Environment

Forty years after the country's worst nuclear accident, Three Mile Island could close. That's sparked a debate about the risks and benefits of this carbon-free energy source.

"Three Mile Island is an accident without an ending," TMI Alert’s Eric Epstein said.

The health department says there have been four cases of Ewing sarcoma in the past decade in the Canon-McMillan School District.

Authorities say dozens of spiny dogfish sharks washed up on beaches across southern New Jersey last weekend.

Senate Republicans will force a vote on the Green New Deal this week as part of an effort to turn the provocative climate change resolution into a wedge issue for 2020.

The state Department of Environmental Protection ordered the manufacturers Monday to provide a detailed account of their use and discharge of so-called PFAS substances.

In addition to its potential effect on military infrastructure, climate change could pose threats to global security.

Even an unprecedented twister can be predicted. The issue is how people interpret these warnings.

Water quality improvement projects in the Delaware River Watershed get $4.1 million under the new Delaware River Basin Conservation Act.

Frequenters of the free-of-charge drop-off site must look for other options as the state prepares to return the Polly Drummond property to its natural state.

Gov. Tom Wolf is once again pushing for a severance tax on Pennsylvania’s natural gas producers — this time by focusing on how the money could be used for schools.

Widespread minor to locally moderate tidal flooding is likely along the Jersey Shore Thursday evening, forecasters say.

"Nobody wants the spent fuel near them," said Don Hudson, who lives downstream from the defunct Maine Yankee plant.

For certain snappers, in fact, a market preference for plate-size whole fillets is driving fishermen to target smaller fish. For some wild fish populations, this can be dire.

Vice President Mike Pence visited Nebraska Tuesday to survey the damage caused by Midwest floods that have killed at least four and displaced hundreds.