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Cherry blossoms from Washington, D.C. to Japan have been blooming earlier as temperatures warm. Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images

Earlier Springs Have Cascading Effects on Animals, Plants and Pastimes

By Kiley Price

Clairton Coke Works is one of the world’s largest producers of coke, which leads to the emission of a raft of chemicals. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News

In the ‘Armpit of the Universe,’ a Window Into the Persistent Inequities of Environmental Policy

By Kiley Bense, Victoria St. Martin

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's proposal would replace the state’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Credit: Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images

Pennsylvania’s Governor Wants to Cut Power Plant Emissions With His Own Cap-and-Invest Program

By Jon Hurdle

The Delaware Riverkeeper, Maya van Rossum, was joined by several other activists in a coordinated effort to force Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro to hear their questions at a public meeting on Monday. Credit: Delaware Riverkeeper Network

Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, Shouts Down Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro Over a Proposed ‘Hydrogen Hub’

By Kiley Bense

About 130 people gathered at the “Green New Deal for the People” rally in Pittsburgh last Thursday. Credit: Elevate Inc/Green New Deal Network

A National Tour Calling for a Reborn and Ramped Up Green New Deal Lands in Pittsburgh

By Keerti Gopal

A view of the well field at Swarthmore College during the construction process. Credit: Courtesy of Swarthmore College

A Small Pennsylvania College Is Breaking New Ground in Pursuit of a Clean Energy Campus

By Kiley Bense

A gas drilling rig explores the Marcellus Shale outside the town of Waynesburg, Pa. Credit: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

New Demands to Measure Emissions Raise Cautious Hopes in Pennsylvania Among Environmental Sleuths Who Monitor Fracking Sites

By Jake Bolster

The site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio on Feb. 14, 2023. Credit: Rebecca Kiger/The Washington Post via Getty Images

One Year Later, Pennsylvanians Living Near the East Palestine Train Derailment Site Say They’re Still Sick

By Kiley Bense

Sonya Sanders poses for a portrait outside her home in Philadelphia on Dec. 19, 2023. Credit: Caroline Gutman/Inside Climate News

To Live and Die in Philadelphia: Sonya Sanders Grew Up Next Door to a Giant Refinery. She’s Still Suffering From Environmental Trauma

By Victoria St. Martin

A drilling rig explores the Marcellus Shale outside of Waynesburg, Pa. Credit: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

Q&A: New Rules in Pennsylvania Require Drillers to Disclose Toxic Chemicals Used in Fracking

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro prepares to speak before U.S. President Joe Biden takes the stage during a campaign event at Montgomery County Community College on Jan. 5 in Blue Bell, Pa. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

In His First Year as Governor, Josh Shapiro Forged Alliances With the Natural Gas Industry, Angering Environmentalists Who Once Supported Him

By Kiley Bense

A coke storage area is seen as steam rises from the quench towers at the Clairton Coke Works on Jan. 21, 2020, in Clairton, Pa. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

In a Steel Town Outside Pittsburgh, an Old Fight Over Air Quality Drags On

By Kiley Bense

A portion of the 350-mile Mariner East 2 natural gas pipeline under construction in Exton, Pennsylvania in June 2019. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

The Pittsburgh Foundation, Known for its Environmentalism, Shares a Lobbying Firm with the Oil and Gas Industry

By Kiley Bense

Pittsburgh, located at the confluence of three rivers, is especially vulnerable to flooding. Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

Once Known for Its Pollution, Pittsburgh Becomes a Poster Child for Climate Consciousness

By Jon Hurdle

In July 2002, then-Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker, second from right, listens to a progress report on rescue efforts at Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pennsylvania. At right is Joseph A. Braffoni, of the Bureau of Deep Mine Safety, second from left is Larry Winckler, center is David Hess, Pennsylvania secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection and at left is Jeffery Stanchek a mine rescue instructor for the DEP. They were coordinating efforts to reach nine miners trapped for three days. Credit: Gene J. Puskar/ AFP via Getty Images.

David Hess, Longtime Pennsylvania Environmental Official Turned Blogger, Reflects on His Career and the Rise of Fracking

By Jake Bolster

The site of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment on Feb. 17, 2023. The train derailment happened on Feb. 3 in which 38 cars derailed, including 11 containing hazardous materials, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate for several days. Credit: US Environmental Protection Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

From Fracked Gas in Pennsylvania to Toxic Waste in Texas, Tracking Vinyl Chloride Production in the U.S.

By Kiley Bense

A waste water tank truck passes on the main street of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Credit: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images.

Should Toxic Wastewater From Gas Drilling Be Spread on Pennsylvania Roads as a Dust and Snow Suppressant?

By Jake Bolster

A natural gas compressor station on a hillside Septem in Penn Township, Pennsylvania. The area is situated above the Marcellus Shale, where a process called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, pumps millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals into horizontally drilled wells to stimulate the release of the gas. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images.

Pennsylvania’s Gas Industry Used 160 Million Pounds of Secret Chemicals From 2012 to 2022, a New Report Says

By Jon Hurdle

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