Many people with private water supplies like wells and cisterns tend to put off testing their water until something goes wrong — an odd smell or a bad taste. Here's why that's not a good idea.
Locals have growing concerns over biosolid applications on nearby farms that could contaminate their land with heavy metals and PFAS.
Corn and soy bean crops are hurting as the summer dry spell continues.
The author of the Pennsylvania Food Processing Residual Management Manual urges the DEP to revoke its compliance order against Nicholas Meat.
A Pennsylvania meat processing plant has had to cease operations after DEP issued it a compliance order prohibiting the plant from applying processing waste to snowy fields. The plant claims this has not been an issue in the past.
Discussions are ongoing about a criticized plan to transfer ownership of Three Mile Island’s defunct Unit 2 reactor to a Utah-based company that would complete its dismantling.
A panel of Pennsylvania legislators has approved a plan to simplify the Ag Department's regulation of bottled water.
The proposal, sponsored by Rep. Gary Day, R-Heidelberg Township, would give the Ag Department the job of inspecting water bottles of all sizes.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection invites schools, nonprofit organizations and businesses to apply for $205,000 in 2019 Environmental Education Grants to support a wide range of enviro-education projects.
The severity of the violations explains the disparity in fines on two Pennsylvania slaughterhouses, according to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
With the recent announcement of revised standard animal weights for nutrient management going into effect on Oct. 1, 2019, some livestock growers are likely to be newly classified as CAOs or CAFOs, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.