Environment

Hayman shared ambitions that suggest a renewed focus on customer service for a nationally renowned department that has struggled to gain trust locally.

After a scathing letter from companies, officials said they hope for a voluntary resolution to contamination.

The Allegheny County Health Department announced Monday that it’s fined US Steel more than $300,000 for air pollution violations at the Clairton Coke Works.

Another Jersey Shore town has banned intentional balloon releases as the state considers a prohibition on the act. 

Mental health specialists working in the area of the deadly Camp Fire are seeing a second wave of trauma from survivors. But counseling services are in short supply.

Almost every country in the world has agreed on legally binding framework for reducing plastic waste, with the U.S. a notable exception, United Nations officials said Friday.

Pa. has decided one of the best ways to spot small wildfires in places like the Moshannon State Forest is to go old-school.

Pennsylvania has had the highest number of Lyme disease cases in the U.S since 2000.

The company had hoped for a state subsidy law to pass by June 1 in order to help keep the plant open, but that doesn’t appear possible in the few legislative voting days left.

While many New Jersey municipalities have passed ordinances to reduce the use of plastic bags, straws, and Styrofoam containers, there's now a call for a statewide policy.

Nature appears to be fighting back against a destructive, invasive insect in Pennsylvania, according to new research.

The Army Corps says it has received 112 comments on the study, with the majority addressing the environmental impact of structural features, namely storm surge barriers.

A feral cat colony on the Delaware River waterfront has city agencies, environmentalists, and cat-lovers pitted against each other.

"Protecting biodiversity amounts to protecting humanity," says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, who warns that species are being lost at an alarming rate.

A bipartisan group of state legislators is re-introducing a pair of bills aimed at getting Pennsylvania to have 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.