Climate & Energy
WITF’s climate and energy reporting can also be found on StateImpact Pennsylvania, a collaboration among WITF, WHYY, and the Allegheny Front.
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Harrisburg, Lancaster get F grades for air pollution
Harrisburg earned an F for year-round particle pollution and ranked 37th-worst in the country for that measure.
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Reid R. Frazier
Attorney General files criminal charges against Shell on whistleblower reports over pipeline spills
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Rachel McDevitt
Pa. House measure aims to protect vulnerable communities from heavy pollution burden
The bill would let state regulators deny permits if a plant would create too much of a burden on environmental justice communities.
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Rachel McDevitt
Pa. lawmakers push bills to bring labor, environmental groups together
Three bills from the package have already passed the House with bipartisan support.
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
$1 million fine levied for major gas leak in western Pa.
The Rager Mountain storage field owned by Equitrans spewed methane gas for nearly two weeks.
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Photos: StateImpact Pennsylvania visits Centralia, Wash.
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Coal transition: Raising fish and a workforce with an economic development grant
Grants totaling $65,000 were used to upgrade a high school’s fish hatchery program.