Environment
Trump administration quietly decides — again — to allow elephant trophy imports
In a memo dated March 1, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in place of the Obama-era blanket ban, the agency will consider importation permits "on a case-by-case basis."
8 years ago
Fatal gas leak at Pittsburgh-area power plant draws OSHA fines
Kevin Patrick Bachner, 34, and John Michael Gorchock, 42, both of Pittsburgh, died Aug. 29 at FirstEnergy’s Bruce Mansfield Power Station after inhaling toxic gas.
8 years ago
Invasive insect spreads beyond Pennsylvania farms and orchards to backyards
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will send $17.5 million in emergency funds to Pennsylvania to prevent the spotted lanternfly from spreading further.
8 years ago
EPA restores funding to news outlet covering Chesapeake Bay
The EPA agreed to restore $325,000 in funding to the Bay Journal, a print and online news outlet covering environmental issues related to the Chesapeake Bay.
8 years ago
Proposed natural gas power plant in Berks County gets set of permits from DEP
The Department of Environmental Protection has OK’d several permits for a proposed natural gas power plant in Berks County.
8 years ago
Philly Flower Show taking deep dive into water
The annual Philadelphia Flower Show gets its feet wet in environmental issues surrounding water.
8 years ago
Listen 1:48Nor’easter slams region, knocking down trees and snarling travel
Philly officials suspend crane work, ask public to prep for high winds.
8 years ago
Zinke comes to Pa. to talk abandoned mine cleanup
Ryan Zinke, President Trump’s Interior Secretary, came to Western Pennsylvania to tout the federal government’s abandoned mine cleanup program. It was an appropriate setting.
8 years ago
How this reporter’s #NoDAPL photo wound up in the Russia investigations
Never did I imagine a photo I took would be used by Russian trolls to try to manipulate the pipeline debate.
8 years ago
Author answers hot-button questions on fracking, including climate impact
As Pennsylvania’s gas boom helps propel the United States away from coal-fired power, one energy researcher says the impact on climate change will be a wash.
8 years ago
Environmental groups seek injunction to halt Mariner East 2 pipeline construction
Several environmental groups have asked the Commonwealth Court for an injunction to halt Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners Mariner East 2 pipeline construction.
8 years ago
Guests: Michio Kaku Physicist and futurist MICHIO KAKU theorizes ...
Air Date: February 26, 2018
Listen 49:26Early spring peepers might be trouble for rest of food chain
Recent unseasonably warm weather has lured some frogs out of hibernation early. Herpetologists worry what that might mean for them — and other animals.
8 years ago
Listen 2:14FERC order effectively denies appeals of PennEast approval, critics say
Federal regulators have effectively denied a request to reconsider their approval of the planned PennEast Pipeline, the agency’s critics say.
8 years ago
Farm to faucet, enlisting Pa. farmers to keep Delaware’s water clean
A coordinated effort is working to keep Delaware’s water clean starting at the source across the border in Pennsylvania.
8 years ago
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