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Jimmy Carter offered calm to Pennsylvanians after Three Mile Island partial meltdown

Carter visited the midstate on April 1, 1979– four days after the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant’s Unit 2 reactor.

By Rachel McDevitt

Endangered status proposed for eastern hellbender

The eastern hellbender’s population has been shrinking, due to stream sedimentation, poor water quality, disease, and habitat loss.

By Rachel McDevitt

Schools can apply for state aid to install solar energy, save money

A new state grant program that aims to save schools money through solar energy is open for applications.

By Rachel McDevitt

More than $40M heading to Pennsylvania farms to increase climate resilience

The grants are funded by the federal Farm Bill and the Inflation Reduction Act, a major climate spending law.

By Rachel McDevitt

Pennsylvania sees record wildfires this fall

to date in 2024, 671 fires have burned more than 1,900 acres in Pennsylvania.

By Rachel McDevitt

Pa. communities start to see impact of federal climate spending, as upcoming election casts doubt on programs’ futures

More than $5.6 billion has been awarded to hundreds of projects across Pennsylvania.

By Rachel McDevitt

Three Mile Island owner lays out reopening timeline in public hearing

Constellation provided a timeline for restarting the plant during a public meeting Friday with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

By Rachel McDevitt

Nuclear boosters, skeptics eyeing Three Mile Island restart

The owner of the TMI Unit 1 reactor opened up the closed plant to media to show their confidence that the site can repower without issue.

By Rachel McDevitt

Pa. didn’t plan for the end of coal. This community is trying to find a way forward.

Pa. coal communities have been left to navigate the energy transition mainly on their own.

By Rachel McDevitt

‘Life Waste’ is a musical tour of the potential of biogas

Valley Traction plans to perform Life Waste: a Biogas Musical this weekend on the Dickinson College Farm in Boiling Springs.

By Rachel McDevitt
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