Environment & Science

After Easton Space Fest was canceled due to weather in 2019, the organizers are coming back with something even bigger for the spring.

The World Health organization is changing the name of monkeypox. The current name is thought to be both racist and stigmatizing.

Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will host guided hikes in state parks and forests on Jan. 1. Lehigh Valley hikers may want to head to Jacobsburg State Park for a walk through Henry's Woods.

Public health officials want more Americans to get the latest COVID vaccine booster. Only 35% of people over 65 have gotten the shot, though 75% of COVID deaths are among people in this age group.

The region saw a temperature swing of nearly 50 degrees in less than 24 hours

Plans are in the works for flower CSAs — Community Supported Agriculture — subscriptions that will bring joy and color to 2023. Here's how you can sign up, and bring the fragrant anticipation of the blooms to come.

The appearance of a massive, rotating ice circle caught the attention of a city resident who captured drone video near Groundhog Lock along the Delaware Canal in Raubsville, south of Easton.

The extreme weather stretched from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande along the border with Mexico. About 60% of the U.S. population faced some sort of winter weather advisory or warning, and temperatures plummeted drastically below normal from east of the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians.

The National Weather Service says temperatures won't get out of the 20s again Monday. But the Lehigh Valley will see significant changes by the middle of the week.

Thousands in the Lehigh Valley and nearby remain without power as PPL sets up resource centers for those impacted

This summer’s combination of record-breaking heat, Black Lives Matter activism, and the pandemic has led to conversations on environmental justice.

As state lawmakers debate how to help Pennsylvania’s economy recover from the coronavirus shutdown, environmental groups see an opening for a cleaner future.

Creator of #BrownSkinPlantMama, Veronica Moore is sharing her journey of healing with nature... while also creating a space for Black and Brown people in the plant community.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro charged two pipeline companies with polluting groundwater and streams in a series of spills in 2015 along a pipeline project in Washington County.

For the first time, Penn State University Lehigh Valley students can pursue a degree in cybersecurity.

State senators are weighing the risks and benefits of Pennsylvania joining a regional cap and trade program targeting greenhouse gases.

Many sectors of the economy have been halted or changed by the coronavirus pandemic, and environmental research is no exception.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A large water main break in Western Allentown, Wednesday, April 29, left areas of the city without water or with low water pressure. The…

Organizations across the Lehigh Valley are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day - including the Wildlands Conservancy, which protects natural areas and waterways.

Four local colleges and universities are working together to mitigate 100% of their emissions from electricity consumption.