There’s been no clear decrease in the pollutants feeding persistent algae blooms over the past five years despite billions of dollars in investments to reduce pollution.
The financial backer and main customer of a proposed plant to treat fracking wastewater at the headwaters of the Allegheny River is backing out of the project. It cited a number of factors for the decision.
The Trump administration wants to open up nearly all of the country's oceans to oil drilling. So what will this mean for communities that depend on the coast for their livelihood? And what will it mean for our oceans? Will they become the site of the next great oil rush?
Companies involved in plans to install a fracking wastewater treatment plant at the headwaters of the Allegheny River have sent cease-and-desist letters to journalists, community organizers, and the Seneca Nation who oppose it.
Some Clearfield County residents have fought for years to block a proposed injection well to store wastewater from the state’s natural gas fields, but the project has secured a permit from Pennsylvania environmental officials.
A new report reveals that industrial facilities in Pennsylvania are among the top polluters of United States rivers, including a chemical company just 16 miles outside of Pittsburgh.
A new report details how the federal government and states plan to fight algae blooms in Lake Erie. The idea is to target phosphorus, the main cause of the blooms.
The bill would require both public and private schools test for lead every two years, and install filters or other fixes for any level greater than 5 parts per billion.
