EPA decides not to delay rule that will force U.S. Steel to monitor for cancer-causing emissions
U.S. Steel's Clairton coke works will now have to monitor for benzene, a known carcinogen, at the plant's fence line. EPA had paused the rules.
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Along the banks of the Mon, fracking waste in a landfill once again poses a pollution problem
The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill accepts fracking waste. But some fear fracking contaminants like radium could end up in the Monongahela River.
Coke plant’s closure near Pittsburgh led to immediate health benefits, study finds
ER visits for pediatric asthma and cardiovascular disease plummeted after the Shenango coke plant on Neville Island closed in 2016.
U.S. Steel: Gas-valve failure likely cause of deadly explosion at Clairton Coke Works
U.S. Steel said pressure built inside the valve, leading to its failure. This allowed coke oven gas to escape and explode when it found an ignition source.
In Clairton, a community deals with a fatal explosion at the U.S. Steel plant
Neighbors of U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works and its workers react to the explosion at the plant on Monday that killed two and sent 10 to the hospital.
Clairton Coke Works, site of Monday’s explosion, has a history of problems
The Clairton Coke Works has a history of maintenance issues, explosions and environmental violations.
PA issues criminal charges against Equitrans for massive 2022 gas leak
The leak in Cambria County released approximately one billion cubic feet of natural gas. The company was fined $1.1 million last year.
Trump’s tax cut bill turned a clean energy tax credit into an instrument to boost coal
Metallurgical coal is used in steelmaking is a significant greenhouse gas polluter. Companies that mine metallurgical coal are now in line to receive a 2.5 percent tax credit.
Trump came to Pittsburgh to promote AI in Pennsylvania. Here’s what you need to know.
Tech leaders, politicians and gas industry executives joined the president at Carnegie Mellon University, amid protests.
PA leaders, Trump to meet at CMU about AI, as data centers threaten to worsen climate change
By 2030, data centers for AI use in the U.S. could be responsible for as much CO2, the main ingredient in climate change, as the country of France.
