PA man treks from Georgia to Maine, hits halfway point and home
About one in three hikers who attempt a thru-hike complete the entire trail, according to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. In 2025, 834 succeeded in that quest.
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Business and industry leaders are talking a lot about the possibilities of AI, but the technology also comes with environmental costs. A longtime critic of the natural gas industry is leaving his post at an environmental nonprofit and recommends changing laws or making new ones. A book that asks what we can learn from going back millions of years into Earth’s history that could help us survive the climate crisis. What everyday people think about the climate-related extreme weather we've been experiencing.
Allegheny National Forest will increase logging by millions of board feet this year
Though not an historic high, timbering will ramp up under a new directive by the Trump administration.
What amendments to the Endangered Species Act could mean for wildlife
A bill before Congress seeks to make changes to the Endangered Species Act that environmentalists say would weaken its protections.
Double the solar energy coming soon to Pittsburgh International Airport
The airport has its own microgrid, powered by natural gas and solar produced on-site. It was the first airport in the world to do so.
PA DEP OKs ‘Rustic Ridge’ coal mine expansion beneath PA Turnpike
The company will mine metallurgical coal, but an environmental group worries the project will exacerbate longstanding mine drainage problems in the Laurel Highlands.
From classroom to creek: students learn about trout by raising and releasing fish
Through Pennsylvania Trout in the Classroom, teachers and students raise trout to learn about not only the life cycle, but also coldwater conservation.
At onset of black fly larva season, Pennsylvania bites back
DEP monitors and treats 48 rivers and streams spanning more than 1,800 miles for black flies, also knows as gnats.
Migratory birds mainly responsible for bird flu outbreak, experts tell Pa. lawmakers
Past avian flu outbreaks were mainly spread by birds on farms. But now, it’s wild birds that are responsible for the spread of the flu.
