environmental science

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Extension is seeking individuals and organizations to present at the 2025 Dive Deeper Summit for water educators, schedul...

Even Bradford Sanitary Authority has been in on the snow-removal and management efforts in the city, as crews were called out during this last weekend...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Conservation District is among 12 projects in the state’s Northwest Region collectively set to receive a total of $2.5 m...

CYCLONE — Not one, but two, failed mechanical integrity tests have stopped operations once more at Catalyst Energy Inc.’s fracking wastewater injectio...

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Reps. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., and Chris Deluzio, R-Pa., introduced the Orphan Well Grant Flexibility Act, designed to empower sta...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Extension is surveying septic system owners or users to learn more about septic system operation and maintenance practice...

Public comments made by the director of the Bradford Sanitary Authority regarding Bob Cummins Construction have drawn the company's ire. At the Sanita...

More than 8,600 households in McKean County get their drinking water from a private source. These residents are responsible for testing and treating t...

The forested landscapes of Pennsylvania and New York are vital to local economies, wildlife, and environmental health. To help private landowners bett...

Catalyst Energy Inc. is free to begin pumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of toxic fracking wastewater down a Keating Township well. The Pennsylv...

UNIVERSITY PARK — In early 2025, Penn State Extension will offer a webinar series aimed at helping individuals create and enhance natural areas around...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Autumn beauty can sure leave a mess behind! For many people the love of the seasonal aesthetic is lessened by the work involved to c...

The Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) on Tuesday issued a temporary supersedeas, or stay, stopping Catalyst Energy Inc. of Pittsburgh fro...

They have quirky names and are often mistaken for stones, but freshwater mussels are very much alive and perform critical ecological functions in rive...

CYCLONE — At the Aug. 1 Keating Township meeting at which Ordinance 110 was adopted to establish restrictive setback requirements for windmills in the...

CYCLONE — “I bought the house in October of 2022,” recalls Cyclone homeowner Helen Dragonette. “My pumphouse first blew up in September 2023 and then ...

Parts of the Bradford Sanitary Authority’s stormwater system are more than 100 years old, and has never had a thorough review — or much upkeep, either...

SMETHPORT — On Oct. 4, the McKean County Conservation District held its Annual BMP Tour to showcase water quality projects and partnerships. At the be...

CYCLONE — “Swiss cheese.” That’s the metaphor used to describe McKean County’s subterranean landscape by University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Associat...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvanians remain split about the future of fracking, but most of them are open to stronger regulations for air monitoring, informati...