environmental science

HARRISBURG — To suppress dust, Pennsylvania allows oil and gas companies to spread wastewater on dirt and gravel roads. A new bill, however, would end...

RIDGWAY — Elk County Conservation District and Western Pennsylvania Conservancy will receive grant money to reclaim two sites affected by acid mine dr...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s County Conservation Districts have been awarded funds, including districts in Elk and McKean counties. With this funding, ...

The annual Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association meeting was held this year in Wilkes Barre. One of Friday’s activities presented members the oppor...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has been chronically understaffed for years. The department is currently unable to fulfill its...

The Bradford Bees Envirothon team took eighth place at the 39th Pennsylvania Envirothon competition, scoring 472.33 out of 600 possible points. Steven...

HARRISBURG – A Potter County Conservation District project is one of 56 recipients set to share nearly $1 million in Environmental Education Grants. T...

In 1859, the first oil well was drilled in Titusville. That action by Col. Edwin Drake sparked what has become the modern global petroleum industry. S...

Next semester, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford is launching a new environmental science major that will prepare students to take advantage of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — December's wild El Nino pushed 2015 in the United States to near-record levels for heat, moisture and downright extreme conditions, ...

PARIS (AP) — The cold hard numbers of science haven't spurred the world to curb runaway global warming. So as climate negotiators struggle in Paris, s...

San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf typically bustles this time of year as workers prepare to haul millions of pounds of Dungeness crab that are a tradi...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Climate change could push more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030 by disrupting agriculture and fueling the spread ...

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Giant Sequoias growing in California's Sierra Nevada are among the largest and oldest living things on earth, but...

CROSSROADS, N.M. (AP) — Carl Johnson and son Justin are third- and fourth-generation ranchers who for decades have battled oilfield companies that lef...

MOUNT BAKER, Wash. (AP) — Mauri Pelto digs his crampons into the steep icy slope on Mount Baker in Washington state and watches as streams of water ca...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — The devastating heat wave that struck southern Pakistan last weekend is slowly subsiding but the toll was still climbing Thur...