Petrochemical Town Hall Near Pittsburgh Spotlights Pollution, Health Worries
Also discussed were the drawbacks of a bill to give tax breaks for chemical plants like the one Shell is building in Beaver County.
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Ohio River Regulators Planning Riverwide PFAS Study
Twenty locations along the river including Pa. will be sampled for this group of "forever chemicals" associated with reproductive problems, liver, kidney and thyroid disease, and cancer.
Investigation: Oil and Gas Workers Exposed to Radioactivity from Drilling Waste
A conversation with the journalist who wrote the Rolling Stone article based on his two-year investigation into the industry, worker safety and the regulatory blackhole that leaves people at risk.
Study: Redlining Intensifies the Impact of Climate Change in Urban Areas
The legacy of the discriminatory federal housing policy known as redlining continues to deprive some urban neighborhoods of investment. A new study maps how that former policy worsens the impacts of climate change.
Allegheny County Issues Nearly $800K in Fines for Clairton Coke Works Violations
The fines against U.S. Steel are for air pollution and permit violations that occurred at the U.S. Steel plant last year.
Residents Press Allegheny County to Do More to Address Air Pollution
Residents protested in Downtown Pittsburgh and spoke at the Allegheny County Board of Health meeting demanding cleaner air.
What You Need to Know About Air Quality, the U.S. Steel Settlement and Temperature Inversions
We discuss the settlement of a class action lawsuit against U.S. Steel and how the Christmas temperature inversion that made Pittsburgh's air smell like "rotten eggs, sewer backup, burning plastic and hospital waste."
Trump on Earth Podcast: Strengthening Transparency or Silencing Science?
A new rule proposed by the Trump administration would limit scientific studies that use confidential health data when setting public health regulations.
Clairton Plaintiffs to Decide on U.S. Steel Settlement
A meeting was held to explain to residents their options to take the settlement money, or opt out and keep their rights to a future claim against U.S. Steel.
Study: Replacing Coal Plants with Natural Gas Cut Pollution, Saved Lives
The study found an estimated 26,000 lives were saved by replacing coal with natural gas, but health impacts from fracking weren't considered in the study.
