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An initial greenhouse gas inventory performed by the University of Pittsburgh shows that its Bradford campus has made progress in limiting the amount ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has hundreds of thousands of orphan and abandoned gas and oil wells scattered across the state. More state and federal money...

Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear energy plant along the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg will soon be the first retired nuclear facility to c...

WARREN — The US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will offer a free, interpretive night sky program in the Allegheny National Forest, from 8 t...

On the early afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 24, 1950, the bright autumn day began to take on a strange cast, as though night was arriving early. At first,...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Most Americans don’t think twice about leaving half a glass of water on the table as they leave a restaurant. It’s only when we pa...

HARRISBURG— Three Mile Island came out of retirement on Friday, exactly five years after mounting economic pressure and shifting energy demand forced ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania relies on nuclear power more than any other state except Illinois — and there’s talk of growth. One way would be to revive T...

HARRISBURG — The presidential debate Tuesday night in Philadelphia focused on immigration, abortion, and crowd sizes at campaign rallies. What went un...

There has quite possibly never been a better time to live in rural America — and certainly in rural Pennsylvania. Thanks to an avalanche of strategic ...

HARRISBURG — Even though federal money to reclaim mine lands in Appalachia has been slow to arrive, some states have made progress on improvement plan...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A bottle of water sampled from a lake or river can reveal what fish, amphibians, insects and bacteria are present, thanks to environ...

Like the “Jeopardy!” game show, green energy subsidies have been Congress’ answer to every energy policy question. The first OPEC oil embargo of 1973-...

HARRISBURG — The Shapiro Administration and the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced a new registered apprenticeship program to train worke...

HARRISBURG — As experts raise more questions about the future reliability of the energy grid and warn of blackouts, legislators are giving more seriou...

As far as holiday weekends go this one will get off to a slow start, at least weather-wise. Today was expected to be mostly cloudy with a light breeze...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania sits at the heart of the 13-state electric grid called PJM. That means the state’s role in generating power to keep the ligh...

MARIENVILLE — The US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service announced that public comments are being accepted on the remedial action selection for ...

WARREN — The USDA Forest Service Eastern Region is now accepting applications for grants that support forest restoration work on non-federal lands. La...

HARRISBURG — As federal money and private investment pour into critical minerals, Pennsylvania’s potential is great. The grants that buoy more researc...