HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania is lagging behind some other states in creating the infrastructure to support electric vehicles, but a bill making its way through the General Assembly could change that. Transportation is one of the main sources of carbon pollution. But without a reliable netw

BRISTOL, Pa. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting public comments on a proposal to allow oil and gas companies to kill bats, including some endangered species, in three states. Nine companies have requested what's known as an Incidental Take Permit. It would allow them to kill ba

MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. – Over parents' objections, a permit has been granted for a third natural gas well to be drilled near a public school in Washington County. Mount Pleasant Township supervisors approved the conditional use permit on Wednesday night. But according to Patrice Tomcik, an orga

BRISTOL, Pa. – The public comment period on the PennEast Pipeline Draft Environmental Impact Statement closed Monday, and one environmental group has mounted a major challenge to the project. The Delaware Riverkeeper Network has submitted eighty pages of objections to the content and omission

UPPER DARBY, Pa. - Clean-energy advocates in Pennsylvania are demanding more solar power, and the jobs that go with it. Over the past year, members of the Earth Quaker Action Team, or EQAT, have held a dozen demonstrations outside buildings owned by PECO, the Philadelphia area's largest utility. Thi

PHILADELPHIA — The Obama administration's Clean Power Plan was finalized one year ago today, and a new report says that the plan could provide big benefits for businesses. Business customers are responsible for nearly one-third of all electricity-related carbon pollution nationwide. But, acc

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania gets poor grades for its response to the boom in shale gas drilling, but a pair of new reports could help communities prepare for the future. The Multi-State Shale Research Collaborative, a partnership of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, has issued a report

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Whether it's from farms, treatment plants or city streets, pollution originating in Pennsylvania has had damaging effects on local rivers and streams and on the Chesapeake Bay. A new analysis looks at how states are doing in reducing that pollution. Pennsylvania and other st