Homer City — Pa.’s largest coal-fired power plant — will close in July

Reid FrazierApril 5, 2023

The announcement means all five of the state’s remaining coal plants are slated to be shut down or converted to natural gas by 2028.

Climate ChangeEnergy

Spring arrived early for some this year. And it’s complicated

Kara HolsoppleMarch 16, 2023

Climate change is making record-breaking early springs more likely. There are downsides and some upsides, too.

Climate ChangeConservationYour Environment Update

Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal includes Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Rachel McDevittMarch 8, 2023

The proposed budget assumes Pennsylvania will charge power plants for carbon dioxide pollution, raising more than $600 million in the next year. 

Climate ChangePolitics

Study to look at flooding and health outcomes in 2 predominantly Black Pittsburgh neighborhoods

Jillian ForstadtMarch 7, 2023

Researchers received about $1.35 million from the U.S. EPA to study basement flooding in Homewood and the Hill District, as climate change worsens storms.

Climate ChangeEnvironmental Justice

Electric grid reliability is questioned by Pennsylvania lawmakers

Rachel McDevittMarch 7, 2023

When a winter storm hit around Christmas, natural gas and coal power plants failed to respond when called up, causing outages in Pennsylvania.

Climate ChangeEnergy

This Philly drag show tackles climate change — on ice

WHYYMarch 3, 2023

The show is a camp comedy about climate change by the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, a queer arts organization in Philly.

Climate ChangeCulture

Interior Secretary visits Pittsburgh area home to tout Biden abandoned well money

Reid FrazierFebruary 9, 2023

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law sets aside $4.7 billion to clean up the country's 2 million abandoned wells. Pennsylvania has more than any other state.

Climate ChangeEnergy

Claim that Pa. climate program was unlawfully delayed is moot, court says

Rachel McDevittJanuary 26, 2023

The opinion in this case doesn’t affect Pa.’s attempt to join RGGI, a program among 11 eastern states to cut CO2 emissions from power plants.

Climate ChangeEnergy

The modest heat pump could be a climate solution, but getting them into houses will be hard

Reid FrazierJanuary 20, 2023

What electric vehicles are for transportation, heat pumps could be for heating homes. But it will take some convincing. 

Climate ChangeEnergy

Lancaster nonprofit launches local carbon credit program

Rachel McDevittJanuary 6, 2023

It aims to give people and businesses a way to take responsibility for their greenhouse gas emissions while helping their neighbors.

Climate Change