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A map of Pa. showing clean energy projects.

Map shows what’s possible with federal clean energy investment in Pa.

Kara Holsopple·May 8, 2025

Environmental groups highlight projects across Pennsylvania where Inflation Reduction Act money was used for clean energy and climate resiliency.

Climate Change Economy Energy Trump 2.0 Your Environment Update

What amendments to the Endangered Species Act could mean for wildlife

Kara Holsopple·May 2, 2025

A bill before Congress seeks to make changes to the Endangered Species Act that environmentalists say would weaken its protections.

Conservation News Politics Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

Gray, wet concrete pouring out of a slide

Cement is a climate menace. Under Trump, fixing it just got harder.

Floodlight·April 23, 2025

The cement industry has set ambitious goals to cut its carbon footprint. But as federal funding dries up, its path to a greener future is less clear.

Climate Change Economy Pollution Trump 2.0 Your Environment Update

A museum exhibit of dogwood trees and flowers

Invasive plants take the spotlight in a new exhibit

Kara Holsopple·April 18, 2025

The new “Uprooted: Plants Out of Place” exhibit at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh examines the complexities of invasive plants.

Climate Change Conservation Your Environment Update

Rapids in a river flowing next to a hill of fall leaves

A trip down the Youghiogheny River through photos

Kara Holsopple·April 11, 2025

Writer and photographer Tim Palmer returns to a subject he knows well in his new book, "Watching the River Run: A Photographic Journey Down the Youghiogheny."

Conservation Culture Recreation Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

A grey puff of smoke come sout of a dark smokestack

Trump’s EPA head vowed to roll back dozens of regulations. What impact will that have on public health?

Reid Frazier·March 28, 2025

Many of the rules were put in place to protect human health and the environment. How will environmental groups push back on the EPA's new deregulatory agenda?

Health Pollution Trump 2.0 Your Environment Update

kids sit at a registration table in front of wall of windows.

Advice from a youth climate organizer

Kara Holsopple·March 26, 2025

An organizer of the upcoming Pittsburgh Youth for Climate Action Summit says it gives her hope to be involved with a group who cares about climate change.

Climate Change Your Environment Update

How lead pollution impacts infant health

Kara Holsopple·March 21, 2025

A new study finds a relationship between lead concentrations in the air and infant deaths.

Health Pollution Your Environment Update

A warning sign posted in a wooded area reading, "WARNING Hazardous Waste Discharge Point."

Pollution from a Westmoreland Co. landfill caused problems for decades. Fracking waste made it worse

Inside Climate News·March 6, 2025

Max Environmental Technologies hazardous waste landfill in Westmoreland County has a history of compliance problems. Fracking waste, which is often radioactive, made it worse.

Energy Frack Waste Pollution Water Your Environment Update

Conservationists raise alarm over federal employee firings

Kara Holsopple·February 28, 2025

The program manager of the Western Virginia Highlands Conservancy on what employee firings at key agencies could mean for conservation efforts in her state and across the nation.

Conservation Politics Recreation Trump 2.0 Wildlife Your Environment Update

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