April Claus
There are nearly 3,400 dams in Pennsylvania regulated by the state. Many of those are “low head” dams spanning from one side of a creek or river to the other, affecting the water flow.
Courtesy Friends of the Riverfront
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Reid Frazier
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StateImpact Pennsylvania
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sent out a new conservation plan to protect endangered bat species from habitat loss as a result of routine development projects. -
Pedestrian-friendly streets in Lancaster; reconnecting York to Codorus Creek; 500 new trees in Mechanicsburg. These are just a few of the projects funded by federal climate money helping transform Pennsylvania communities into safer and cleaner places. -
Researcher Andrew Whelton and his team tested for chemicals in and outside of homes and buildings, in waterways, and even bee hives near the derailment site six times over four and a half months. -
Since the Clean Air Act took effect, emissions of the most common pollutants have fallen by around 80%. The law has saved millions of lives and trillions of dollars. -
Whether it be from damaging weather conditions, diseases, fungi or insect infestations, a sick or dying tree can be dangerous — and hard to spot. -
The owner of the closed Three Mile Island nuclear plant hopes to have a new license – and a new name for the plant – to operate in three years. -
For the third year in a row, Pennsylvania has secured nearly $245 million to deal with abandoned mine lands. -
The Biden administration funded the creation of several “hydrogen hubs,” including two in Pennsylvania. But what happens to them if Donald Trump regains the White House? -
Utility customers applying for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program — commonly known as LIHEAP — can now check a box that will allow their information to be shared with participating gas and electric utilities. -
Water, oil and workers is all it will take to get the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant back up and running, according to the plant’s owners. That, plus months of training, inspections and regulatory approval.
