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HARRISBURG — After an hour-long community briefing that didn’t take questions from the public until 40 minutes passed, another forum for public engage...

MOBILE-TENSAW DELTA, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of American lotuses carpet the water’s surface, faces turned toward the morning sun. Bright yellow warblers...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are probably aware of the massive push to transition to green energy. The goal is to have wind and solar r...

MILWAUKEE — The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on four draft environmental assessments evaluating potential impacts from the propos...

More than $15 million in grant funding has been awarded to improve electric grid reliability and resilience in rural Pennsylvania. While several neigh...

UNIVERSITY PARK — The discovery of a hybrid population of poplar trees in western Wyoming has provided insight into how natural hybridization informs ...

You couldn’t touch the floor. Everywhere you put your foot down, there was lava. It would burn you up! It was total danger! Everybody knew it, which i...

Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) launched a new financing program designed to help local governments identify and dev...

OFF THE GRID: A survey by BusinessElectric.com showed that some of our local region lands on the list of sought-after places for off-the-grid living. ...

MOUNT STORM, W.Va. (AP) — Down a long gravel road, tucked into the hills in West Virginia, is a low-slung building where researchers are extracting es...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service recently partnered with multiple organizations to rehabilitate and enhance existing wildlife habita...

Liquid manure from Greg Strayer’s beef farm in Cumberland County does not threaten the Conodoguinet Creek any longer, thanks to a 185,000-gallon stora...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Fire can help shape ecosystems, and after a century of suppressing naturally occurring fire that has thrown forests out of balance, ...

(TNS) — Summer 2024 has certainly started off strong with a multi-day heatwave settling over much of the Northeast. And while each year seems like the...

The community of Cyclone in Keating Township has the misfortune of being chosen as a site for a Class II injection disposal well by Catalyst Energy of...

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

National Pollinator Week, June 17 – 23 is right around the corner. If you’re concerned about pollinators, one of the best and easiest actions you can ...

Kids bored and out of school? Beat the summer slump by attending a variety of family-friendly activities. Join staff for a guided hike down the Kinzua...

It’s a remarkable coincidence: In the waste produced by extracting fossil fuels, there is a huge supply of a key resource in weaning the world economy...

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