ecology

The infamous Pacific garbage patch is changing the balance of life in the seas. At least 37 species of coastal creatures — worms, crabs, shellfish and...

Recognized by both the Pennsylvania State House and Senate, April 23-29, has been declared “Conservation District Week.” Locally, the McKean County Co...

This region is in the midst of an unprecedented second public comment period for the Duke Low military operations area, and officials are urging peopl...

CHIGAGO (TNS) — It should come as no surprise that President Joe Biden’s administration has now hatched a plan to push more electric vehicles into the...

Even though no part of the Chesapeake Bay is in Pennsylvania, the state always has had a higher bar to meet than other states engaged in the joint eff...

We all are part of the environment, and we all gradually acclimate to gradual changes that don’t usually seem obvious or sweeping in scope. But on Ear...

EARTH DAY: Today we celebrate our celestial home, Earth! It’s a day to remember how beautiful the place we live really is, and make an effort to keep ...

Expanded electric car subsidies were supposed to be a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s signature climate law, accelerating emissions reductions by...

California’s headlong rush to replace its electricity grid with renewable energy has given the rest of the country a preview of the decarbonized futur...

HARRISBURG — The group tasked by Gov. Josh Shapiro with developing a state-level plan to fight climate change met for the first time this week, a step...

Climate change is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs a year over the fences, a new study found...

The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvan...

EMPORIUM — Another round of funding is available from a settlement from the 2006 train derailment that caused a serious fish kill in Big Fill Run, Sin...

Bird watchers around the state are watching and waiting for the arrival of many species of flying friends right now, but one of the most watched for —...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Conservation District will now begin accepting applications for round 1 until April 28, for the Agricultural Conservatio...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Pennsylvania is taking the first step toward regulating carbon dioxide injection wells, and perhaps all injection wells within its ...

WASHINGTON — Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw supports some rail safety improvement proposals, but is yet to commit to the full bipartisan legislation f...

Gov. Josh Shapiro recently touted an “open for business” outlook and promised to cooperate with the private sector, beginning right here in the Pittsb...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State has established a publicly available environmental monitoring network to provide enhanced surveillance of atmospheric and...

HARRISBURG — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service announces that sign up is now underway for a new project that w...