Environment

Last year was one of the worst on record for West Nile in Pennsylvania. The number of cases jumped to 130, from 20 in 2017, and eight people died.

Rising sea levels threaten to inundate Jersey Shore communities. Stockton University sees an opportunity as towns build their defenses.

PES said it was continuing its efforts “to secure the facility” in anticipation of a possible sale and restart after an explosion and fire in late June.

Popular yard waste site will remain open for Delaware residents despite initial state plans to shut down the Newark area site.

Current remediation being done by former owner Sunoco may no longer make sense if the potential purpose of the site changes, some experts say.

Miss May, a 10-foot, 800-pound sub-adult female white shark, pinged around 12 miles off Cape May, New Jersey early Tuesday evening.

Higher than acceptable fecal bacteria measurements have once again led to the hoisting of swimming advisories at New Jersey beaches. 

More than 1,000 people will be out of work once Philadelphia Energy Solutions' refinery closes its doors this month.

State environmental regulators are moving to shut down Erie Coke, a foundry with a lengthy history of environmental violations.

It's not all in your head — If you live in the Philadelphia region, you have actually been getting more severe weather alerts on your phone lately. Why?

There's no ocean swimming allowed along a significant stretch of the Wildwood Crest beach after a malfunction at a wastewater treatment facility.

This week: what open primaries would mean for elections in Pa, what the closure of Hahnemann Hospital says about Philly healthcare, and why every year is a bad tick year.

A dozen wells in Sellersville, Bucks County, are tainted with the toxic chemicals. Homeowners are getting water deliveries while the DEP finds a solution.

Philadelphia Energy Solutions has had a long history of fires and financial troubles. Why was the latest accident a tipping point for the 150-year-old oil refinery?

In remarks at a summit in Abu Dhabi, he painted a grim picture of how rapidly climate change is advancing, saying it is outpacing efforts to address it.