diff --git a/.github/workflows/artifact-sample.yml b/.github/workflows/artifact-sample.yml
index 60ed5db..976c7c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/artifact-sample.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/artifact-sample.yml
@@ -36,4 +36,3 @@ jobs:
            path: hello.txt
            retention-days: 1
   
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/environment-variables.yml b/.github/workflows/environment-variables.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7478607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/environment-variables.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+name: Exploring environment variables
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  step_level_env_variables:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      name: Setup and read env variables on step level
+      env:
+         MYNAME: jerome
+      run: echo hello $MYNAME