Environment

In the typically sleepy Supreme Court retention election, the focus is on voting rights and abortion. But the court also decides major environmental cases.

Tuesday’s filing is the latest court battle between one of the region’s largest public water systems and the office tasked with rescuing the city of Chester from fiscal ruin.

With a new analysis showing where the pollution is going, environmental advocates call on public officials to do more to stop it.

The solar-powered streetlights aim to help residents feel safe while reducing the community’s impact on the electric grid.

Forty additional city employees have been given authority to issue notices of violation against illegal dumpers. They hit the streets next month.

State officials say Pa. has not received its federal allocation for LIHEAP. Assistance could open on Dec. 3, if the funds begin to flow before then.

Assemblywoman Andrea Katz is sponsoring a bill that would impose a surcharge on data centers and use the money to modernize the region’s electrical grid.

The legislation would allow the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to create a regulatory framework for data centers.

The fee is meant to encourage Philadelphians to bring their own bags. Parker’s administration worries it could hurt low-income residents.

The facility would replace the recently closed Cleveland-Cliffs steel mill, which sits on 66 acres of land along the Schuylkill River.

The lots were once tangled up with privately held tax liens. The Land Bank can now transfer them to gardeners and land trusts.

The nor'easter led to a state of emergency in New Jersey, and voluntary evacuations in parts of Delaware.

PFHxS-Na is the latest “forever chemical” added to the Toxics Release Inventory.

This week, Kate Coffin and Jenn Asplundh launch the ninth season of "The Kindred Podcast," an interview-style show exploring our deep and evolving relationship with animals.

People across the Philadelphia area are dealing with wet and windy conditions from the coastal storm.