Poll: Broad Support for Wolf’s Plan to Tax Gas Drillers to Pay for Infrastructure

Marie CusickAugust 16, 2019

Wolf's proposal calls for $4.5 billion in infrastructure initiatives over four years, funded by a severance tax on natural gas.

EconomyEnergyPolitics

Calls for new leader of PJM Interconnection to focus on clean energy

Marie CusickJuly 31, 2019

Two-thirds of the power on PJM's grid which serves 65 million people come from fossil fuels. Cities and attorney generals are calling for a priority on climate change.

Climate ChangeEnergy

Rare butterfly has found refuge at an unlikely place: a Pennsylvania military base

Marie CusickJuly 26, 2019

One reason: military activity has created meadows at the base, the butterfly's only known habitat in the Eastern U.S.

ConservationVideoWild Pennsylvania

Inside one of Pennsylvania’s most energy-efficient buildings

Marie CusickJuly 12, 2019

The building actually generated 75 percent more energy than it consumed–thanks to more than 500 solar panels on the roof, a ground-mounted solar array, and 20 geothermal wells.

Climate ChangeDesignEnergy

Pennsylvania environmental regulators move to shut down Erie Coke plant

Marie CusickJuly 1, 2019

Erie Coke has a lengthy history of environmental violations. DEP plans to reject their application for a new permit.

HealthPollution

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Block Attempt to Regulate Single-Use Plastics

Marie CusickJune 28, 2019

The ban on regulating single-use plastics was signed by Gov. Wolf. The Republican-led legislature wants a year to study the impacts of such rules.

EconomyPoliticsPollution

Groups criticize state budget slash of $10 million from environmental fund

Marie CusickJune 28, 2019

The fund was established nearly two decades ago to support environmental programs.

ConservationEconomyPoliticsWild Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s had a lot of tornadoes this year. Is there a climate change link?

Marie CusickJune 7, 2019

More than two dozen twisters have been confirmed, an abnormally high number.

Climate Change

Poll: Most Pennsylvanians Think Climate Change is Major Public Health Risk

Marie CusickMay 17, 2019

They are more likely than any time in the past decade to believe climate change is happening and that it's impacting their lives.

Climate ChangeHealth

Three Mile Island Will Close Sept. 30, as Nuclear Rescue Legislation Stalls in Harrisburg

Marie CusickMay 10, 2019

Some 600 workers will be out of a job. The company says nuclear energy should be valued as a source of carbon-free electricity.

Climate ChangeEnergy