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The GOP has become the party of coal, but not everyone in the president's party is cheering his moves to bolster that fossil fuel.

A report says the $14 billion project has yet to return even $1 billion in profit to the region.

(The Center Square) – An advocacy group made up of physicians is drawing attention to the consequences of industry beyond the known impact to property values and physical health.

The burgeoning data center boom in Pennsylvania is reminiscent of the early days of the fracking boom. No attention was given to the impacts fracking would have on public health or the environment. Unlike New York and Maryland, no studies were done to guide policy decisions about how, or even

A warning to all anglers, conservationists and nature lovers: Stay out of Dawson Run, Deer Creek and Bull Creek moving forward. And keep your pets and children out of there, too, because those waterways are about to suffer the impact of yet another natural gas well. On Aug. 6, the

Shell’s Pennsylvania petrochemical plant faces bleak market prospects characterized by oversupply, low demand, weak operating rates, and declining margins, according to the latest report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The Monaca project’s $14 billion construction cost is more than double the original estimate, and the plant, originally hailed as a transformative investment, has instead turned into a financial disappointment for investors. 

A climate group led by Al Gore has expanded a new modeling tool to visualize the often-invisible health threat.

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Carbon monoxide and gas alarms were triggered leading up to a fatal explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works site Aug. 11, according to information released by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. Preliminary investigations into the blast, released Monday by the CSB, indicate the explosion occurred

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Clean Air Council, Environmental Integrity Project, and Food & Water Watch are celebrating two significant victories after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) largely granted…

The Swisshelm Park project will repair decades of environmental harm. Passing a community solar law could help the site reach its full potential.

The decision came despite an effort by a former industry lawyer who is now at the E.P.A. to reverse the regulation.

After its acquisition by Japanese giant Nippon Steel earlier this year, U.S. Steel says it will invest $100 million in a new slag recycler at its Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock. The company said in a release it has submitted an “air construction permit” to the Allegheny County Health Department,

At The New York Times’s Climate Forward event, California’s governor called Trump’s recent comments denying climate change “an embarrassment.” The U.S. energy secretary then said other countries should follow President Trump and leave the Paris Agreement.

Natural gas was pitched as a stopgap between fossil fuels and renewables. Instead, it has derailed Pennsylvania’s energy transition.

Dropping a planned compliance break for high-polluting coal products would mark a retreat from the administration’s use of procedural shortcuts to aid

Gov. Josh Shapiro recently defended using natural gas to power data centers in Pennsylvania, calling it “environmentally sustainable.” As an organization committed to public health, Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania strongly disagrees. The evidence shows that relying on natural gas — or labeling it as sustainable — poses serious risks

When U.S. support retreats, autocrats escalate their attacks, leaving democratic institutions vulnerable. This creates a global environment where authoritarianism can thrive.