In Pa. Senate race, Fetterman and Oz change views on fracking, trying to match voters
They were once both against it. Now they're both for it. But do voters care?
Reid Frazier
Inversions trap pollution in Allegheny County this fall, despite new rule
Despite a new rule, hydrogen sulfide and soot levels surged in Allegheny County during a weather inversion this month.
State Sen. Camera Bartolotta urged Pa. health department to drop out of fracking public health forum, letter shows
State Sen. Bartolotta, a Washington County Republican, objected to the participation of the Center for Coalfield Justice and the Environmental Health Project.
DEP fines Shell $670K for erosion, spills during Falcon pipeline construction
Violations occurred numerous times along the Falcon pipeline that will feed ethane to Shell's Beaver County ethane cracker.
An ethane cracker in western Pa. will soon start up. We answered your questions about it
You asked us questions about Shell's ethane cracker in Beaver County. We got answers about jobs, taxes, royalties, and of course, air pollution.
Public gets briefed on fracking health studies, despite no-show from Pitt, DOH
Residents came to a forum in Washington County on state-funded studies on fracking’s impact on public health, even though researchers had pulled out.
Pitt and Pa. health department back out of public forum on fracking studies, organizers say
Pitt and DOH say there's no new info on state-funded studies on fracking and public health. Groups say families of those who died from a rare cancer deserve updates.
In Pittsburgh, John Kerry says climate change solutions will be driven by private sector
"No government has enough money to be able to solve this problem,” Kerry said at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum.
Climate law has a hidden benefit for coal miners: Permanent funding for Black Lung
The Inflation Reduction Act made permanent the tax on coal that funds benefits to coal miners with black lung disease. In Pennsylvania, 2000 miners have the debilitating disease.
Residents oppose plan to build second fracking waste injection well in Pittsburgh suburb
Residents who say the first injection well polluted groundwater oppose an EPA permit for another injection well next to it.
