Environment

A U.S. district judge has issued an order blocking construction of the controversial transnational Keystone XL Pipeline until the State Department conducts further study

Officials say they counted fewer numbers of monarch butterflies during their annual migration through Cape May in New Jersey this year.

The growing number of campaigns to ban plastic waste are putting pressure on companies to find alternatives – not just for straws, but for all kinds of plastic packaging.

The trial could start as early as mid-November.

State environmental officials have reached an agreement with a southern Delaware poultry processing company over wastewater violations. ...

One worker is in critical condition after the “release of a heated product under pressure.”

The vacant land in question sits in a 100-year-floodplain.

It was a stunning admission given that, early last month, officials announced that their newly overhauled plan was finally complete.

Orders call for the company to cease some earth disturbance activity

Hypoxia is a condition in which the ocean water close to the seafloor has such low levels of dissolved oxygen that the organisms living down there die.

The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to enact a complete ban on plastic drinking straws and disposable cutlery.

Perry spoke at a water conference and toured the Holtec International plant on the Camden waterfront.

Wheeler: Fed action not needed to lower CO2

Last year the world put nearly 37 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the air, and emissions have been rising.

Although Pennsylvania has a small share of the global population, it is an energy powerhouse that's a major source of harmful emissions.