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Members of CEASRA, a local environmental group, demonstrate in front of the Tri-County Landfill in September 2023 in Grove City, Pa. Credit: Courtesy of Jane Cleary

Fearing Radioactive Waste, a Western Pennsylvania Community Fights to Stop a Landfill’s Re-Opening

By Kiley Bense

President Donald Trump tours U.S. Steel’s Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pa., on Friday. Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. Steel Is a Major Source of Pollution in Pennsylvania. Will Its Sale Lock in Emissions for Another Generation?

By Kiley Bense

A view of Big Sewickley Creek downstream from PennEnergy’s proposed water withdrawal site shows erosion control (center) and a portion of the project workspace and parking area (gravel and log on right). Credit: Rose Reilly/Big Sewickley Creek Watershed Association

Pennsylvania Fracking Company Surrenders Water Permits Over Concerns About Stream Flow

By Jon Hurdle

A view of the coal-fired Keystone Generating Station in Shelocta, Pa. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Lawyers Spar Over Whether Pennsylvania Agency Has Authority to Issue Carbon Allowances to Power Plants

By Jon Hurdle

The Allegheny River and the Monongahela River join to form the Ohio River in downtown Pittsburgh. Credit: Nicolas DeSarno/Pexels

Should Pittsburgh’s Water Stay Public? Residents Will Get to Vote on It

By Carrie Klein

Jackie Robinson, lead instructor at the Energy Coordinating Agency, shows off a heat pump in his Philadelphia laboratory on April 22. Robinson and other instructors prepare hundreds of students each year for careers in HVAC and energy efficiency. Credit: Kyle Bagenstose/Inside Climate News

As Federal Incentive Rollbacks Loom, Could the Heat Pump Revolution Stall Out?

By Kyle Bagenstose

Shell said April 25 that it would start using its “elevated flare this afternoon” at its Pennsylvania plastics plant and expected the work to continue through the weekend. This image was taken during that period. Credit: Hilary Starcher-O’Toole

Nighttime Flaring at Shell Plastics Plant Lit Up Beaver County ‘Like Dawn’

By Kiley Bense

Workers cap an orphaned well near Oil City, La. on March 8, 2023. Credit: Cooper Neill for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Scientists Map Where Orphan Wells Pose Threats to Aquifers

By Martha Pskowski

A view of a North Philadelphia neighborhood. Some neighborhoods face much higher temperatures in the summer than other areas of the city. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Trump Administration Severs ‘Lifeline’ for Families Struggling to Pay Utility Bills

By Kiley Bense

People and their signs fill the frame

Protesters Across the Country Tell Trump and Musk: ‘Hands Off’ Our Country

By Liza Gross and Christine Spolar

The image shows an industrial-looking pad surrounded by greenery, near homes

Pennsylvania Health Advocates Say Gov. Shapiro Has Let Residents Down on Fracking Protections

By Jon Hurdle

A still from “Single-Use Planet” shows the plastic pollution invading the tropical waters of Bali, Indonesia.

From Louisiana to Pennsylvania, Tracing Plastics Pollution Back to Its Source

By Kiley Bense

Foes and Friends of Nuclear Power Face Off Near Three Mile Island

By Jon Hurdle

An aerial view of a fracking pond in Clearfield County, Pa. Credit: Ted Auch/FracTracker Alliance

EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater

By Martha Pskowski, Kiley Bense

Birders visit the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia in February. Credit: Kiley Bense/Inside Climate News

Microplastics Lurk in Freshwater Environments Across Pennsylvania

By Kiley Bense

Demonstrators participate in the Stand Up for Science rally at the Lincoln Memorial on March 7 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Taking It to the Streets: Scientists Mobilize to Fight Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Anti-Science Agenda

By Liza Gross, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg

The Benjamin Franklin Bridge crosses the Delaware River in Philadelphia. Credit: Thomas Hengge/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Water Agency Renews Concern That Sea-Level Rise Will Flood Drinking-Water Intakes in Philadelphia, Southern N.J.

By Jon Hurdle

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro attends a meeting of governors hosted by President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 21 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Trump Administration Restores $2.1 billion in Funding to Pennsylvania After State’s Lawsuit

By Jon Hurdle

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