Celebrating 50 Years of Your Constitutional Right to Clean Air and Pure Water
Pennsylvania was among the first governments in the world to guarantee its citizens the right to a clean environment. In practice, that didn’t mean much — until now.
Marie Cusick
Poll: Broad Support for Wolf’s Plan to Tax Gas Drillers to Pay for Infrastructure
Wolf's proposal calls for $4.5 billion in infrastructure initiatives over four years, funded by a severance tax on natural gas.
Calls for new leader of PJM Interconnection to focus on clean energy
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.
Rare butterfly has found refuge at an unlikely place: a Pennsylvania military base
One reason: military activity has created meadows at the base, the butterfly's only known habitat in the Eastern U.S.
Inside one of Pennsylvania’s most energy-efficient buildings
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.
Pennsylvania environmental regulators move to shut down Erie Coke plant
Erie Coke has a lengthy history of environmental violations. DEP plans to reject their application for a new permit.
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Block Attempt to Regulate Single-Use Plastics
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.
Groups criticize state budget slash of $10 million from environmental fund
The fund was established nearly two decades ago to support environmental programs.
Pennsylvania’s had a lot of tornadoes this year. Is there a climate change link?
More than two dozen twisters have been confirmed, an abnormally high number.
Poll: Most Pennsylvanians Think Climate Change is Major Public Health Risk
They are more likely than any time in the past decade to believe climate change is happening and that it's impacting their lives.
