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Longtime environmental official on Pennsylvania election results: People will need to be ‘as tenacious as the industry’

Kara Holsopple·November 8, 2024

David Hess, former Secretary of the Pa. DEP and author of an environmental blog, weighs in on the split legislature and Republican attorney general.

2024 Election Politics Your Environment Update

What can we expect from a Trump administration? Our reporters weigh in.

The Allegheny Front·November 7, 2024

Our reporters say expect fossil fuels to be a huge focus, with the promise of "drill, baby, drill," slashing climate funding and gutting environmental regulations.

2024 Election Politics Trump on Earth

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Trump has derided Biden’s landmark climate programs. Would he ditch hydrogen?

Reid Frazier·October 25, 2024

Hydrogen has support from one favored Trump industry: fossil fuels. But will Republicans keep the lucrative hydrogen subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act if they regain power?

2024 Election Climate Change Energy Politics

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Biden-era solar program for lower-income homeowners could be ‘in jeopardy’ under a Trump administration

Reid Frazier·October 18, 2024

A new pilot program in Pennsylvania seeks to put solar on low and moderate-income homes, but could face problems scaling up if Trump wins.

2024 Election Energy Politics

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Volunteers knock on doors to create climate ‘super-voters’ in Pennsylvania

Sophia Schmidt·October 8, 2024

The Environmental Voter Project targets people who are passionate about climate and the environment, but rarely or never vote.

2024 Election Climate Change Politics

Pa. Senate votes to repeal climate program known as RGGI

Rachel McDevitt·September 18, 2024

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is a cap and trade program. Pennsylvania would join 10 other states to cut carbon from power plants.

Climate Change Energy Politics

Only the second floor of a house is visible in flood waters

Here’s what Harris and Trump said about climate change in Tuesday’s debate

Sophia Schmidt·September 13, 2024

Trump said little about his plans, while Harris bragged about both clean energy investments and gas production.

Climate Change Energy Politics

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Fact check: A president can’t ban fracking in Pennsylvania

Susan Phillips·September 11, 2024

Former President Donald Trump claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris would ban fracking if elected president. Could she do that?

2024 Election Energy Politics

How are Pennsylvania’s lawmakers doing when it comes to the environment?

Reid Frazier·September 4, 2024

The Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania's scorecard rates each legislator's vote on bills that the group considers pro or anti-environmental.

2024 Election Climate Change Energy Politics Your Environment Update

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Pa. Supreme Court collecting briefs in RGGI case

Rachel McDevitt·August 15, 2024

The court is considering written arguments in the case over whether a program to cut pollution from power plants should be allowed in Pennsylvania.

Climate Change Energy Politics

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Longtime environmental official on Pennsylvania election results: People will need to be ‘as tenacious as the industry’

What can we expect from a Trump administration? Our reporters weigh in.

Trump has derided Biden’s landmark climate programs. Would he ditch hydrogen?

Biden-era solar program for lower-income homeowners could be ‘in jeopardy’ under a Trump administration

Volunteers knock on doors to create climate ‘super-voters’ in Pennsylvania

Pa. Senate votes to repeal climate program known as RGGI

Here’s what Harris and Trump said about climate change in Tuesday’s debate

Fact check: A president can’t ban fracking in Pennsylvania

How are Pennsylvania’s lawmakers doing when it comes to the environment?

Pa. Supreme Court collecting briefs in RGGI case