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FILE PHOTO: Penn State President Eric J. Barron, right, listens during a Penn State University Board of Trustees meeting on the campus of Penn State Harrisburg in Middletown, Pa., Friday, July 21, 2017.
December 21, 2020 | 5:34 PM

Penn State looking to grow its role as an ‘Energy University’

University President Eric Barron says he's looking forward to environmental issues getting more focus in Biden administration
By Anne Danahy
FILE PHOTO: Classroom at Lankenau High School.
September 15, 2020 | 7:27 AM

Pa. hasn’t updated science education standards since 2002. New plan would be first to acknowledge climate change

A proposed update to Pennsylvania’s standards for science education could transform how public school students learn science — and expose them to more information on climate change.

By Avi Wolfman-Arent/Keystone Crossroads
More and more school districts are adding propane buses to their fleets and switching from diesel. They cite financial and environmental benefits.
December 3, 2019 | 8:35 AM

Suburban Pa. school districts see green in propane buses

“Our plan is to eventually phase out diesel and go all propane."
By Dana Bate/WHYY