ecology

HARRISBURG (TNS) — As a gauge against the ongoing decline of bee populations, the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners are helping to create Pennsylv...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) awarded over $4.1 million to 13 projects statewide that will help communiti...

HARRISBURG — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it is accepting applications for grants to improve water treatment and waste disposal s...

Sustainable energy. Renewable energy. Green energy. Those are all buzz words I’m sure you’ve heard in recent years. And that’s the direction we’re mov...

Like the commodity itself, the market for natural gas is notoriously volatile. Demand rises or falls whenever the weather goes off track, and supply d...

A recovery plan for the eastern massasauga rattlesnake, which occurs in a small area of northwestern Pennsylvania and in a few other states and a Cana...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s newest road map for slowing and adapting to climate change details, for the first time, a suite of strategies that c...

A bill passed last week by the California Legislature would ban manufacturers from putting the triangular chasing-arrows symbol, signifying that their...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf has notched perhaps his biggest victory in his strategy to fight climate change in Pennsylvania, but climate-change activis...

In today’s hyper-polarized political climate, President Joe Biden’s moderating instincts are often useful, as demonstrated by the infrastructure deal ...

HARRISBURG — The Center for Rural Pennsylvania held a virtual public hearing on the negative impact of invasive species in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Jo...

Climate change: NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have formed a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership to observe Earth and its changing environme...

GEOTHERMAL REPORT: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) published its 2021 U.S. Geothermal Power Production and District Heating Market Rep...

GORDON BAY, Ontario — Two weeks ago, one of America’s best-known climate scientists set off onto Ontario’s Lake Joseph for an evening of stargazing, a...

HARRISBURG — In an effort to further protect Pennsylvania’s waterways and drinking water, the Wolf Administration announced that it will soon require ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., is introducing the Restore Environmental Vitality and Improve Volatile Economy by the Civilian Conservation C...

WASHINGTON — United States Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Bob Menendez, D-N.J., on Tuesday introduce...

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said recently that people have “tuned out” the climate change activism movement because it is “stuck ...

This is the time of year when families will be headed outdoors to take advantage of the beauty of nature around the region. The Pennsylvania Departmen...

MARIENVILLE — The USDA Forest Service, Allegheny National Forest, has determined that the Beaver Meadows Campground Decommissioning project poses no s...