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Ruling On Drilling Law Will Not End Fray
Boomtown: Radio Smart Talk Tackles Towanda, Drilling more»

How Drilling Has Changed Towanda more»

Philadelphia College Faculty Want To Sever Ties With Marcellus more»

Pollution of local waterways, public health at stake from farm lobby actions more»

Seems like every month there is a new food scare that makes the national news. Most recently, it was antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens found in pork. But whether pathogens are drug-resistant or not, consumers should know that these microorganisms can be controlled by proper food handling and destroyed by proper cooking, noted a food-safety ...

Report Finds Chesapeake Bay Restoration Progress, Concerns more»

New Coalition of Over 100 Organizations Urges Local, State and Federal Lawmakers to Protect Americans Against Controversial, Unsafe Energy Extraction Process  more»

Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is part of a $6.2 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) aimed at improving food security in the developing world.

Called innovATE -- Innovation in Agricultural Training and Education -- the project is part of the federal government's Feed the Future initiative to ...

New Food & Water Europe Issue Brief Emphasizes Importance of Measuring Well-Being Without Extending Market Values to Natural Resources more»

Mon Testing Expands To Allegheny, Ohio Rivers more»

Photos Reveal Effects Of Marcellus Drilling more»

The Dec. more»

Is the UK setting up a poverty trap for African farmers? more»

The Department of Environmental Protection announced Thursday it will begin accepting applications December 1 for its Natural Gas Vehicle Grant Program, which will provide up to $20 million over the next three years to help pay fo more»

A five-student team recently was named winner of the 2012 Ag Springboard Competition conducted by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

For winning the business-pitch contest, which promotes agricultural entrepreneurship and new venture ideas in the field, Team Green Towers won the $5,000 first-place award. The team is developing a ...

Conservationists Fight To Save One OF PA’s Gem Streams more»

With the current focus on carbon emissions affecting climate change and the critical role forests play in storing the element, a better understanding of the impact that fire has on the global carbon cycle is needed by policymakers, according to a researcher in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

As carbon registries, carbon credits ...

When you're closely involved with something, it's easy to take for granted how good it is. But for junior Veronica Pasi, spending 10 weeks last summer managing invasive species as part of a hands-on internship in Illinois's Glacial Park provided a new appreciation for her Penn State education....

PA’s Shift From Coal To Gas Power more»

Natural Gas Producers Make Their Operations Greener more»

The Nov. 26 PA Environment Digest is now available. more»

Converting Pittsburgh Transit To Natural Gas Would Save more»

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is seeking a qualified individual to fill the position of Pennsylvania Office Executive Director. more»

Earlier this year, the U.S. Golf Association, the golf turfgrass industry and the Penn State turfgrass program lost a friend and colleague, Stanley Zontek. To honor his contributions to the golf-turf industry and his love for the University, Pennsylvania Turfgrass Research Inc. and Penn State have named a new endowment the Stanley J. Zontek ...

The Department of Environmental Protection, in partnership with the Engineers Society of Western PA, invites community leaders, industry professionals and other interested stakeholders to a statewide brownfields conference from December 10 to 12 at the Doubletree Hotel in Monroeville, Alleghen more»