Environment & Science

Trails are still up and skiers are still coming, just not at full capacity

PennVEST has approved an $8,022,000 loan for the Bethlehem Township Municipal Authority to improve stormwater retention for flood prevention throughout Bethlehem Township.

Alivia Giles, a Hellertown resident, competed against her family and friends in rabbit showing at the 2023 Pennsylvania Farm Show is Harrisburg.

Our daily list of useful information, chosen to inform and enhance your day, includes news you can use and then some!

A look into local farms that grow for or donate to local food pantries and how they further their missions of feeding people, regardless of if they can pay.

Our daily list of useful information, chosen to inform and enhance your day, includes news you can use and then some!

Harrisburg's popular Farm Show featured vendors and exhibits from the Lehigh Valley at its opening day Saturday.

While the recent behavior of the atmosphere has been volatile and temperatures have been tremendously mild, meteorologists say we still have a shot at snow. The Sunday into Monday time frame could bring a few inches.

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

Rescue crews made thousands of water search operations in Pennsylvania Wednesday as Tropical Storm Ida dropped up to 8 inches of rain across the state.

The father of a Moravian University student was found dead Thursday after a water incident Wednesday evening.

Three people were killed in Montgomery County after severe storms from Hurricane Ida hit the region on Wednesday.

A Lehigh Valley man is heading south to assist with Hurricane Ida relief efforts. The Red Cross volunteer boards a flight Tuesday and will help distribute supplies when he gets to the devastated area.

Much of the state is under a flash flood watch as the remnants of Hurricane Ida travel to the northeastern United States.

The U.S. Department of Energy held an online public meeting on Tuesday to find out how frontline communities in Appalachia are impacted by the growing ethane and petrochemical industries. Ethane is a byproduct of natural gas development and can be used to make plastics.

Despite piping hot August temperatures, artist Sarah Karess is hard at work on the mural at the Allentown Transportation Center.

Pennsylvania’s environmental regulator is levying an $85,666 penalty against Sunoco for issues with its Mariner East project in four counties last year.

If you’re planning a visit to a national park, you’ll need to pack a mask even if you’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19.

More than a dozen city leaders, including the mayors of Lancaster, Lebanon, York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, are calling on Congress to pass the Parks, Jobs and Equity Act.

A “Code Orange” air quality alert is now in effect across the Lehigh Valley.

Tucked into the latest state budget agreement is tens of millions of dollars in new sales tax breaks for companies that build and run server farms known as data centers.