How the fungi beneath our feet help decide the trees overhead

Julie GrantSeptember 27, 2022

A lawsuit over a plan to regenerate oaks in the Wayne National Forest cites mycorrhizal fungi as evidence that the plan won't work. We find out why.

ConservationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

Purple Martins Get a Helping Hand from Humans

Jack AustinSeptember 1, 2022

A conservation group is working to save the bird that relies on human-made colonies, as it faces a loss of habitat, invasive species and climate change.

ConservationWild PennsylvaniaWildlifeYour 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

Gone for a century, American Martens might be brought back to Pennsylvania

Benjamin WinslowJuly 29, 2022

The Game Commission's wildlife biologist talks about reintroducing American martens to Pennsylvania. The final approval comes next July.

ConservationWild PennsylvaniaWildlifeYour Environment Update

An industry campaign re-brands natural gas as climate-friendly to people of color

Kara HolsoppleJuly 22, 2022

The $10 million dollar campaign is to improve the opinion of natural gas to make sure it doesn't go the way of coal.

Climate ChangeEnergyEnvironmental JusticeYour 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

Activist looks ahead as Shell’s Beaver County ethane cracker goes online

Kara HolsoppleJune 10, 2022

Terrie Baumgardner never considered herself an activist. But after learning about Shell's plans to build a multi-billion dollar ethane cracker near her community, she was all in.

EnergyHealthPollutionThe Coming Chemical BoomYour Environment Update