ecology

A year after pleading no contest to criminal charges, one of Pennsylvania’s leading natural gas companies is poised to drill and frack in the rural co...

Over the last year, Pennsylvania set out in earnest to meet federal goals for the electric vehicle transition. It’s been an expensive and complex proc...

This summer, volunteers trained at Moraine State Park to collect samples of potential algae blooms and assess erosion in streams in Allegheny County p...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. “Nothing,” he said, “is more priceless and more w...

(TNS) — They’re calling it a miracle in Adams County. Three days before Christmas, the Adams County Adams County SPCA (Society for the Prevention of C...

HARRISBURG — Several local communities were awarded state grants for key infrastructure projects, Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, Sen. Cris Dush, R...

UNIVERSITY PARK — In watersheds degraded by runoff of nutrients from farmland, land managers struggle to pinpoint the best locations to install ripari...

Discussions about a rail siding at the landfill in Sergeant Township have been ongoing for years. And now it’s closer to reality, explained Jeff Weld,...

During my tour as Miss America 2023, I visited small towns like North Platte, Nebraska, but also traveled across the globe to London and Tokyo. I have...

NEW YORK (TNS) — If there’s one climate-change solution everybody seems to agree on, it’s that trees are good. Even Donald Trump, who has called clima...

Stream cleanups, nature-themed festivals, educational animated fish and outreach to local Jeep owners are among the strategies Community Conservation ...

The mighty Allegheny River is one of three up for consideration for Pennsylvania’s 2024 River of the Year. The river, which won in 1994 and 2017, star...

NEW YORK (TNS) — If there’s one climate-change solution everybody seems to agree on, it’s that trees are good. Even Donald Trump, who has called clima...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Jennifer Fetter, Penn State Extension water resources program leader, has been named director of the Center for Agricultural Conserv...

My appreciation for our freedom of movement was re-ignited recently when I finished up an engine swap into my rare-but-not-collectable 1995 Ford Thund...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Mike Braun (R-IN) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition a...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded $19.3 million in 2024 Countywide Action Plan (CAP) Implementati...

It’s holiday season, and the Biden administration is in full Santa Claus mode. Never mind the $33 trillion national debt clock whirring upward, the Wh...

Pennsylvania electricity costs are middle of the pack compared to other states, while the annual cost to consumers for gas is among the lowest and for...

EMPORIUM — Applications are being accepted until Jan. 20 for the 9th round of the Sinnemahoning watershed grant program. Settlement monies from the Ju...