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.
Urban revitalization expert Majora Carter thinks environmentalists can still be effective by finding areas where environmental and economic development goals overlap.
Canadian-born hip hop artist Baba Brinkman has put his spin on everything from evolution to "The Canterbury Tales." And with his latest album, he's taking on the global climate crisis.
Climate change could bring abundant precipitation and longer growing seasons to northern states like Pennsylvania. But the forecast for a potential agricultural boom comes with some caveats.
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.
