Boots and drones deployed in hunt for orphan gas wells in Southwestern Pa.
Old wells pose health and safety risks by leaking pollutants that can contaminate groundwater and impact air quality.
Climate Change
Pa. lawmakers consider new state board to fast-track electricity projects
Environmental groups are divided on whether to support a new state board that would expedite the siting of electricity projects.
Why Trump’s budget bill could mean ‘America’s electric vehicle surrender’
Narayan Subramanian, who worked in the Biden administration, says President Trump’s budget bill would cede the U.S. electric vehicle supply chain to China.
Atlantic Shores seeks to cancel offshore wind contract with N.J., but says it hasn’t abandoned the project
The company says its offshore wind project is in a holding pattern while awaiting a new political climate.
Pa. Republican congressmen applaud EPA plan to roll back Biden-era climate rules
Biden-era rules aimed to phase out greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel plants and tighten limits on mercury and air toxics.
Solar savings for Clairton, other Pa. schools at risk from proposed federal cuts
Republican-controlled U.S. House passed a spending plan that would phase out clean energy tax credits ahead of the schedule, shrinking funds for schools.
Pa. solar installers say GOP’s U.S. House tax bill is a ‘disaster’ for business
GOP tax bill would be "awful" for Pennsylvania's solar industry, which says it will result in job losses and factory closures.
With soaring summer temps ahead, AI data centers could strain electricity supplies in the Mid-Atlantic
The grid could be stressed by rising temperatures and a surging demand that is expected to outpace the previous four summers.
State Supreme Court hears arguments over Pa.’s membership in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative requires fossil fuel burning power plants to pay for carbon dioxide emissions. But is it a tax or a fee?
‘Depaving’ the way to greener neighborhoods
People are digging up pavement to prevent flooding by giving stormwater a place to soak into the ground and to lower temperatures.
