Not Just Maple: Birch, Beech and Other Sappy Trees Make Syrup Just as Sweet
Tapping other trees for syrup might help producers diversify in a warming climate. We visit one farm to give the unusual syrup a taste.
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Pennsylvania’s First Green Hydrogen Plant Planned for Lancaster County
The plant will use hydropower from the Susquehanna River to produce enough liquid hydrogen to fuel 1,500 heavy-duty trucks every day.
Opening Spaces of Welcome on Now-Hidden Shorelines
Stacy Levy is an artist who works with rain, urban tides, and watersheds. She shares her vision for the Delaware River Watershed.
Five Ways Pittsburgh Hopes to Make Its Water System More Equitable
A task force looked at how affordable, safe drinking water, effective stormwater management, and maintaining public control of the utility could be achieved to benefit all residents in Pittsburgh.
Community Group Created to Advise Three Mile Island Cleanup
A citizens committee will now help guide the decommissioning of the plant’s infamous Unit 2 reactor, which partially melted down in 1979. One question is what should be done with the radioactive waste.
Wolf Administration to Buy Half of State Government’s Electricity from Solar
The Wolf Administration says it is making the largest government commitment to solar energy in the country. The state will buy power from seven new solar projects.
Spring is Here, But Is Nature in Sync?
Researchers are collecting local plants and using Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden,” and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History's collection for clues.
Chesapeake Fined $1.9 Million for Wetland, Stream Violations in PA
The company damaged dozens of waterways at its gas drilling sites in Pennsylvania. It will have to restore 55 acres of wetlands and repair 4,000 feet of streams.
PlumePGH Helps Pittsburghers Visualize How Emissions Travel Into Their Neighborhoods
Developers of this new visualization of air pollution hope it will help people verify what they smell. "This weaving together [of data] creates a corroboration of people’s experiences.”
Talen Energy Agrees to Protect Montour Preserve as Part of Plan to Phase Out Coal
A central Pennsylvania conservation group is declaring the settlement a win for water quality and outdoor recreation, as the power plant moves to natural gas.
