Environment

Federal standards for food quality labels are lacking, causing tons of confusion for consumers and leading to billions of dollars in food waste across the country every year.

A 2008 contract that would have made Delaware a pioneer in offshore wind evaporated. A 2018 study cited high costs, but a new law has the state pursuing the notion again.

Pennsylvania researchers prepare to release findings from taxpayer-financed studies on possible links between the natural gas industry and various health concerns in the area.

The Philadelphia Energy Authority released a Request for Proposals Monday that could see 750 low- to moderate-income households get solar panels installed on their roofs.

The month is now officially the hottest July on record since record-taking began in the 1800s.

Officials raised the death toll to at least 80 and warned that it could rise again as search efforts continued.

Monday’s storm brought down hundreds of trees across the region, damaging about 45 homes in Delaware County. Officials are seeking state and federal aid to help with cleanup.

One of the twisters touched down near the intersection of Ridge Road, Whites Bogs Road, and Range Road in the Browns Mills section of Pemberton Township in Burlington County.

Vulnerable communities face greater exposure to heat and fewer resources to escape it.

The county's hazardous response team shut down streets in the area when the call came in around 10 a.m. Wednesday.

After the quick cleanup, officials say the remaining oil will “naturally dissipate.”

Hawaii's lieutenant governor says it could take years to rebuild.

The project is expected to cut the energy used by street lights in half, saving enough electricity annually to power nearly 3,700 homes.

Thunderstorms will be capable of producing damaging straight-line winds and localized flash flooding.

The weekend-long event celebrated all things arthropod in hopes to get kids to care about bugs.