It's been four years since the state Department of Environmental Protection placed the Speedwell Forge Lake dam on Hammer Creek in Elizabeth Township on its list of "unsafe, high-hazard dams," but nothing has happened yet to move the structure off that list.That's unaccep......

At least two municipal groups from Lancaster County are among the dozens that have sued the state government over the cost to upgrade wastewater plants as part of a strategy to clean up the Chesapeake Bay.The lawsuit, filed in Commonwealth Court Friday by Capital Region Council of Governme......

Lawmakers in Harrisburg will try to figure out this week how to keep municipalities from being bankrupted by the cost of cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay.Under a federal mandate, municipalities in the bay's watershed, which includes the Susquehanna River and its tributaries, have just tw......

The feds are stepping in to take over removal of radioactive instrument dials from seven Strube Inc. sites in western Lancaster County.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officially took on the job at the request of the state Department of Environmental Protection after Strube Inc. of......

A Lancaster County firm is under 24-hour surveillance by representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency while radioactive material is removed from seven of its warehouses.Strube Inc., of Marietta, was ordered Monday by the state Department of Environmental Protection to remo......

Penn State University has reported a minor leak of "slightly radioactive water" at its Breazeale nuclear research reactor but said Thursday the leak poses no risk to workers, the community or the environment.Workers on Tuesday discovered water leaking from the pool in which the reactor sit......