pollution

MOUNT JEWETT — Barrels of oil thought to be about 70 years old were found on Mount Jewett property owned by PJ Murphy and leased by Casella Waste in S...

OIL CITY — Ridding Pennsylvania’s roadways of litter is a monumental task that requires an army of volunteers but is also an act of service in which e...

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

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

Bradford Sanitary Authority approved a request from Pine Acres Golf & RV Resort at Tuesday’s meeting to accept waste from campsites at the Marshburg f...

MEDIA — Despite decades of efforts to improve recycling and waste management practices, Pennsylvanians still experience littering and illegal dumping ...

OLEAN, N.Y. — The Seneca Nation of Indians has again threatened to take legal action against the city of Olean over wastewater discharges. Seneca Nati...

Bradford Sanitary Authority has been working to repair some issues for customers recently. At Tuesday’s meeting, members of the authority heard from E...

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 (TNS) — You know what they say: One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. A waste management company in Pennsylvania has collected about $...

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

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

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

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...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires could make its way into parts of Pennsylvania, conjuring up memories from 2023 when much of the state...

Copernicus surely had no idea when he got the Scientific Revolution underway in the 16th century that an unintended effect would be empowering agenda-...

There are many ways to deal with the environmental fallout from major infrastructure projects. Republican PresidentRichard Nixonagreed with congressio...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s latest plan for cutting pollution to the Chesapeake Bay is still inadequate, so the U.S. Environmental Protection Ag...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) awarded over $4.1 million to 13 projects statewide that will help communiti...

WILLIAMSPORT — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced that twelve counties in DEP’s Northcentral Region, including Potter C...