Energy

Pittsburgh researchers are working on potentially cheaper ways to capture carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants.

The woman who sued natural gas driller Range Resources over alleged air and water contamination at her Mt. Pleasant, Pa. home, testified before an investigative grand jury.

Delaware County is the latest public entity seeking to join the ongoing lawsuit, which alleges unsafe conditions and a need for more emergency planning.

A Danish offshore wind company is considering adaptively reusing two New Jersey power plants set to be decommissioned.

Three Mile Island might close down this year. But operators at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station hope to stay in business until at least 2053.

Of the 8 million vehicles registered in Pennsylvania, just 15,000 of them are electric.

Four decades after Three Mile Island's commercial nuclear power accident, financial rescues of nuclear power plants are stirring the highest levels of government.

PSEG Nuclear rebuked opponents of its bid for subsidies, vowing to close the units unless each is awarded financial incentives, beginning as soon as this fall.

A pair of environmental groups say they plan to sue U.S. Steel following the December fire at Clairton Coke Works that damaged pollution control equipment.

Jobs in Pennsylvania’s solar industry grew 10 percent last year while declining three percent nationally, according to a new analysis.

According to a survey, “record numbers of Americans say they care about global warming.” But voters do not identify climate issues as key drivers of their voting decisions.

As political and economic crises threaten to topple Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, political scientists like us are not surprised that he has run into trouble.

The Wolf administration says the PUC should take more 'aggressive' action against the pipeline builder.

The resolution has few details, but it aims to overhaul the U.S. economy and spread wealth more evenly.

In very broad strokes, the Green New Deal legislation laid out by Ocasio-Cortez and Markey sets goals for some drastic measures to cut carbon emissions across the economy.