Thanks to a group of dedicated citizen lobbyists using the power of polite persistence, there’s a small but growing bipartisan movement in Congress to tackle climate change.
Climate change will bring longer, hotter heat waves to Pennsylvania. Some are worried how those living without air conditioning will survive. With President Trump pulling out of the global climate agreement, there’s a new push to get cities and states to pick up the slack. And they might also have to pick up the tab.
The EPA's landmark study of fracking's impact on drinking water has been embroiled in a seesaw battle of semantics. Here's what the agency is saying in its final report.
After a landmark 2015 EPA report concluded that fracking posed no significant threat to drinking water supplies, many considered the issue settled. But new documents have emerged showing EPA downplayed the risks.
Among the many oddities in this election: The 2016 Republican candidate for president has gotten little love from one of the GOP’s most reliable donor groups.
The state's highest court has struck down a number of provisions of Pennsylvania's controversial Act 13. So what does it mean for industry—and for communities opposed to fracking?
New data from the state's Department of Environmental Protection reveals that a wide variety of air pollutants are still a problem at Pennsylvania's oil and gas sites.
Increasingly, gas companies are invoking eminent domain to secure rights-of-way for new pipelines. But is this the way eminent domain is supposed to work?
Susan Phillips is a reporter for StateImpact Pennsylvania, a collaboration between WITF and WHYY covering the fiscal and environmental impact of Pennsylvania’s booming energy economy.
