Pollution from the Pittsburgh airport has found its way into a nearby stream. Scientists are looking into how PFAS forever chemicals got there and what happens next. The U.S. Environmental Protection ...

Summer temperatures are already soaring in some parts of the world. The UK and Europe experienced a record-breaking heatwave in May. As extreme weather events become more common with climate change, ...

Behind the counter, it can look like a bartender holding citrus peels over a trash can for an extra second, wondering whether they still have one more use. It can mean hauling compost buckets through ...

A new report finds Pennsylvania’s use of solar energy is on the rise, but the state still falls behind most of the country in adding more renewable energy on the grid. The environmental group ...

The Trump administration is drastically cutting the budget, and reorganizing the U.S. Forest Service, moving its headquarters and research facilities to western states. In Pennsylvania, four research ...

This week, a special show of award-winning and recognized stories. What advocates and residents who live near U.S. Steel plants are saying about the Trump administration’s policies on the pollution ...

In the same week that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would give Pennsylvania more than $39 million to address PFAS contamination in drinking water, the agency also said it ...

A new online tool calculates how much Pennsylvanians could save by switching from a gas-powered car to an EV. As Trump administration policies are impacting funding for scientists, some are choosing ...

This story comes from our partners at WHYY. Imagine living in a house made of pineapple and mango skins, where the scent would greet you as you enter and leave your home. And imagine that the ...

There is no longer a federal tax credit to purchase an electric vehicle, though Pennsylvania still offers an Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebate. But how do you know if owning an electric vehicle could ...

This story comes from Pennsylvania Capital-Star, independent reporting on state government that impacts communities statewide. Requiring electricity companies to publish maps of their systems could ...

Jason Walsman first moved to Pittsburgh in 2020 to take a research position at the University of Pittsburgh. He liked the region so much that when his next job offer came from the University of ...