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FILE - A small boat travels along the Honga River near the Chesapeake Bay, as the sky lights up at sunrise in Fishing Creek, Md., May 14, 2020. In an evaluation released on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, an environmental group, gave the Chesapeake Bay watershed a D-plus grade, the same grade it gave the watershed in its last report in 2020.

January 5, 2023 | 1:49 PM

The Chesapeake Bay earns a D+ in latest report.

By The Associated Press

The Gaucho Solar project near the Pittsburgh International Airport in the early stages of construction.

November 11, 2022 | 10:43 AM

A new solar farm will provide The University of Pittsburgh about a fifth of its electricity

By Sarah Schneider/WESA

Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a $2 billion tax credit package for the hydrogen production, milk processing, and biomedical research industries into law, capping months of quiet negotiations between the Democrat and top Republicans in the General Assembly.

November 3, 2022 | 1:10 PM

Tom Wolf signs $2 billion tax package that encourages natural gas production in Pa.

Despite the size of the package, lawmakers introduced and passed the bill in just a few hours with no public hearings.

By Stephen Caruso/SpotlightPA

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and top state lawmakers are hurriedly negotiating a massive economic development package that would encourage natural gas development in Pennsylvania.

October 24, 2022 | 1:57 PM

Tom Wolf and Pa. lawmakers look to push through massive tax incentives for natural gas, as Nov. 8 election approaches,

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and top state lawmakers are hurriedly negotiating a massive economic development package that would encourage natural gas development in Pennsylvania.

By Stephen Caruso/SpotlightPA

Jerry Coleman, a former coal miner in West Virginia, has black lung disease.

September 6, 2022 | 10:07 AM

New climate law has a hidden benefit for coal miners: Permanent funding for black lung

Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats’ large climate and health care bill, included one provision aimed at helping miners afflicted by black lung disease.

By Reid Frazier

A sign outside the Mount Joy Borough Offices directs voters on Nov. 3, 2020.

August 11, 2022 | 12:35 PM

Election 2022: How to participate in Pennsylvania’s upcoming mid-terms

By Staff

Stickers reading "I VOTED TODAY" and "HE VOTADO HOY" are place out for voters at a polling station on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 in Philadelphia.

August 2, 2022 | 9:30 AM

Las elecciones de medio mandato: ¿Cómo puedo participar?

By Staff

United States Post Office delivery trucks are reflected in the side mirror of a vehicle as postal delivers set off on their daily rounds as a statewide stay-at-home order remains in effect in an effort to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Arvada, Colo. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

July 5, 2022 | 9:47 AM

Pa. among 16 states suing U.S. Postal Service over lack of electric vehicles

The lawsuits say the Postal Service violated federal law by not doing a proper environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act

By Susan Phillips

FILE - Deepwater Wind's turbines stand in the water off Block Island, R.I., on Aug. 23, 2019. The White House is launching a formal partnership with 12 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry. It's a key element of President Joe Biden's plan for climate change.

June 23, 2022 | 9:02 AM

Pennsylvania, East Coast governors team up with Biden for offshore wind power

The White House is launching a formal partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry

By Matthew Daly/ The Associated Press

In this Aug. 1, 2018 photo, a water tower stands above a residential neighborhood in Horsham, Pa. In Horsham and surrounding towns in eastern Pennsylvania, and at other sites around the United States, the foams once used routinely in firefighting training at military bases contained per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. EPA testing between 2013 and 2015 found significant amounts of PFAS in public water supplies in 33 U.S. states.

June 16, 2022 | 4:33 PM

1 in 3 Pennsylvania drinking water systems exceed new EPA limits for ‘forever chemicals’

The federal government warned that the potential health impacts of a group of chemicals known as PFAS are much more pervasive than previously acknowledged

By Oliver Morrison/ WESA

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