Is putting a big solar array on the former coke plant site just a pipe dream? Maybe not. The utility that owns it actually has a robust recent history of investing in renewables.
A coalition of oil and gas companies is seeking a 50-year permit that would allow the killing or disturbing of five bat species across Pennsylvania and Ohio.
From championing the cause of retraining miners to finding common ground in the public commons, veteran environmentalist Larry Schweiger thinks there are plenty of ways environmentalists can reach out beyond their base.
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt made a name for himself suing the Environmental Protection Agency. But he may soon find himself in charge of it.
A National Guard veteran talks about why she will be among the military vets heading to North Dakota this weekend to join the protests against the Dakota Access pipeline.
For decades, much of the Ohio River was used as an industrial sewer. And that long legacy of pollution is still being felt all along the river's near-thousand-mile course.
350.org's May Boeve says a Trump presidency doesn't mean all hope is lost when it comes to meaningful action on climate change. But the movement must get serious about building power at the local level.
That fleet of Google Street View cars you see roaming Pittsburgh isn't just collecting images for Google Maps. Some cars are actually helping detect natural gas leaks under the city's streets.
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.
