Climate Change

To align with global climate science pointing toward the need to more quickly reduce carbon emissions, the Green Building Alliance has charted a new path.

The Allegheny Conference report charts a middle-of-the-road path that rejects doing nothing to clean up the energy sector but falls short of the goals set by the global climate conference.

The report finds there are still things we can do about it, including changes to one of our biggest sources of climate polluting emissions: transportation.

Natural gas industry says its product remains essential to reliable power generation

"It's now or never," says Jim Skea, professor of sustainable energy at Imperial College London

Talking to children about complicated topics — like climate change — can be hard.

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case later this month that will look at how the EPA regulates greenhouse gases. Legal experts say the case, West Virginia v. EPA, could mean more than just curtailing EPA’s authority in addressing climate change. It could rein in other federal agencies

On today’s episode of The Confluence: SpotlightPA reporter Ed Mahon explains why the Justice Department alleged that eight Pennsylvania counties’ courts may have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and how it applies to people with opioid use disorder; the executive director of the Mountain Watershed Association tells us why federal infrastructure funding could also help clean waterways that are polluted by abandoned mine runoff; and a look at how severe weather patterns are impacting local businesses.

The second powerful winter storm of 2022 hit a large swath of the country in early February. It dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of New York and New England, brought a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow to our region, and frigid conditions all the way to Texas.

Most communities across Pennsylvania will likely face higher flood risks by the end of the century due to climate change, according to research from Penn State.