March 7, 2025 | 10:53 AM
Rachel McDevitt
I report on energy and the environment for StateImpact Pennsylvania at WITF.
My work focuses on responses and solutions to climate change in the state legislature and communities around the state. I trace my interest in these issues back to my time as a Girl Scout and this episode of Rocko’s Modern Life.
I look forward to winter just for the chance to ski a few times each season. I try to keep myself from doom-scrolling on my phone by keeping my hands busy knitting and learning to play the piano.
I grew up in Cambria County, Pa. and graduated from Temple University. I started at WITF just after Christmas in 2014.
My work focuses on responses and solutions to climate change in the state legislature and communities around the state. I trace my interest in these issues back to my time as a Girl Scout and this episode of Rocko’s Modern Life.
I look forward to winter just for the chance to ski a few times each season. I try to keep myself from doom-scrolling on my phone by keeping my hands busy knitting and learning to play the piano.
I grew up in Cambria County, Pa. and graduated from Temple University. I started at WITF just after Christmas in 2014.
Latest by Rachel McDevitt
February 27, 2025 | 2:13 PM
Federally-funded solar program needs Pennsylvania approval to get started
February 19, 2025 | 3:58 PM
Three Mile Island nuclear plant lays out emergency plans
December 30, 2024 | 11:54 AM
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.
December 20, 2024 | 3:37 PM
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.
December 19, 2024 | 12:47 PM
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.
December 2, 2024 | 5:15 PM
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.
November 21, 2024 | 5:01 PM
Pennsylvania sees record wildfires this fall
to date in 2024, 671 fires have burned more than 1,900 acres in Pennsylvania.
October 31, 2024 | 12:42 PM
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.
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Rachel McDevitt 
October 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM
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.
