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Grassroots Resistance to Data Centers Rises in Pennsylvania

As community protests grow, both Democratic and Republican officials are proposing more industry regulation.

By Jon Hurdle

 Construction of an Amazon Web Services data center in Salem Township, Pa., on Oct. 10, 2025. Credit: Jason Ardan/Citizens’ Voice via Getty Images
Morgan Harper, a community organizer and former U.S. Senate candidate, speaks at a protest in January outside the offices of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in Columbus, urging officials to reject a rate increase from the local utility. Credit: George Shillcock/WOSU

Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump

By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle
A view of the coal-fired Mill Creek Generating Station on Feb. 14 from the Valley Village neighborhood in Louisville, Ky. Credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

Without Weighing Costs to Public Health, EPA Rolls Back Air Pollution Standards for Coal Plants

By Kiley Bense
A child receives a standard immunization at a pediatric office on Sept. 15, 2025, in Coral Gables, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

States Sue to Block Trump’s ‘Anti-Science’ Vaccine Policy

By Liza Gross
Talen Energy’s Montour County power plant. Credit: Talen Energy

Pennsylvania County Denies Rezoning Plan That Would Have Allowed a Data Center

By Jon Hurdle
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks to supporters at a rally announcing his reelection bid on Jan. 8 in Philadelphia. Credit: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images

Pennsylvania Governor Courts Data Centers While Seeking Consumer Protections

By Jon Hurdle
A view of the American Refining Group oil refinery in Bradford, Pa. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Pennsylvania Must Act to Limit Greenhouse Gases, Lawyers Argue

By Kiley Bense

With Waters Rising, Pennsylvania’s Historical Treasures Must ‘Adapt or Collapse’

By Kiley Bense
Cars pass a data center under construction in Ashburn, Va., on Nov, 12, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Clean Energy Advocates Criticize ‘Glaring’ Omission in White House Plan to Fuel Data Centers in PJM Region

By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense
Lick Run, a tributary to West Virginia’s Cheat River, is one of many waterways in Appalachia that are impaired by pollution from coal mining. Acid mine drainage can create a reddish coloring in affected streams. Credit: Courtesy of Friends of the Cheat

Coal Communities Accuse Congress of Breaking Its Promise to Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands

By Kiley Bense
Demonstrators attend a Stand Up for Science rally to highlight the critical role of science in public health, environmental stewardship and education at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on March 7. Credit: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff
Yvonne Sorovacu (right), Hannah Hohman (center) and Jay Beal monitor a creek for signs of contamination from the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, Pa.

The ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Waterways

Story by Kiley Bense, photos by Scott Goldsmith
A truck for Noble Environmental, the parent company of Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, Pa., drives down a road on a rainy day. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

Twenty Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste

By Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous
A view of the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, visible from a strip mall parking lot. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

Tracking Oil and Gas Waste in Pennsylvania Is Still a ‘Logistical Mess’

By Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous
A natural gas well site is seen under construction behind a farm in Washington County, Pa., on Sept. 6, 2024. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

Pennsylvania Will Study a Plan to Keep New Natural Gas Pads Farther From Homes, Schools and Hospitals

By Jon Hurdle
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks during the Chesapeake Executive Council meeting on Tuesday at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Credit: Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program

After Missing 2025 Goals, Chesapeake Bay Leaders Agree on Longer Timeline and Tribal Role in Cleanup

By Aman Azhar
Cabinets hold racks and active servers at the Digital Realty Innovation Lab data center on Nov. 12 in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images

Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers

By Rambo Talabong
Solar panels are seen on the campus of Central Columbia High School in Bloomsburg, Pa., as part of a combination ground-mount and rooftop 3.8 megawatt array. Credit: Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

In Rooftop Solar, Advocates See a ‘Missed Opportunity’ for Clean Energy in Pennsylvania

By Kyle Bagenstose
Power lines run through West Reading, Pa. Credit: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

Pennsylvania to Leave RGGI as Part of an Overdue Budget Deal

By Jon Hurdle

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