Longtime environmental official on Pennsylvania election results: People will need to be ‘as tenacious as the industry’

Kara HolsoppleNovember 8, 2024

David Hess, former Secretary of the Pa. DEP and author of an environmental blog, weighs in on the split legislature and Republican attorney general.

2024 ElectionPoliticsYour Environment Update

Turning to Forests for Better Health

Kara HolsoppleOctober 31, 2024

People are finding that forests are good medicine. To improve health, one local therapist has taken groups 'forest bathing' in Frick Park.

HealthRecreationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

Contenders in Pennsylvania Senate race shy from risky climate, energy stances while courting voters

PublicSourceOctober 30, 2024

One of four notable swing districts, Pennsylvania’s 37th Senate seat could shift the balance of power in state government, with big implications for climate and energy.

2024 ElectionClimate ChangeEnergyYour Environment Update

New studies shed light on the contamination and response to East Palestine derailment

Julie GrantOctober 23, 2024

Four university studies funded by the National Science Foundation find new chemicals, and call for better environmental testing and communication after last year’s Norfolk Southern train derailment.

East PalestinePollutionWaterYour Environment Update

This group wants to help you make your yard more wild

Kara HolsoppleOctober 23, 2024

Wild Ones wants to help people plant yards and gardens that nurture the Earth rather than harm it. This fall, try leaving the leaves in your yard to help wildlife.

ConservationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

New book looks at winners and losers in Pennsylvania environmental history 

Kara HolsoppleOctober 17, 2024

“Cradle of Conservation” examines how people have interacted with the environment from pre-colonial days to now.

Climate ChangeConservationEnvironmental JusticeHistoryWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

Farmer support for solar leasing depends on compatibility with rural values

Kara HolsoppleOctober 10, 2024

A new study looks at attitudes toward solar installation among farmers and rural residents of southwestern Pennsylvania and western Maryland.

Climate ChangeEnergyFood and AgricultureYour Environment Update

New guidelines center the needs of people with disabilities during petrochemical disasters

Kara HolsoppleOctober 2, 2024

In light of the East Palestine train derailment, advocates created guidelines for disabled people, municiplaities and industry in case of emergency.

Climate ChangeEnergyHealthYour Environment Update

Study: Colleges with fossil fuel funding can become ‘vehicle of climate obstruction’

FloodlightSeptember 25, 2024

Researchers found donations are part of a strategy by the industry to embed itself in universities to influence research and gain credibility.

Climate ChangeEnergyYour Environment Update

Scientists skeptical of oil and gas company’s claim that its fracking ‘poses no public health risks’

Reid FrazierSeptember 18, 2024

CNX is conducting its own air emissions testing as part of a collaboration with the state of Pennsylvania.

EnergyHealthPollutionYour Environment Update