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A hiker crosses a stream in a forest overgrown with invasive shrubs like Asian stilt grass and bush honeysuckle and vines, with parts of the tree canopy collapsed. Local fauna can be seen among the trees. Elevated stream banks affect amphibian habitats, and charred logs from a restorative fire are visible.
August 27, 2024 | 1:51 PM

How volunteers are restoring Pennsylvania’s trails to withstand climate change

By Unnati Akhouri
The state capitol building is shrouded in a haze as smoke from Canadian wildfires filtered into Pennsylvania on June 8, 2023. The smoke degraded air quality across Pennsylvania and other states in the northeast. Jeremy Long - WITF News
April 25, 2024 | 2:01 PM

Harrisburg, Lancaster get F grades for air pollution

Harrisburg earned an F for year-round particle pollution and ranked 37th-worst in the country for that measure.

By Rachel McDevitt
FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, debris washed into the Chesapeake Bay from record rainfall accumulates around a sailboat in Annapolis, Md. An annual report on the Chesapeake Bay says pollution from unusually heavy rains in 2018 contributed to the first decline in a decade in the overall health of the nation's largest estuary.
May 1, 2020 | 5:16 AM

Report finds poultry farming sends more pollution to Chesapeake Bay than previously thought

The Environmental Integrity Project’s analysis estimates that about 1 million more pounds of nitrogen pollution are entering the Chesapeake Bay each year from the poultry industry than state and federal cleanup programs estimate.  

By Rachel McDevitt
The Lombardo Welcome Center at Millersville University produced 75 percent more energy than it consumed in 2018.
July 3, 2019 | 3:18 PM

Inside one of Pennsylvania’s most energy-efficient buildings

The Lombardo Welcome Center at Millersville University in Lancaster County is the first building in Pennsylvania to receive a zero-energy certification from the International Living Future Institute. Last year, it produced 75 percent more energy than it consumed.

By Marie Cusick