- News
- NewsCats
- Brands
- Special Focus
- Transparency
- Trusting News Project
The days of journalism’s one-way street of simply producing stories for the public have long been over. Now, it’s time to find better ways to interact with you and ensure we meet your high standards of what a credible media organization should be.
- Connect With Our Journalists
- Subscribe to Our Newsletters
- Trusting News Project
- Programs
- Families & Children
- Arts & Culture
- Events
- Support WITF
Energy & Environment
-
Emma Lee
PennEast halts plan to seek NJ public lands for pipeline
An agreement with the New Jersey Attorney General’s office means PennEast won’t take the lands to build the pipeline, even though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it could use eminent domain to acquire the state land for the project.
-
Matt Rourke
Pa. won’t hit climate goals without increasing efforts now, report says
The state’s new Climate Action Plan focuses on cutting emissions in the state’s three most-polluting sectors: electricity generation, industrial energy use, and transportation.
-
Emma Lee
How much do energy industry jobs pay? A look at the data
Data on clean energy jobs is important in Pennsylvania, where there is tension between a robust fossil-fuel industry and what scientists say is the need to cut carbon emissions to mitigate the effects of climate change.
By Karin Kirk, Yale Climate Connections -
Matt Rourke
‘Squash it, smash it … just get rid of it’: Spotted lanternfly continues to spread in Pa.
Julie Urban with Penn State’s Department of Entomology said they are more noticeable right now because they are in their “teenage phase.” She said that means they are feeding a lot and ready to reproduce.
By Julia Agos -
Allyson Ruggieri
Need help paying a past due utility bill? Call before the end of September
About 750,000 residential accounts are at risk of termination statewide.
-
Study shows significant health benefits from Pa. joining RGGI, but some harms for neighboring states
The team at Penn State found that the commonwealth could reduce health impacts caused by power plant pollution by between $18 and 40 billion dollars over the next nine years.
-
Keith Srakocic
It’s ‘leaf peeping’ season in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is a top destination for people who travel to take pictures of fall foliage who are also known as “leaf peepers.”
By Megan Frank/WLVR -
Report: Pa. keeps place as top electricity exporter, sends record amount of power in 2020
A new report from the state’s Independent Fiscal Office shows Pennsylvania sent more than 79 million megawatt hours of electricity to other states in 2020.
-
Keith Srakocic
Congress is debating its biggest climate change bill ever. Here’s what’s at stake
-
Brett Sholtis
Man killed while working at Three Mile Island
TMI Unit 1 owner Exelon Generation said a contract worker was fatally injured around 11 a.m. on Friday.
-
Courtesy Cumberland County
Midstate county seeks input on climate action plan
Cumberland County is adding population at one of the quickest rates in the commonwealth. It also serves as a hub for national shipping networks.