From the greener suburbs of Montgomery County to urbanized Manayunk, the Wissahickon Creek courses through some of the region’s most-scenic areas and alongside a well-traveled trail. It is a popular fishing, and even a swimming, stream. It is also a...
Pennsylvania’s fiscal year budget package creates a new tax credit for power plants that clean up and burn refuse coal piles; clarifies the state’s oil and gas conservation law and shifts funding for green buildings toward natural gas infrastructure development...
Construction of several gas-fueled power plants in Northeast Pennsylvania demonstrates the extent to which market conditions have hastened the demise of the coal industry. Gas produced more electricity than coal for the first time in 2015, a trend that is...
Countless residents and visitors often find enjoyment and relaxation when they canoe through the rapids and quiet pools of the Delaware River, one of the most scenic destinations in the National Park Service. Many argue that its scenery, fish, rolling...
Pennsylvania solved one problem last month by clearing the way for an update of environmental rules for shale gas drilling, but muddled the oversight process for more traditional oil and gas operators, environmentalists and industry representatives said. A bill approved...
The Pittsburgh Botanic Garden has spent more than a decade cleaning up the damage from a half-century of coal mining. “I’m sure there were times that people thought, ‘Let’s forget this site and find a pristine location somewhere else,’ ”...
Pa. Industrial Power Users Push for Relief From Conservation Mandates Pennsylvania’s large industrial power users are quietly lobbying for an exemption from state energy-efficiency mandates that would save them millions of dollars they now pay to utility-administered conservation plans. The...
On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives rejected a bill that could have paved the way for private water slides, golf courses and even amusement parks within state parks. The bill would have created a system for the Department of...
The city of Camden sits adjacent to affluent communities in New Jersey and across the river from its sister city of Philadelphia, but, as one of the poorest cities in the country, it remains a world away. The Circuit Trails...
The latest effort to force Pennsylvania’s award-winning state parks to consider golf courses, water parks, hotels, conference centers and other private development was defeated Tuesday by Pennsylvania lawmakers. The House defeated the measure by a vote of 123-77. Among the...
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources plans to designate five new “wild areas” in state forests, including the largest roadless area in the commonwealth and the 6,000-acre Quebec Run Wild Area in the Forbes State Forest near Uniontown...
The Pennsylvania House soundly rejected Tuesday legislation that could have led to state parks with privately developed and run hotels and even amusement parks. The proposal failed on a 77-123 vote, despite the sponsor offering a significantly watered down version of...