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

Extreme heat tests Philadelphia’s climate resilience during a weekend of historic celebrations.

By Nina Sablan, Daniel Perrin

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
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

An aerial view of Project Boson, the future site of a nearly 620,000-square-foot data center surrounded by homes and a school in Archbald, Pa. Credit: Heather Ainsworth/The Washington Post via Getty Images

An Outpouring of Frustration Over Pennsylvania’s Rapid Data Center Growth

By Jon Hurdle

Construction of an Amazon data center is seen in front of Talen Energy’s nuclear power plant in Salem Township on Oct. 10, 2025. Credit: Jason Ardan/Citizens' Voice via Getty Images

As Tech Groups Predict Huge Pennsylvania Data-Center Growth, Critics Say Some Bills Would Reduce Local Control

By Jon Hurdle

Eugene DePasquale, the current chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, is the state chairman for Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Gas Industry Front Group Targets Democrats in Pennsylvania

By Kiley Bense

Gov. Josh Shapiro announces Amazon’s plan to invest $20 billion in artificial intelligence campuses across the state on June 9, 2025. Credit: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Are Talking the Talk on Data Center Regulations. But Will They Walk?

By Kyle Bagenstose

Bald eagles are seen at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in South Philadelphia. Credit: Matt Cohen

Avian Flu Has Killed Thousands of Birds in the U.S. Pennsylvania Is at the Epicenter.

By Kiley Bense

The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill dominates the horizon in Belle Vernon, Pa. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

Pennsylvania Publishes Long-Awaited Study on Radioactivity in Landfill Runoff

By Kiley Bense

A view of Qatar Energy’s operating facilities in Mesaieed Industrial City on Wednesday. Qatar Energy announced a complete shutdown of liquefied natural gas production this week, following Iranian attacks. Credit: Getty Images

How Will the War in Iran Affect Your Utility Bills?

By Kiley Bense

Construction of an Amazon Web Services data center in Salem Township, Pa., on Oct. 10, 2025. Credit: Jason Ardan/Citizens’ Voice via Getty Images

Grassroots Resistance to Data Centers Rises in Pennsylvania

By Jon Hurdle

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

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