Survey finds Pittsburgh’s plastic bag ban is working, but room for improvement

Kiley KoscinskiMarch 20, 2024

A survey found that Pittsburgh retailers have overwhelmingly complied with the ban, but about a third of restaurants have not.

Pollution

Taxpayers subsidize polluting plastics plants like Shell’s ethane cracker, report finds

Reid FrazierMarch 19, 2024

Many plastics plants that have received tax incentives like Shell's Beaver County facility routinely break environmental laws.

EnergyPollution

As Mountain Valley Pipeline nears completion, some residents say their concerns are being ignored

Roxy ToddMarch 14, 2024

The MVP will start transporting gas from West Virginia to Virginia in June. So far, 42 complaints in Virginia allege pollution from construction.

EnergyPollution

Allegheny County fines U.S. Steel nearly $2 million for air quality violations

90.5 WESAMarch 1, 2024

Allegheny County Health Department fined U.S. Steel again, this time for 362 operating permit violations at its Clairton Coke Works.

Pollution

Pa. gains new abandoned gas wells as it sets records capping old ones

Rachel McDevittFebruary 27, 2024

Pennsylvania has hundreds of thousands of abandoned gas wells. Last year, the state plugged just 139, while gaining more than 500.

Climate ChangeEnergyPollution

How the latest Supreme Court air pollution case could bring more smog to Pennsylvania

Julie GrantFebruary 23, 2024

The case heard Wednesday could put a rule on hold that reduces smog-forming pollution from states like Ohio that wafts downwind to states like Pennsylvania.

PoliticsPollution

Marsh Creek State Park cleanup due to Mariner East pipeline construction

Susan PhillipsFebruary 23, 2024

Mariner East pipeline builder Energy Transfer is back at the area near Marsh Creek State Park to clean up more drilling mud.

EnergyPollutionWater

What you need to know about soot, U.S. Steel and Pittsburgh’s air

Reid FrazierFebruary 16, 2024

How the latest news about a new soot standard, a settlement with U.S. Steel and EPA's rejection of the company's air permit could impact Pittsburgh's air.

HealthPollutionYour Environment Update

EPA sends U.S. Steel air pollution permit back to the drawing board

Reid FrazierFebruary 12, 2024

EPA has ordered Allegheny County to revise its air permit for U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson plant to include stronger testing and monitoring requirements.

Pollution

Some East Palestine residents want the EPA to test inside their homes. EPA says ‘no’

Reid FrazierFebruary 12, 2024

The EPA says there is no evidence that contamination would be in people's homes. Experts recommend testing to be sure.

HealthPollution