Pennsylvania moves to limit PFAS in drinking water

Zoë ReadOctober 17, 2022

The Environmental Quality Board voted to approve limits for two of the toxic class of chemicals known as PFAS in drinking water.

HealthWater

DEP fines Shell $670K for erosion, spills during Falcon pipeline construction

Reid FrazierOctober 13, 2022

Violations occurred numerous times along the Falcon pipeline that will feed ethane to Shell's Beaver County ethane cracker.

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How the Delaware River went from a stinking mess to a year-round attraction

WHYYOctober 13, 2022

For much of the 20th century, the Delaware River stank, and no fish could survive. Then, 50 years ago, the Clean Water Act was passed.

PollutionWater

A new film connects the plight of hellbenders with concerns over gas development

Kara HolsoppleSeptember 29, 2022

"Hellbent" tells the story of a small, rural town trying to keep a frack waste injection well out of their community to preserve their drinking water and save a rare salamander.

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Flight 93 Crashed Among Coal Mines. Treating the Water There Was No Ordinary Project

Madison GoldbergSeptember 9, 2022

Treatment ponds were the answer to a problem that briefly threatened the creation of the memorial itself. How they came to be still carries weight for the people involved in the work.

ConservationCultureWater

DEP hears concerns over evaporator at landfill that processes frack waste

Julie GrantSeptember 2, 2022

Residents and others are concerned that radiation from fracking waste treated at the landfill will end up in the evaporator's air emissions.

EnergyHealthWater

Residents oppose plan to build second fracking waste injection well in Pittsburgh suburb

Reid FrazierSeptember 1, 2022

Residents who say the first injection well polluted groundwater oppose an EPA permit for another injection well next to it.

EnergyWater

Jibe and Tack: Teens learn to sail on Pittsburgh’s rivers

Katie BlackleyAugust 19, 2022

Local students are learning the ropes on the Allegheny River with a local nonprofit that aims to get more youth out on the water.

RecreationWater

Researchers find spreading drilling wastewater on Pa. roads can lead to harmful runoff

Rachel McDevittAugust 12, 2022

Wastewater from oil and gas drilling has been used as a cheap dust suppressant in rural Pa. for years, but it can contain toxins.

EnergyHealthPollutionWater

What to know about Pa.’s newest plan to reduce pollution to the Chesapeake Bay

Andriana DelagarzaJuly 29, 2022

It calls for reducing nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment by 2025. With a price tag of $324 million a year, paying for it could be a problem.

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