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Pa. could be a model for solar-powered schools — If it can get past political divisions

BY: - June 27, 2023

A new bill would marry labor, environmental and educational interests — potentially forging a new path for bipartisan climate policy.

How Pa. lawmakers are clawing back the state’s power to plug abandoned wells

BY: - May 31, 2023

‘Essentially, what we’re trying to do is to take the law back to where it was,’ state Rep. Greg Vitali, D-Delaware, said.

Shapiro’s environmental agenda raises hopes — but also questions

BY: - January 24, 2023

Advocates want Shapiro to 'to lead where his predecessors have failed' on environmental issues.

Inside the 14-year battle to secure a water line for fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ in Pa.

BY: - December 28, 2022

Long-suffering residents of Dimock, Pa, are feeling cautiously optimistic after Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro announces a plea deal with a natural gas company.

Pennsylvania oil lobby keeps abandoned wells unplugged

BY: - May 10, 2022

The oil and gas industry could jeopardize federal funding to clean up the state’s thousands of abandoned and leaking wells.