How could blocking Nippon Steel’s bid to buy U.S. Steel impact the region’s air quality?

Reid FrazierJanuary 8, 2025

President Biden blocked Nippon Steel's bid to buy U.S. Steel, the region's largest source of air pollution. What might that mean for air quality?

EconomyHealth

A new book takes on the dangers of radioactivity in the oil and gas industry

Kara HolsoppleDecember 30, 2024

Science journalist Justin Nobel's shocking seven-year investigation looks at how the industry has skirted regulations and endangered public health.

EnergyHealthPollutionYour Environment Update

Worried about gas stoves? An induction cooking class explores an alternative

Emily ReddyDecember 23, 2024

Gas stoves are polluting the air in homes and could make you sick. Reporter Emily Reddy attended a cooking class for induction cooking.

EnergyHealth

For 50 years, Safe Drinking Water Act has reduced diseases, and now ‘forever chemicals’ in the water

Zoë ReadDecember 20, 2024

Waterborne diseases plummeted, monitoring increased and drinking water treatment was upgraded. But not everyone has benefitted equally.

HealthPollution

Pennsylvania dairy farms have so far evaded a bird flu outbreak

Kiley KoscinskiDecember 17, 2024

The state has required precautionary bulk milk testing since November for Pennsylvania's roughly 4,900 dairy farms.

Food and AgricultureHealth

PennEnergy agrees to reduce harmful emissions from oil and gas sites in western Pa.

Julie GrantDecember 12, 2024

PennEnergy will make improvements at 49 oil and gas sites in western Pennsylvania and pay a $2 million civil penalty.

Climate ChangeEnergyHealthPollution

Penn State OKs agreement with DEP to address PFAS around airport, pay more than $500K

Anne DanahyNovember 27, 2024

Penn State owns and runs the State College airport in Centre County. Under the agreement, the university will investigate and clean up toxic PFAS chemicals from the airport.

HealthWater

Fairmont residents press agencies on blast at W.V. fracking waste site

Curtis TateNovember 22, 2024

Residents are concerned about an explosion and fire last year at a facility that processes fracking waste.

EnergyHealthPollution

Report: Coal-based steelmaking causes hundreds of premature deaths and billions in health costs nationwide

Reid FrazierNovember 21, 2024

It also found nearly 250,000 cases of asthma every year were caused as a result of the air pollution from coal-based steel, such as at U.S. Steel's Mon Valley plants.

HealthPollutionYour Environment Update

Turning to Forests for Better Health

Kara HolsoppleOctober 31, 2024

People are finding that forests are good medicine. To improve health, one local therapist has taken groups 'forest bathing' in Frick Park.

HealthRecreationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update