Rachel McDevitt | StateImpact Pennsylvania

The Solar for Schools grant program, funded by $25 million in state money, will cover up to half the project cost of installing solar for grant winners.

Temperatures have dropped in recent weeks, causing many to reach for the thermostat. There are ways to make sure you are heating your home efficiently and saving money this winter. Some upgrades may even qualify for a rebate or tax credit.

Pennsylvania’s farms could become more resilient to severe weather brought on by climate change thanks to $40.8 million in federal grant money.

Motorists hitting the road for the Thanksgiving holiday can expect to pay less for gasoline this year and prices are likely to stay low into the winter.

Warm temperatures and dry conditions are behind recent wildfires in the Northeast, but Pennsylvania foresters say weather trends should bring relief to the state.

The owner of the closed Three Mile Island nuclear plant hopes to have a new license – and a new name for the plant – to operate in three years.

Water, oil and workers is all it will take to get the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant back up and running, according to the plant’s owners. That, plus months of training, inspections and regulatory approval.

A state House committee is advancing a measure that would make solar energy development more expensive.

The central Pennsylvanian was one of about 80,000 people that evacuated during the partial meltdown – an incident that halted the growth of the U.S. nuclear power industry for decades.

A new analysis from the state’s Independent Fiscal Office says Pennsylvania companies drilled 63 new wells between April and June–the lowest quarterly number since 2008. The number of new wells has been falling since the third quarter of 2023.