The group tasked by Gov. Josh Shapiro with developing a state-level plan to fight climate change met for the first time last week, a step the Democrat promised to take when he questioned his predecessor's strategy to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt carbon pricing.
Environmental advocacy nonprofit PennEnvironment released a letter Wednesday signed by 100 Pittsburgh businesses and organizations in support of a plastic bag ban, an ordinance expected to come before City Council later this fall.
Across Pennsylvania, debates about energy policy in the past few decades have largely centered on two issues: fracking and pipelines. It has created a conundrum for politicians, particularly for Democrats.
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are mapping out how energy is used in the city. A map of Downtown commercial buildings combines historic consumption data with building materials information to estimate how much energy is used by a particular building each year.
U.S. presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg on Thursday unveiled a plan that he claims will halve property losses and deaths from catastrophic wildfires within four years, as part of a suite of initiatives to combat climate change.
