We talk with Mustafa Ali, a leader in the environmental justice movement, about how racial disparities go beyond policing, to public health and the environment.
The lawsuit is challenging a plan to allow spikes of sulfur dioxide at two power plants. Even at low levels, SO2 can affect asthmatics in as little as two minutes.
Called a practical environmentalist, Michael Regan has experience dealing with state agencies and is expected to tackle climate change and environmental justice.
The agency went against recommendations from its own scientists that a stronger standard could save lives. Pa. is one of four states that don't meet the current standard.
Reid R. Frazier covers energy for The Allegheny Front. His work has taken him as far away as Texas and Louisiana to report on the petrochemical industry and as close to home as Greene County, Pennsylvania to cover the shale gas boom. His award-winning work has also aired on NPR, Marketplace and other outlets. Reid is currently contributing to StateImpact Pennsylvania, a collaboration among The Allegheny Front, WESA, WITF and WHYY covering the Commonwealth's energy economy.
