Environment

The group PennEnvironment joins elected officials in calling for a ban on styrofoam.  We review the status of recreational legalization ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday to extend the National Flood Insurance Program for four months.

The build-out of natural gas infrastructure in Pennsylvania’s state forest system has slowed dramatically in recent years, according to a new report.

According to Philadelphia’s heat-vulnerability index, Hunting Park is one of the hottest neighborhoods in the city, and one of the most vulnerable to heat's negative effects.

As it turns out, the chance of catching Lyme disease from an individual tick ranges from zero to roughly 50 percent.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with investigative environmental reporter Kyle Bagenstose about the EPA hearing on water issues in Bucks and Montgomery counties.

If you leave the tap on and bathwater floods your home, bailing water isn't the first thing you do, she points out. You shut off the faucet.

Fire officials in Greece say at least 74 people have died from surprisingly fast-moving wildfires that struck near Athens.

At least 50 people died and more than 150 were injured as huge fires fueled by powerful winds burned homes and forests in towns near the Greek capital, Athens.

Milo Cress, a young environmentalist, researched straw usage to come up with the 500 million estimate when he was just nine years old.

The United Kingdom is counting its butterflies — and will keep going for the next three weeks.

State scientists have recommended health limits for 12 species.

Tap the expertise of StateImpact Pennsylvania reporters and help build a statewide resource.

A Delaware professor is using a migratory bird species that nests in Delaware to predict the severity of the coming hurricane season.