Environment

A Delaware landfill owned by Waste Management Inc. is seeking state approval to increase its height by almost 50 percent, to 190 feet.

A $200 million, 10-year vision reimagines the only Olmsted Brothers-designed park in Philadelphia and prepares it for a hotter and wetter tomorrow.

Rather than get involved in the construction side of emerging clean energy, PSE&G signals it will concentrate on energy management and transmission.

After months of Governor Tom Wolf promoting a sweeping infrastructure plan funded by a tax on natural gas drillers, some Senate Republicans have come up with an alternative.

Bonanza II captain Mike Rothman says he spotted the waterspout within two miles of the boat's location "just off" Fortescue in Cumberland County.

A nonprofit that tracks pollution in the Chesapeake Bay said Pennsylvania has failed to protect the nation's largest estuary from farm manure and stormwater.

Volunteers work to keep gardens reclaimed from dumping grounds as green spaces open and available for neighborhood residents.

The predatory falcons, once completely wiped out in Pennsylvania, have settled on the 15th floor ledge of a building that’s home to the Department of Environmental Protection.

In a letter, Sen. Tom Carper and Rep. Frank Pallone say EPA is listening to fossil-fuel interests over its own staff.

The Pa. Attorney General’s office is investigating the disposal of contaminated water from a landfill that accepts fracking waste to a sewage treatment plant in Fayette County

The PHMSA advisory bulletin says pipeline incidents caused by erosion have increased in the eastern U.S.

Memorial Day weekend is upon us, so the Jersey Shore is "officially" open for the summer season, and state officials say the coast is ready. 

Continuus Materials, a Texas-based company with a Northeast Philadelphia plant, will begin producing wallboard out of recycled flexible plastic and paper.

The FDA sent a letter to the food industry on Thursday, urging companies to standardize the use of the phrase "best if used by" on packaged food labels.

Minority communities, like those near incinerators in Camden and Chester, are disproportionately affected by emissions such as lead and particulates, a new study finds.