Politics Credit: rootstocks/BigStock Photo ID: 116318420 In rural Pennsylvania, doctors confront the hidden health impacts of environmental disasters Researchers are learning more about the long-term public health effects of living through extreme weather, especially in more isolated communities.
Newsletter Credit: Getty Images/Unsplash+ While renewables languish, Pennsylvania pays millions to coal waste companies More than 20 years after passing a landmark clean energy law, the state gets more of its power from burning coal waste than from solar.
Newsletter Credit: Getty Images/Unsplash+ Self-powered PA data centers could still raise bills and pollution Advocates said the executive action is a positive step, but are calling on the General Assembly to do more.
Top Story Credit: small smiles/Big Stock Photo Pennsylvania coal industry positions itself for a future in energy and new tech Some see this moment of rapidly growing energy demand and desire for reliable, domestic energy as an opportunity to revitalize coal’s image.
Top Story Credit: Curated Lifestyle/Unsplash+ A green oasis grows in North Philadelphia’s heat island As cities heat up, a beloved community garden holds a key to a cooler, safer future.
Solutions Credit: Photo by Donald Giannatti/Unsplash Fracking ban in the Delaware River Basin survives a Republican challenge (for now) The congressional amendment sought to overturn a fracking prohibition that protects water used by millions of people. Critics predict that natural gas allies will try again.
Newsletter Credit: plantic/BigStock Photo ID: 202556464 Echoes of the past in Pennsylvania coal towns’ fight against data centers As the data center buildout escalates, rural Pennsylvanians urge lawmakers not to repeat past mistakes.
