Inside the Flint water crisis cover-up
Phones belonging to top state health department officials were found with no text messages from January 2014 to October 2015.
Parts of Pennsylvania got hazy because of intense western wildfires. It could happen more often
As climate change creates conditions that lead to more intense wildfires, Pennsylvania could see more pollution from them.
Bay Area regulators just helped frontline communities breathe easier
Two massive Bay Area refineries have been required to achieve a 70 percent reduction in particulate matter emissions.
Group says tighter radiation controls of drilling waste needed
The patchwork of radiation protection laws for oil and gas waste in the U.S. is “inconsistent,” said an official with the National Council on Radiation...
Millions in state forest gas lease spending ruled unconstitutional by Pa. Supreme Court
The state is not expected to have to pay back the $383 million that was transferred from a restricted conservation fund to balance budgets.
Mytheli Sreenivas: Worried about a population bust? History shows we shouldn’t be.
Letting panic about fertility rates drive policy is dangerous.
MIT predicted in 1972 that society will collapse this century. New research shows we’re on schedule.
A 1972 MIT study predicted that rapid economic growth would lead to societal collapse in the mid 21st century. A new paper shows we’re unfortunately...
California considers ‘managed retreat’ from rising Pacific
State bill would set up fund to help cities buy endangered seaside properties and then rent them out until deemed uninhabitable.