Energy & Environment

This story was updated at 1:48 pm with additional information.Gov. Tom Wolf has vetoed a multi-million dollar tax credit for petrochemical manufacturing.Wolf had promised the veto in early February as the bill passed the...

According to AccuWeather readings at the Pittsburgh airport, the temperature from January 1 to March 19 averaged 5 degrees above normal.

Unlike the other RGGI states, Pennsylvania has reduced emissions significantly while also reducing consumers’ electricity costs.

As environmentalist and writer John Muir once said, “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”

A common element in these two crises is the polarization of public opinion. Confirmation bias plays a big role in this problem.

We urge the Wolf administration and DEP to move deliberately through the rule-making process to effect protective, cost-effective standards.

The grades, awarded by the League of Conservation Voters, track lawmakers' support across a broad range of subject areas, including energy, climate change, public health, public lands and wildlife conservation. The advocacy group has issued its annual report card since 1970.

Carbon capture and storage is the most “critical” technology for reducing emissions. Pennsylvania should take the lead in this area.

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has vowed to veto the legislation. A fight over a potential override vote in the Legislature is growing more likely by the day.

Goldschneider’s company is looking to build its first plant to produce methanol, an alternative fuel that can be burned to power cars and ships.