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

Reporters Roundtable: What we learned from our investigation in East Palestine

The Allegheny FrontFebruary 9, 2024

We talk about the take-aways from our reporting project and what our reporters are looking out for next in East Palestine.

HealthPollutionTransportation

New EPA rule could rein in air pollution in Western Pennsylvania

Sarah BodenFebruary 8, 2024

EPA's new rule for soot in ambient air will prevent 4,500 premature deaths nationwide. Allegheny County stands to benefit too.

HealthPollution

‘We refuse to die’: East Palestine residents mark one year since train derailment

Abigail BottarFebruary 6, 2024

Activists from the Gulf Coast and Pennsylvania joined those in East Palestine to erect a carving that looks toward the site of the derailment.

East PalestinePollution

Pennsylvania gets $101 million to clean up old mines

Rachel McDevittFebruary 6, 2024

Pennsylvania has 200,000 acres of abandoned mine land and more than 5,000 miles of streams contaminated by abandoned mine runoff.

ConservationPollutionWaterWild Pennsylvania

A year later, the stream flowing under peoples’ homes in East Palestine is still polluted

Reid FrazierFebruary 2, 2024

Sulphur Run winds its way through East Palestine and under homes through culverts. People living above the stream are worried about the continued contamination.

HealthPollutionWater

Study considers East Palestine post-derailment link between air quality and disease

Ideastream Public MediaFebruary 2, 2024

Researchers will collect biological samples from impacted residents in Ohio and Pennsylvania to monitor changes in their DNA over time.

East PalestineHealthPollution