Mussels once numbered the millions in local rivers. Now researchers are hoping to find a type of salamander that an endangered mussel needs to survive.
One of the goals is to plant more trees across Pennsylvania to mitigate flood risk and provide more shade. Another goal is to reduce carbon emissions created by the agency.
The new mill would replace an old operation at one of U.S. Steel’s Pittsburgh-area plants, but would raise pollution levels in an environmental justice area.
What can Democrats do to act on climate change with their newfound power in the Pennsylvania legislature, where they hold a 'trifecta' for the first time in decades. Plus, the secret life of an endangered mussel in the Allegheny River, and why some people are looking to invest in generators in a time of a changing climate.
What energy and environmental advocates want from a newly Democratic-controlled Pennsylvania General Assembly. A swimming hole in the Laurel Highlands has been polluted by lead from a neighboring shooting range. A new report looks at the changing climate's impacts on our brain health. Our current stormwater infrastructure isn't built for the extreme weather climate change will bring. How Philadelphia is planning for flooding.
Data centers are a hot-button voting issue in Pennsylvania, no matter the political party. At a women's prison on Ohio, incarcerated residents are learning to rehabilitate wildlife, like bunnies, with an eye towards future jobs. A new Pennsylvania law will restrict PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam. The Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General plans to investigate the EPA’s response to the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The newly-released Chesapeake Bay report card is out, with its highest overall grade ever issued, a C plus.
