This is the first installment of a series of fun, nature-based activities in western Pennsylvania. Check back for more in the coming weeks. Searching the shores of Lake Erie for beach glass is a ...

Since a toxic algal bloom left hundreds of thousands of Toledo-area residents without safe drinking water in 2014, scientists have been working to curb the yearly threat. The state has funded efforts ...

When the Army Corps of Engineers removed a dam on the Monongahela River a couple of years ago, the water level dropped more than some businesses expected. Researchers are working on buoys that combat ...

Environmental groups are criticizing Nippon Steel’s recent investments in its Pittsburgh-area U.S. Steel mills for continuing the company’s reliance on coal to produce steel. As a result, they say, ...

This story comes from Pennsylvania Capital-Star, independent reporting on state government that impacts communities statewide. For more than a decade, Tesla Motors has been the only electric vehicle ...

Waystations help create habitat for monarch butterflies to breed and stop over during their 3,000-mile migration to Mexico.

A coalition of groups in Westmoreland County is encouraging people in the Laurel Highlands to make their properties part of a nationwide effort to create habitat for monarch butterflies. Every fall, ...

The United Titanium Bug Zoo at Ohio State University’s campus in Wooster is full of creepy, crawly critters in extra large sizes: hairy tarantulas, cave cockroaches and giant millipedes. But at least ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is accepting public comments on a proposed permit for treated wastewater discharge for a new coal mine planned for the Laurel Highlands in ...

Work began earlier this month on a billion-dollar tunnel project intended to reduce untreated sewage and stormwater in the region’s rivers — contamination that fouls waterways, threatens public health ...

This week, we look at the life and legacy of Henry David Thoreau, who has been called the godfather of the environmental movement. We interview the directors of a new Ken Burns documentary about ...