Environment

Although bipartisan support for fracking remains high among public officials, Pennsylvania voters continue to be divided and support increased regulation.

Situated along the Schuylkill River, East Falls and Manayunk are prone to serious flooding.

Members of PA-TF1 are stationed in Marion, North Carolina, where they are conducting search and rescue missions.

More than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast in the last week, an amount that if concentrated in North Carolina would cover the state in 3 1/2 feet of water.

WHYY’s Maiken Scott will moderate a discussion on ethnobotanical practices at the Academy of Natural Sciences on Thursday night.

Up to four power cables from offshore wind turbines will be buried under Delaware wetlands and beaches. Some fishermen worry about harm to wildlife.

Historic dams along the Brandywine River are helping the museum get off the electrical grid.

Twenty years after the state's first shale gas well was drilled, jobs comprise less than 1% of the workforce, residents fear health impacts and environmental damage continues.

The lightning bugs’ habitat is being threatened by development and climate change.

The southeastern U.S. is grappling with rising death tolls and a lack of vital supplies in isolated, flood-stricken areas in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

The project would be built 40 miles (65 kilometers) off Long Beach Island and would consist of up to 100 turbines, enough to power 1 million homes.

More than one in seven outdoor workers faced heat-related symptoms on the job last year, according to a survey by a research nonprofit.

Red Clay Creek, which provides drinking water for residents in the Stanton area, had some of the highest PFAS levels detected.

Route 1 at the Indian River Inlet is a direct route to medical facilities. The road has been flooded several times in previous months.

Researchers say the study is one of the first to evaluate the specific causes of salty water within a smaller watershed.