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Hopeful the incoming Biden administration will help it address climate change, the city now has a goal of achieving carbon-neutral emissions by 2050.

More than 200 solar projects planned for Pennsylvania were added to the regional electric grid’s New Services Queue in 2020.

Plastic gets a bad rap — over the years, it’s become synonymous with environmental destruction, cheap fakery, needless consumption, a ...

Sensory treats were possible, things like bright kitchenware and fun toys. We got hooked.

Worldwide, researchers are hunting for a kind of `secret sauce’ — a souped-up enzyme capable of breaking down some of the most resilient plastics.

Whole genome sequencing checks for coronavirus variants. The city and the university are working out the details of a partnership going forward.

In panels running Tuesday through Friday, Black queer scientists will talk about their experiences, research, and advice for those coming after them.

Of the 149 projects granted money from the Growing Greener program, 43 in south-central Pennsylvania will get $12 million.

The rule goes into effect on Wednesday and applies to all future EPA regulations.

The company that's in the process of mothballing one of the nation's oldest nuclear power plants says it is interested in building a new next-generation nuclear reactor

The pandemic has changed the way a lot of us understand and experience happiness. In normal times, we think of happiness as a big-picture ...

This fall, 21 local boroughs and towns took an inventory of their greenhouse gas emissions, in areas like waste disposal, transportation, and industry.

Set for 200 acres along the Delaware River, the port will be a staging ground for the manufacture, assembly, storage, and shipment of giant wind turbines.

Dismissed by many, Dr. Katalin Karikó remained passionate about mRNA therapeutics.

The emergence of COVID-19 started scientists on a year-long, crash course to learn how this virus travels through the air and how to stop it. They learned a lot, and quickly.