department of environmental protection

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s first probable human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) infection in 2019 has been detected in a Philadelphia resident. Samples...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Environmental Protection will begin both aerial and backpack spraying on roughly 1,700 stream miles in 35 Pennsylvania ...

The Bradford City Water Authority is working to obtain funding for the proposed redundant transmission main, a project that officials hope will preven...

RADON : The Department of Environmental Protection is encouraging Pennsylvanians to start off the new year by conducting a simple test of their homes ...

Starting in 2019, public water systems across Pennsylvania will be paying more in fees to the state Department of Environmental Protection. This inclu...

HARRISBURG — Citing its 160-year history of supplying valuable energy resources and practicing good environmental stewardship, Rep. Martin Causer, R-T...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Environmental Protection is encouraging private-sector partners to become Good Samaritans, by participating in a progra...

For the second time, a court has struck down attempts by Highland Township residents to govern oil and gas operations within the township’s limits. La...

Over the years, it has been fascinating to watch a David-and-Goliath situation play out in tiny Highland Township over an oil company's plan to drill ...

HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday that Mckean, Elk and Potter counties are receiving $8,650 in Environmental Education Grants from the state...

The hotly contested Seneca Resources injection well in Highland Township has been given the green light, despite Highland Township’s home rule charter...

“Hopefully, this is the beginning of a new day,” said Mark Cline, member and new vice chairman of the state’s Crude Development Advisory Council. The ...

KERSEY — Advanced Disposal Inc., is working on the difficult process of returning to business after the loss of an employee two weeks ago. William Pie...

STATE TAXES: While there’s almost nothing we can count on more than the annual visit from the taxman, the animal comes back in slightly different form...

Wind turbines could start being constructed in Potter County this summer, and the project could reach commercial operations by the end of 2018, a comp...

The state Department of Environmental Protection has put another hurdle in front of Seneca Resources’ plan to drill an injection well in Highland Town...