How a Bedford County community benefitted when two dams were removed. A court rules in favor of a stricter ambient air pollution standard to protect public health. Republican gubernatorial candidate ...

The river had been stocked with trout by the state. Before the removals, Beran was inspecting the dam to engineer its removal, “there were four or five trout, and I remember they were right beside the ...

A federal appeals court ruling late last month upheld a key Biden administration air quality standard for fine particulate matter, or soot. The new rule, finalized in 2024, means that Pittsburgh and ...

This is the first installment of a series of fun, nature-based activities in western Pennsylvania. Check back for more in the coming weeks. Searching the shores of Lake Erie for beach glass is a ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new report finds Pennsylvania’s use of solar energy is on the rise, but the state still falls behind most of the country in adding more renewable energy on the grid. The environmental group ...

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 ...

Hannah Hohman and Koa Reitz stood on an old bridge on a sunny afternoon, looking down at the confluence of two streams. Hohman glanced back and forth between the iced ...

This is part of a series tracking waste from the fracking industry. Off a back road in the hilly country south of Pittsburgh, a tributary to the Monongahela River runs through overgrown vegetation and ...

This is part of a series tracking waste from the fracking industry. When John Quigley became the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in 2015, he knew that he would be ...

The Trump administration has reversed course again on a new air pollution rule for coke ovens. The White House is granting two-year waivers to coke oven plants for the rule issued under the Biden ...