Susan Phillips

Synthetic dyes are often petroleum-based and pollute waterways. At a former dairy farm in Lancaster County, Pa., flowers, plants and kitchen waste color clothes naturally.

Is it possible to imagine life without plastic? It's everywhere — our packaging, our furniture, our buildings, our clothing, our medical and teaching supplies, our toys. Microplastics in particular — particles smaller than 5 millimeters that slough off plastic as it degrades — are in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. They have been found in human

Although bipartisan support for fracking remains high among public officials, Pennsylvania voters continue to be divided and support increased regulation.

This story comes from our partners at WHYY Pennsylvania voters continue to be split over fracking.

After decades of habitat loss driven by warehouse expansion and housing development, the Western burrowing owl now faces local extinction in California's Inland Empire.

Halloween approaches on a witch's broom, or maybe on eight legs. Because for the much-maligned spiders among us, this is their moment in the spotlight: the creepiest part of a

It seems that we as a people no longer hold life sacred. Acts of genocide and extraction continue across the globe.

Here are 148 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Trump said he would stop offshore wind on “day one” should he win the election. The wind industry worries about delays to permits and proponents worry about jobs.

It felt like another nudge toward the tedious sameness of online retail, an unreal zone where you will never overhear an interesting analysis of the recent election while waiting in