most Americans agree on, it’s that they don’t want hyperscale AI data centers built in their neighborhoods. Despite a call from some AI leaders to slow the technology’s ...

Pennsylvania schools must either test for lead in water and report results to the state, or talk about the lead issue at one public meeting annually. During the state’s budget negotiations this summer ...

A new book describes the joys and lessons that come with paying close attention to the nature around us. Daryln Brewer Hoffstot lives on a farm in rural Westmoreland County. She’s published essays ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing rules that curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The action, announced Monday at the G20 “Energy Abundance Ministerial” in Houston, ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story comes from our partner, 90.5 WESA. Nonprofit environmental groups are seeking support for their legal challenge to a massive data center project in Indiana County. The gas-fired plant ...

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 ...

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, ...