ecology

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced that $900,000 in grant funding is available for environmental education...

The monarch butterfly, majestic and beloved, has been listed as endangered. The listing from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature wa...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Conservation District was awarded an Environmental Educational Grant through the Department of Environmental Protection ...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Dr. Colin Kremer, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Los Angeles, will present...

The McKean County Conservation District completes a wide variety of environmental projects to prevent nonpoint source pollution of local waterways and...

Only days after the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that most nations aren’t meeting their commitments to reduce green...

The Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) sponsored a successful ‘Birds ‘N’ Brews Night’ last weekend at the Bradford Brew Station. “Our goal was to get people ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Allegheny County health department has announced a fine of more than $1.8 million against U.S. Steel over emissions of hydrogen ...

Pennsylvania legislators long have refused to force gas drillers to stop methane leaks, even though doing so would help fight dangerous climate change...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A Penn State-led team of researchers will use a newly awarded $682,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Inst...

JOHNSTOWN — The Met-Ed / Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund has awarded a $230,000 grant toward a green building project at the University of Pittsburgh ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Appalachian Trail, which runs through 14 eastern states, is 1.2 miles longer for 2022, including a half-mile increase in Pennsy...

Why was the Pennsylvania Wilds selected for the Maryland Air National Guard’s low-fly training zone? The short answer is, it fits the parameters. The ...

STATE COLLEGE — The Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program is offering the opportunity to learn about and get involved in protecting wa...

Fossil-fuel advocates often lament that government subsidies for renewable fuels put more traditional power sources at a competitive disadvantage. But...

EMPORIUM — Applications for the ninth round of funding for the Sinnemahoning Watershed grant program are being accepted until Jan. 14. The program is ...

Only a few days into the United Nations’ two-week climate conference, activist Greta Thunberg pronounced it a failure. The Swedish teen famous for sco...

GLASGOW, Scotland — In the run-up to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, host Britain announced one of its goals of the conference was to consign coal ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s oil and gas regulators are rolling out a voluntary program meant to encourage fracking and pipeline companies to red...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The Biden administration is advancing new rules for oil and gas wells and pipelines that are designed to improve safety and cut dow...