DEP directed the company to submit details on how it plans to prevent drilling mud spills – or “inadvertent returns” – that have challenged the project in their dozens since construction began last February.
It only took about a day for the Environmental Protection Agency to reverse its decision to delay implementation of new, tougher air pollution standards developed during the Obama administration.
On his way out the door, Michael Cox sent his new boss at EPA a scathing letter: "I have worked under six administrations with political appointees leading EPA from both parties. This is the first time I remember staff openly dismissing and mocking the environmental policies of an administration and by extension you."
The Allegheny Front scored big at the recent Golden Quill Awards. In all, our producers took home six awards from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania.
