Why the Trump Administration is Rolling Back a Climate Rule that Big Oil Actually Likes

Reid FrazierSeptember 11, 2020

In gutting an Obama-era rule to regulate methane emissions from oil and gas wells, EPA wants to make it harder to regulate the industry in the future.

Climate ChangeEnergyPodcastsYour Environment Update

Appalachia Coalition Creates Blueprint for Sustainable, Equitable Future

Kara HolsoppleSeptember 11, 2020

Reimagine Appalachia breaks away from fossil fuels, to build a carbon neutral economy with racial equity and good paying jobs.

Climate ChangeCultureEconomyYour Environment Update

Why a Coalition of Labor Unions and Environmental Groups Endorsed Joe Biden 

Julie GrantSeptember 4, 2020

The BlueGreen Alliance sees the reelection of Donald Trump as an "existential threat," while Joe Biden has put "good paying jobs" at the center of his climate plan.

Climate ChangeEconomyPoliticsYour Environment Update

Meet The Little Green Clover That Beat The Odds

Glynis BoardAugust 28, 2020

The Running Buffalo Clover has been around since the mastodon. Now, it's rebounded, thanks to some not-so-tender loving care.

ConservationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

Climate Change, Covid and Wildfires Are Making Farmworkers’ Jobs More Dangerous

Kara HolsoppleAugust 28, 2020

Most people never met a farmworker, and haven’t seen the extraordinary conditions they work under, including smoke from wildfires and heat waves.

Climate ChangeCoronavirusFood and AgricultureYour Environment Update

What Interior Department’s Victories and Defeats Mean for the Oil Industry

Julie GrantAugust 21, 2020

Interior's rule to weaken bird protections that favored the oil industry was thrown out by a judge. But the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will open for drilling.

EnergyWild PennsylvaniaWildlifeYour Environment Update

Outdoor Afro Celebrates Freedom in Nature

Kara HolsoppleAugust 21, 2020

The group's founder says Outdoor Afro "really doubles down on the Black joy and the ability to get out and be free."

ConservationCultureRecreationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

Reckoning with the Racist Past of Bird Names

Kara HolsoppleJuly 24, 2020

Even bird names have ties to racism and colonialism. A group of birders wants to change that.

ConservationEnvironmental JusticeWildlifeYour Environment Update

What Major Pipeline Decisions Mean for Energy Dominance, the Environment and Indigenous Rights

Reid FrazierJuly 24, 2020

A journalist and an Indigenous rights activist weigh in recent court rulings against the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines and the scrapping of the Atlantic Coast pipeline.

EnergyYour Environment Update

Invasive Barberry and Small Mammals Could Be Bad Combination for Pennsylvania’s Woodlands

Kara HolsoppleJuly 17, 2020

New research shows Japanese barberry shrubs give small rodents cover to eat tree seedlings. This doesn't bode well for future forests.

ConservationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update