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.
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
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.
October 21, 2024 | 5:13 PM
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.
October 17, 2024 | 4:35 PM
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 
October 2, 2024 | 7:53 AM
‘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.
October 1, 2024 | 5:05 PM
Pa. solar companies would need to plan for eventual cleanup under bill in state House
The measure asks solar companies to show they can afford to clean up projects once they stop generating power.
September 30, 2024 | 9:30 AM
Solar co-op aims to lower cost for rooftop panels
Partners in Dauphin and Cumberland counties are working to help homeowners and businesses get a discount on solar power.
September 25, 2024 | 5:10 PM
Fear, hope among mixed reactions as Three Mile Island plans to restart
TMI’s restart is being hailed by those who want to cut climate pollution, but it’s opposed by people concerned about the risks of radiation from nuclear power and waste.
