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Founded in 2007, Inside Climate News is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that provides essential reporting and analysis on climate change, energy and the environment, for the public and for decision makers.

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Norfolk Southern rail bridges in western Pennsylvania in disrepair, study warns

Inside Climate NewsFebruary 3, 2025

The company dismissed the findings of a new report on 20 rail bridges in the Pittsburgh area. The company's train derailed two years ago in East Palestine, Ohio.

East PalestineTransportation

Trump’s executive orders champion fossil fuels, knock back wind power

Kara HolsoppleJanuary 24, 2025

We break down President Donald Trump's executive orders that declare an energy emergency, prioritize drilling and pull back on wind and EV development.

Climate ChangeEconomyEnergyPollutionTransportation

Summer Lee speaks into microphones at a podium outside.

Climate advocates rally around a progressive fracking opponent, Pittsburgh-area Rep. Summer Lee

Inside Climate NewsApril 11, 2024

Lee's campaign said it has endorsements from 14 climate and environmental groups. Her opponent, Bhavini Patel, has support from trade unions.

Climate ChangePolitics

Governor Shapiro stands in front of a table holding a signed agreement with 2 men on either side of him.

In his first year as governor, Josh Shapiro forged alliances with the gas industry, angering environmentalists

Inside Climate NewsFebruary 8, 2024

Gov. Shapiro has sought to both regulate the gas industry and embrace it, a sharp contrast to his approach to fracking as attorney general.

EnergyHistoryPolitics

Pittsburgh lauded for its ‘innovative’ rules to curb climate-fueled flooding

Inside Climate NewsJanuary 8, 2024

The National Climate Assessment shines a light on the city’s plans to curb flooding based on projections for heavier, climate-amplified precipitation.

Climate Change

Documents reveal new details about Pennsylvania governor’s secret working group on greenhouse gas emissions

Inside Climate NewsAugust 2, 2023

A secret committee packed with energy companies that will determine if Pennsylvania would benefit from joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Climate ChangeEnergyPolitics

‘Advanced’ plastic recycling using high heat and chemicals is environmentally problematic, a new government study finds

James BruggersFebruary 1, 2023

Industry is pursuing various technologies to recycle plastic, but environmentalists say they only worsen environmental problems.

PollutionYour Environment Update

‘We do have questions to answer’ about single-use plastic waste, Shell internal emails reveal

James BruggersDecember 21, 2022

Emails between Shell communication officials were made public as part of a congressional investigation into the fossil fuel industry and climate change.

EnergyPollutionThe Coming Chemical Boom

Climate activists reluctantly back John Fetterman in tightening Pennsylvania Senate race

Inside Climate NewsOctober 7, 2022

“I’m going to vote for John Fetterman because the Democratic Party has deprived me of better options,” said one voter concerned about climate change.

Climate ChangeEnergyPolitics

Homer City power plant in Indiana County, Pennsylvania generated enough electricity in 2014 to power a million homes. Photo: Reid Frazier

The Supreme Court’s EPA ruling: A loss of authority or a lesson in ‘be careful what you wish for’?

Marianne LavelleJuly 6, 2022

The decision in West Virginia v. EPA could result in more expensive and restrictive carbon regulation or the erosion of agencies’ ability to address society’s most pressing needs.

Climate ChangeEnergyPoliticsYour Environment Update

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2024 Election

What Pennsylvania voters say about the environment

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

What can we expect from a Trump administration? Our reporters weigh in.