What’s the current state of the energy transition?

Reid FrazierDecember 8, 2023

While wind and solar are cost-effective, local opposition, lack of transmission lines and land use restrictions are slowing down renewable development.

Climate ChangeEnergyYour Environment Update

Pennsylvania ranks 7th in nation in greenhouse gas supply

Rachel McDevittDecember 7, 2023

A new study adds up how much companies are contributing to the country’s greenhouse gas emissions and groups them by state.

Climate ChangeEconomyEnergy

Controversial solar project near Gettysburg loses in court again

Rachel McDevittDecember 7, 2023

The ruling said the project in Mount Joy Township did not meet local zoning standards. It could impact future solar court cases in Pennsylvania.

Climate ChangeEnergy

How utility scale solar power could be a boon for sheep farmers

WYSONovember 30, 2023

Some Ohio sheep farmers hope solar grazing - using animals to keep vegetation under panels in check - can help sustain their operations.

Climate ChangeEnergyFood and Agriculture

Pa. lawmakers look for hydrogen models after hub announcement

Rachel McDevittNovember 27, 2023

Health and environmental advocates are calling for high standards to prevent more planet-warming emissions from new hydrogen projects.

Climate ChangeEnergy

Tour of fracking sites connects activists from Appalachia and the Gulf Coast

Kara HolsoppleNovember 27, 2023

An art collective brought together Appalachian and Gulf Coast residents to compare notes and build solidarity as they fight fossil fuel projects.

EnergyEnvironmental JusticeHealthPollutionYour Environment Update

How a proposed solar project prompted this rural Pa. township to face its mining past

Spotlight PANovember 24, 2023

A Centre County township wrestles with a proposed solar farm on a site where runoff from past coal mining is polluting a watershed.

EnergyWater

Pa. families call on Josh Shapiro to fulfill recommendations of fracking grand jury

Rachel McDevittNovember 22, 2023

Families living near fracking in Washington County are disappointed in Gov. Josh Shapiro. They want more accountability for the industry.

EnergyHealth

Shapiro to appeal court decision that stopped Pa. from joining climate program

Rachel McDevittNovember 21, 2023

Gov. Josh Shapiro is appealing a court decision that stopped Pennsylvania’s effort to join a cap-and-trade program targeting power plant emissions. 

Climate ChangeEnergyYour Environment Update

Ohio approves fracking under state park and wildlife areas at contentious meeting

Julie GrantNovember 17, 2023

A crowd shouted and chanted "Save our parks!" as an Ohio commission approved fracking under the state’s largest park and two wildlife areas in the eastern part of the state.

Climate ChangeConservationEnergyWater