Concerns about how mountaintop removal coal mining has impacted the people of Appalachia are nearly as old as the practice itself. But some lingering health questions may finally have answers.
Pennsylvania homes and buildings have some of the highest radon levels in the country—and they’re trending upward. But you can find out if you have a problem in your home for under $20.
Environmental and health advocates have long suspected a link between chemical exposures and neurodevelopmental disorders like autism. Now, one group says the growing body of evidence warrants public action.
We get a preview of a new exhibit from a collective of photographers that has been documenting the lives and landscapes transformed by Pennsylvania's fracking boom.
Every day, one in six Americans sets foot in a school building. And there are dozens of environmental hazards waiting for us that we could be doing more to fix.
There's a reason you're not supposed to throw your unused medications in the garbage or flush them down the toilet. But what the heck are you supposed to do with them?
Congress is set to update a 40-year-old law regulating toxic chemicals in everyday products. But a watchdog group says the new regs were basically written by and for industry.
The bad news: Authorities estimate there are tens of thousands of lead water pipes in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Even worse, no one knows exactly where they are.
