A two-year investigation sampled the urine of families living near fracking. We talked to the reporter who says she was shocked by the high levels of chemicals found in kids.
Authors of a new book say coal country's crisis should matter to the nation. "America's got to figure out transition for economies, and we need to do it right here in Appalachia, right now."
A researcher found ticks with the bacteria that causes Lyme disease in Pittsburgh's parks. He says there's a risk of getting the disease at any urban or suburban park in the region.
Kara Holsopple likes to tell environmental stories that surprise listeners, and connect them to people and places nearby, and in the wider world. Kara is a lifelong resident of southwestern Pennsylvania, except for her undergraduate years at Sarah Lawrence College. She earned a masters degree in professional writing from Chatham University, and has been a features writer for regional magazines. Kara got her start in radio working with Pittsburgh Indymedia’s Rustbelt Radio. She produced "The Allegheny Front Rewind" series, celebrating the show's 20th anniversary, and her work has been heard on The Environment Report, Inside Appalachia and Here & Now. One summer she read all of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple & Poirot detective novels.
