Environment

Philadelphia is in the midst of a green revolution, and it’s happening overhead. The urban canopy — the population of street ...

How will climate change affect the Delaware watershed and the region’s water supply? That’s the “elephant in the atmosp ...

This is Halloween weekend — which means spooky creatures dressing up in costume, creeping around the neighborhood, and trick-or-treatin ...

One approach is to band together with other cities and towns along the river.

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial likely won’t happen until the fall of 2016. Federal District Judge William W ...

Islands on Pennsylvania’s waterways are often overlooked, difficult to access or seen as liabilities, but some people are trying to change that.

A New Jersey inventor unveiled Friday what he is calling the first fully-permitted and affordable house powered by solar and hydrogen in ...

 Some Pennsylvania municipalities have rules about leaving undeveloped strips along rivers to protect water quality. Many don't. 

Recently, about a hundred hardy souls paddled down the Schuylkill River, from the quiet banks of Schuylkill Haven to the skyscrapers of P ...

Pennsylvania cities are investing in their waterfronts, improving public access and hoping economic benefits will follow. But getting there is complicated.

Federal meteorologists say the current El Nino is already the second strongest on record for this time of year and could be one of the mo ...

On a recent weekend stroll at Point State Park, in Pittsburgh, visitors sunned themselves in the grass and along the low walls of the par ...

The Philadelphia Water Department enacted new regulations this month to comply with the federal Clean Water Act. Directed at devel ...

A federal judge will hear arguments this month by fishing groups who want him to shut down a research project that involves blasting the ...

The National Weather Service says a tornado with maximum winds of 95 mph hit a rural southeastern Pennsylvania community during severe th ...