ecology

A Household Hazardous and Electronic Waste Collection Day will be held on Wednesday, July 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 219 Edison Bates Drive in Port A...

HARRISBURG — Did you know that over one-quarter of all the land in Pennsylvania is farmland? Of the 52,700 farms on this land, 88% are small producers...

The Canadian wildfires which left the air virtually unbreathable throughout the Northeastern United States last week, serve as a reminder that environ...

RIDGWAY — The Sandy Cochran Memorial Scholarship selection committee is proud to announce that three regional students will share in the award of $2,2...

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania has at least 8,000 documented “orphan wells,” and millions of Americans live within just one mile from an abandoned coal min...

AIR: Millions of Americans were urged to stay indoors last week as smoke from Canadian wildfires crept along the east coast, covering cities like New ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Feral swine are considered one of the top invasive species of concern in North America because of the damage they do to agricultural...

The air is acrid and hazy from wildfires in Canada, while the ground is dry from a consistent lack of precipitation. Conditions are ripe for wildfires...

Just when you thought you could throw out all the COVID masks, smoke rolls into town. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued a...

The Maryland Air National Guard has posted online answers to nearly 500 public comments about its proposed low-flying training zone over the Pennsylva...

WILLIAMSPORT — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) awarded a little over $1 million in 2022 Environmental Education Grant fu...

WASHINGTON — Wednesday, U.S. Senators Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., introduced legislation to include qualifying motorcycles among the ...

Whether you’re poking around in your backyard or exploring area trails, you’re bound to come across a snake at one point or another this summer. Nearl...

Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators have joined forces with local residents and officials to express concerns to the Maryland Air National Guard over a propo...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Given its reputation as the biggest pile of coal waste east of the Mississippi, the Champion Processing gob pile in Washington Coun...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A controversial and long-delayed natural gas pipeline got the green light for construction on national forest land in Virgini...

Dozens of Pennsylvania stream sections will be given increased protection following last week’s approval by the state Board of Fish and Boat Commissio...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will graduate 214 students April 30 during Commencement exercises at 2 p.m. in the KOA Arena. Local students ...

The “Bootleggers and Baptists” of Pennsylvania’s energy markets cost consumers and taxpayers billions while undermining the state’s economy and power ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Thursday sent a letter to Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrit...