The report outlines health problems of people living near fracking wells. The Environmental Health Project says it's about time public health takes center stage.
A Pittsburgh environmental leader says what feels different in this moment in history is that more people are treating racial disparities and inequities as though they matter to everybody.
This year is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, but the coronavirus pandemic has moved celebrations online. Environmental groups have a month-long challenge for Pennsylvanians of all ages.
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.
