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The reintroduction of wild elk to Pennsylvania has proven to be an economic boon for the state. Every year, elk tourism generates as much as $40 million. Photo: John McCullough via Flickr

Wild Elk are Heading (Back) to West Virginia

Kara Holsopple·January 15, 2016

West Virginia will soon be getting back a species it hasn't seen since the time of the Civil War. And elk could also be a key engine for rehabilitating old mine lands across the country.

Conservation Wildlife

Why Coal’s Recent Slide Makes it Harder to Clean Up its Dirty Past

Reid Frazier·January 15, 2016

Because clean-up funds for old mines are tied to revenues from current mining operations, a slow-down in the industry could delay the clean-up of hundreds of abandoned mines in Pennsylvania.

Energy Future of Coal

The wild elk herd in Elk County, Pennsylvania drew over 300,000 visitors last year. Photo: John Hast / Conservation Fund

Your Environment Update for January 13, 2016

The Allegheny Front·January 13, 2016

West Virginia could soon be getting back a species the state hasn't seen since the Civil War.

Your Environment Update

The Enrico Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, on Lake Erie near Detroit, Michigan. Photo: James Marvin Phelps via Flickr

Does Nuclear Power Have a Future in the U.S.?

Kara Holsopple·January 8, 2016

Nuclear power's future in the U.S. may have less to do with generations-old fears about nuclear energy than the price of natural gas.

Energy

An aerial view of a natural gas well pad

What’s in Pennsylvania’s New Oil and Gas Regulations

Reid Frazier·January 8, 2016

Four years in the making, Pennsylvania's new rules for the oil and gas industry could be the biggest changes to these regulations since the 1980s.

Energy

Warning signs line the Santa Susana Mountain range near Southern California Gas Company's fenced-off Aliso Canyon facility. A well at the site has been leaking methane since October. Photo: Scott L via Flickr

Leaking Gas Well in California is a Climate ‘Disaster’

Kara Holsopple·January 8, 2016

Some are calling a methane leak in Southern California the worst environmental disaster since the BP oil spill. And it's likely to go on for months.

Climate Change Energy

Norm and Betty Jo Anderson have lived in Piketon, Ohio since the mid-1950s, when Norm started working at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Photo: Lewis Wallace / WYSO

In Southern Ohio, a Nuclear Town Faces a Hazy Future

Lewis Wallace·January 8, 2016

A uranium enrichment plant in Piketon, Ohio used to employ hundreds of workers. Now hundreds more are busy cleaning up its legacy of pollution. But those jobs—critical to the town's economy—could be gone soon too.

Energy

Your Environment Update for January 6, 2016

The Allegheny Front·January 6, 2016

Some are calling a methane leak in Southern California the worst environmental disaster since the BP oil spill. And it's likely to go on for months.

Your Environment Update

The Homer City Generating Station in Indiana County, Pennsylvania is installing pollution controls that will reduce dangerous emissions of sulfur dioxide and mercury by more than 90 percent. Photo: Reid Frazier

How a Pennsylvania Power Plant is Cleaning Up its Act

Reid Frazier·December 18, 2015

New EPA pollution standards have led many coal-fired power plants to close their doors in recent years. But one Pennsylvania power plant is cleaning up its act in order to survive.

Energy Future of Coal

A Buddhist Perspective on Climate Change

Kara Holsopple·December 18, 2015

Earlier this year, the Pope made a splash with a tough stance on climate change. But Buddhist leaders are also publicly urging world leaders to limit fossil fuel emissions.

Climate Change

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Wild Elk are Heading (Back) to West Virginia

Why Coal’s Recent Slide Makes it Harder to Clean Up its Dirty Past

Your Environment Update for January 13, 2016

Does Nuclear Power Have a Future in the U.S.?

What’s in Pennsylvania’s New Oil and Gas Regulations

Leaking Gas Well in California is a Climate ‘Disaster’

In Southern Ohio, a Nuclear Town Faces a Hazy Future

Your Environment Update for January 6, 2016

How a Pennsylvania Power Plant is Cleaning Up its Act

A Buddhist Perspective on Climate Change