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Kayakers paddle along a river flowing through wooded hillsides.

Delaware River wins 2025 Pennsylvania River of the Year

Kat Bolus·February 14, 2025

The public propelled the Delaware River to the honor of River of the Year. "Folks are flocking to the river. Recreation is booming all along the river."

Recreation Water Wild Pennsylvania

Report: Beaver County population, employment decline despite taxpayer-backed chemical plant

Reid Frazier·February 7, 2025

A report by the Ohio River Valley Institute found population, gross domestic product and employment declined since 2012, when the Shell ethane cracker was announced.

Economy Energy The Coming Chemical Boom

New lawsuit makes first wrongful death claims from toxic Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine

Julie Grant·February 4, 2025

A group of 744 East Palestine area residents are also suing the CDC and EPA for negligence and response failures.

East Palestine Health Transportation

A Norfolk Southern locomotive crossing over a street

Norfolk Southern rail bridges in western Pennsylvania in disrepair, study warns

Inside Climate News·February 3, 2025

The company dismissed the findings of a new report on 20 rail bridges in the Pittsburgh area. The company's train derailed two years ago in East Palestine, Ohio.

East Palestine Transportation

Inaugural ‘Pennsylvania Chestnut Festival’ promotes history and conservation efforts

Sydney Roach·January 31, 2025

The American chestnut is functionally extinct in North America. A new festival looks to celebrate the chestnut's history and raise awareness about its recovery efforts.

Conservation Culture Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

2 years after train derailment in East Palestine, some residents worry about liver disease

Julie Grant·January 30, 2025

Researchers are tracking some residents who became sick from contamination from the derailment and chemical releases for long-term health impacts like liver disease.

East Palestine Health Transportation

The turkey vulture has a cast-iron stomach

Kate St. John·January 12, 2025

Vultures have such bulletproof digestive systems they can even eat anthrax. But their powerful stomachs also serve an important environmental function.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

‘So grotesque they’re beautiful’: Eastern hellbender may get federal protections

Zoë Read·January 3, 2025

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to list the eastern hellbender under the federal Endangered Species Act.

Conservation Water Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

Rothrock trail initiative gets state grant for project’s second phase

Anne Danahy·December 30, 2024

The effort to build a loop of trails in Rothrock State Forest in Centre and Huntingdon counties just got a boost from the state, with a $500,000 grant.

Recreation Wild Pennsylvania

A green book jacket with the name "Erika Howsare" at the top in yellow, black lettering reading "The Age of Deer" and an illustrated red deer jumping through the letters of the title.

New book about deer invites us to take a closer look at ourselves, too

Kara Holsopple·December 23, 2024

Erika Howsare's "The Age of Deer" investigates the relationship between deer and people throughout history.

Conservation Culture Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

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