Full Episode

In this episode, we hear the story of a young environmentalist returning to her Pennsylvania hometown, where the issues that drove her away to begin with are now driving her back.

In this episode, we explore whether the state is doing enough to help citizens with fracking-related water issues and check out how Shell's new chemical plant could roll back the region's recent gains on air quality.

In this episode, we explore how America's national parks are shaping and expanding the conversation about our national identity.

In this episode, we explore Shell's plan to build a new petrochemical facility near Pittsburgh and check out a new photo exhibit that documents the lives and landscapes transformed by Pennsylvania's fracking boom.

In this episode, we follow the story of two Pennsylvania miners who are struggling to find work in the wake of a collapsing coal industry.

In this episode, we check out some of our award-winning stories from 2016—including a look at a new battery technology that could give renewables a big boost and an investigation of a coal ash dump near Pittsburgh that may be causing health problems for a rural community and a nearby prison.

In this episode, we check out everything you need to know about this year's mass cicada emergence in Pennsylvania, and explore how things got so bad, so fast for the coal industry.

In this episode, we check out a new school "aquaponics" program that's training kids to be scientists and explore some of the hidden environmental hazards lurking in and around Pennsylvania's schools.

In this episode, we check out how the great weather climate change has brought us so far may be killing our motivation to act decisively on big threats it promises to bring in the future.

In this episode, we check out how wild turkeys and coyotes are making themselves right at home in and around Pittsburgh and explore why the city's march toward cleaner air has been such a slog.