Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Pipeline will feed Beaver County ethane cracker; company failed to report several spills

The airport has known about the potential contamination on its property for years but hasn’t tested for it or taken steps to protect nearby residents. There are no laws requiring it to take action. Scientists say the airport’s $1.4 billion construction project could make the contamination problem worse.

The federal government warned that the potential health impacts of a group of chemicals known as PFAS are much more pervasive than previously acknowledged.

A cabinet secretary who helped shepherd Pennsylvania’s entry into a regional carbon pricing program to combat climate change is leaving the administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf.

Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection announced $2.1 million dollars in grants Thursday for alternative fuel projects across the commonwealth.

Lawmakers in Harrisburg have wrapped up budget hearings and are now working on a spending plan for the next fiscal year.

The public comment period ends May 11.

The top deputy for oil and gas programs is out at the state Department of Environmental Protection.

On today’s episode of The Confluence: Associated Press reporter Marc Levy explains that despite Commonwealth Court judges ruling the vote-by-mail law unconstitutional, an appeal by the Wolf administration to the state Supreme Court means it stands, for now; the state Department of Environmental Protection has found a third of Pennsylvania streams are ‘impaired,’ and is accepting public comments on a report about the quality and health of the state’s waterways; and Rhythm Sweet & Hot host Mike Plaskett shares his memories of long-time Pittsburgh record shop owner, Jerry Weber.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection wants to fund projects designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, especially in the state's low-income communities.