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ICN Pennsylvania

Safety Failures Led to Last Year’s Fatal Explosion at U.S. Steel Plant

A deadly accident at the Clairton Coke Works in 2025 could have been prevented, federal investigators concluded.

By Jon Hurdle

Allegheny County Fire Marshal vehicles are seen near the entrance to U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works following an explosion at the plant on Aug. 11, 2025. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images
Estelle Vaughn has tended North Philadelphia’s Tioga-Hope Park and Garden for over 25 years. Credit: Nina Sablan/Inside Climate News

A Green Oasis Grows in North Philadelphia’s Heat Island

By Nina Sablan

Veronica and Ryan Harper moved into their home in Mt Eyre Manor eight years ago and did not know that the development was situated on top of a petroleum pipeline. Credit: Tracie Van Auken/Inside Climate News

Neighbors of Pipeline Leak Live in Fear and Regulatory Neglect in Trump Era of ‘Unleashed’ Energy

By Marianne Lavelle

Wildfire smoke blankets Philadelphia on June 7, 2023. Credit: Joe Lamberti/AFP via Getty Images

Pennsylvania Confronts an Unfamiliar Climate Hazard: Wildfire Smoke

By Marie Cusick

The natural gas-fired Linden Cogeneration Plant in Linden, N.J. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images

Natural Gas Dominates PJM’s First Reformed Grid Queue, Driven by Data-Center Demand

By Aman Azhar

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker speaks during a budget press conference on June 11. Credit: Quinton Davis/City of Philadelphia

Philadelphia Juggles Short-Term Budget Plans and Long-Term Climate Goals

By Daniel Perrin

People fish on the Lehigh River in Pennsylvania’s Poconos Mountains. Credit: Natalie Kolb/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

Coming to Some of Pennsylvania’s Most Picturesque Places: Data Centers

By Emilie Lounsberry

A fracking pad in Fairfield Township, Pa. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

More Data Centers Will Mean More Fracking in Pennsylvania. These Advocates Want Better Protections.

By Jon Hurdle

The streets of Philadelphia’s Chinatown are crowded with pedestrians and traffic. Credit: Daniel Perrin/Inside Climate News

In Philadelphia’s Chinatown, a Fight to Restore Funding for a Critical Highway Cap

By Daniel Perrin

The Delaware River flows through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area on the New Jersey and Pennsylvania border. Credit: Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Fracking Ban in the Delaware River Basin Survives a Republican Challenge (For Now)

By Jon Hurdle

A Revolutionary War reenactor drinks water in the shade near Independence Hall during high temperatures on July 3 in Philadelphia. Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images

As It Celebrates the Nation’s Past, Philadelphia Braces for a Hotter Future

By Nina Sablan, Daniel Perrin

State Sen. Nikil Saval speaks at a June 26 rally for transit funding outside of the Independence Hall subway stop in Philadelphia. Credit: Daniel Perrin/Inside Climate News

Pennsylvania’s Legislature Is Likely to Punt on Mass Transit Funding—Again

By Daniel Perrin

President Donald Trump talks to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday about the energy demands of AI and data centers. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Trump Wants to Fast Track AI

By Arcelia Martin

The shuttered Homer City Generating Station sits in the background of a coal cleanup site in Center Township, Pa., on June 12, 2024. Credit: Scott Lewis/The Washington Post via Getty Images

New Power Plants for Data Centers Would Significantly Increase Pennsylvania’s Climate Pollution

By Jon Hurdle

Ginny Marcille-Kerslake, an organizer for Food & Water Watch, speaks at the Pennsylvania State Capitol rotunda during a data center moratorium rally. Credit: Courtesy of Food & Water Watch

Echoes of the Past in Pennsylvania Coal Towns’ Fight Against Data Centers

By Nina Sablan

A view of Shell’s massive ethane “cracker” plant at Monaca in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, a project that opened in 2022. Credit: Jeff Swensen for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Pennsylvania’s Fossil Fuel Tax Revenue Lags Far Behind Other Energy States, Report Says

By Jon Hurdle

Philadelphia schools planned to use federal tax credits to help fund projects as part of the statewide Solar for Schools program. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Trump’s ‘Short-Sighted’ Cuts Jeopardize Philadelphia’s Clean Energy Future

By Daniel Perrin

Power lines run along a neighborhood in Philadelphia. Credit: Matthew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Images

Pennsylvania Activists Urge Lawmakers to Help Curb Soaring Electric Bills

By Jon Hurdle

Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a primary election night event on May 19 in Warminster, Pa. Credit: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images

Pennsylvania’s Governor Has a Plan to Make Data Centers Bring Their Own Energy. Now Comes the Hard Part.

By Kyle Bagenstose

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