As it pursues its ambitious energy transition, Germany is learning that shutting down nuclear plants could be out of sync with its greenhouse gas emission reduction goals and that public support for renewable energy does not necessarily translate into...
Lindsay Baxter expected her three-week study of energy issues in Germany to reveal a green and progressive system that far outpaced the fossil fuel-fired grid that the United States is seeking to update. “Germany is so much further ahead of...
PA GOP Using Budget to Derail Traditional Oil and Gas Regulations – Keystone Politics Did some big environmental setbacks just get horse-traded for Republican budget votes? A Fiscal Code amendment that randomly showed up over the summer, which would effectively...
WNEP’s Don Jacobs sat down with PEC Vice President Janet Sweeney to discuss the Northeastern Environmental Partners (of which PEC is a part) and their work over the last 25 years to help make Northeast Pennsylvania a better place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luv8VJghF-AVideo can’t...
The Monongahela River’s miles-long expanse of flat water, broken into pools created by a series of locks and dams, can be an ideal setting for an outfitter renting canoes and kayaks, but the challenge has been getting entrepreneurs to take...
SCRANTON — The public may vote online for one of five waterways to win the 2016 Pennsylvania River of the Year honor, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources said. Nominees include the Kiski-Conemaugh, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Ohio and Susquehanna...
HARRISBURG-Voting will begin Friday for the 2016 Pennsylvania River of the Year, a title claimed last year by the Conewango Creek and in 2014 by the Schuylkill River. This year, online voters can choose from five nominated waterways: the Kiski-Conemaugh,...
LUZERNE — Krista Schneider has a plan for downtown Hazleton. Scott Everett has a plan for the D&L Trail. Richard Cochrane has a plan for a bike path from Luzerne to Edwardsville. They all have a chance for some funding...
It’s finally happened. The long awaited opening of the bridge linking Lower Merion and Manayunk has opened as crowds of onlookers watched Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Lower Merion Board President Liz Rogan cut the ribbon officially opening the long...
The Nature Conservancy and the Bethlehem Authority, which oversees the land surrounding the city’s water supply, will be recognized Thursday for its sustainable forestry project by the Northeast Environmental Partners. The project includes a timbering program where the authority performs...
If you want to know what Andrew Place is up to at any given hour, take a look at his footwear. The newest member of the state Public Utility Commission has spent years moving among different roles: Greene County sheep...
HARMONY TWP. — Dana Rockwell peeled back the flaps of a grimy garbage bag left near one of his favorite swimming holes on Starrucca Creek. A disappointed scowl crossed his face as the bag revealed paint cans tossed carelessly in...