A new film connects the plight of hellbenders with concerns over gas development

Kara HolsoppleSeptember 29, 2022

"Hellbent" tells the story of a small, rural town trying to keep a frack waste injection well out of their community to preserve their drinking water and save a rare salamander.

ConservationEnergyPollutionWaterWild PennsylvaniaWildlifeYour Environment Update

Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ turns 60. Why it still resonates

Kara HolsoppleSeptember 16, 2022

The instant classic warned that chemicals could have unintended consequences on the environment. That same warning could be given today.

CultureHistoryYour Environment Update

An Indigenous scientist wants us to look at conservation differently

Kara HolsoppleAugust 4, 2022

Jessica Hernandez says Indigenous science and knowledge can make conservation more holistic and help us solve our toughest environmental problems.

ConservationCultureYour Environment Update

Outdoor recreation in Pennsylvania just got a new champion

Kara HolsoppleAugust 4, 2022

Nathan Reigner is Pennsylvania's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources first-ever director of outdoor recreation. "I'm recreation first."

RecreationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

How to spot poison hemlock, a dangerous invasive plant masquerading as a wildflower

Kara HolsoppleJuly 13, 2022

Its lacy, white flowers are sometimes confused with other plants in the same family, like Queen Anne's lace. If ingested, poison hemlock can be fatal.

ConservationWildlifeYour Environment Update

The Supreme Court’s EPA ruling: A loss of authority or a lesson in ‘be careful what you wish for’?

Marianne LavelleJuly 6, 2022

The decision in West Virginia v. EPA could result in more expensive and restrictive carbon regulation or the erosion of agencies’ ability to address society’s most pressing needs.

Climate ChangeEnergyPoliticsYour Environment Update

New novel imagines a future where all we’re left with is our plastic pollution 

Kara HolsoppleJuly 1, 2022

Alison Stine’s "Trashlands" depicts a dystopian Appalachia, exploited for its last valuable resource, but also full of ingenuity and resilience.

CulturePollutionYour Environment Update

Coal powered the industrial revolution. It left behind an ‘absolutely massive’ environmental catastrophe

James BruggersJune 24, 2022

Scenes from the end of coal: A blasted mountaintop in Kentucky, an underground inferno in Pennsylvania, slowly dying maples in New Hampshire and a toxic pile of waste in Florida.

ConservationEnergyWaterYour Environment Update

The Warhol connects the exhibit of Paola Pivi with conservation and environmental art

Jacqui SieberJune 17, 2022

The Andy Warhol Museum brought participants to an art earthwork called the Twin Stupas to see the bird conservation efforts there.

ConservationCultureWild PennsylvaniaWildlifeYour Environment Update

A wildlife biologist’s new birding guide brings everyone into the flock

Kara HolsoppleJune 17, 2022

A co-organizer of Black Birders Week has written a new guide for people who love birds, and those who don’t know it yet.

ConservationCultureWild PennsylvaniaWildlifeYour Environment Update