Your Environment Update Archives

Safety advocate warns of a lack of oversight for new CO2 pipelines needed for carbon capture

Kara HolsoppleApril 29, 2022

A new report by Pipeline Safety Trust outlines the dangers of CO2 pipelines and calls for new regulations.

Climate ChangeEnergyFollow the PipelineHealthYour Environment Update

Will Pittsburgh’s bag ban reduce plastic trash in the environment?

Julie GrantApril 22, 2022

The hope is to eliminate a source of litter on the streets and microplastics in the water. But some point to studies that show people just buy more plastic bags.

PollutionYour Environment Update

An artist wants to give people a new view of an urban stream

Kara HolsoppleApril 14, 2022

To get a glimpse of much of Nine Mile Run, you have to look under a manhole cover. So Artist Ginger Brooks Takahashi created a new portal to connect people to the stream.

CultureWaterYour Environment Update

What the latest UN climate report says about transportation

Reid FrazierApril 8, 2022

Decarbonizing transportation has to go way beyond electric vehicles. A lead author says we have the technology and even the financing, but do we have the will?

Climate ChangeTransportationYour Environment Update

Q&A: Federal pipeline regulator fines Energy Transfer $40M, blamed “corporate culture” for large spill into Ohio wetland

Reid FrazierApril 1, 2022

Four years after a massive spill of drilling mud polluted a wetland, FERC issued a $40 million fine. But is it too little, too late?

EnergyPollutionWaterYour Environment Update

How to prevent invasive jumping worms from ruining your garden

Kara HolsoppleApril 1, 2022

The wriggling intruders degrade the structure of soil and deplete its nutrients, but we have some tips to keep them out of your garden.

ConservationFood and AgricultureWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

An avian flu outbreak has Pennsylvania on alert

Kara HolsoppleMarch 25, 2022

Pennsylvania officials recommend keeping chickens and other poultry inside to avoid the highly infectious virus.

Food and AgricultureYour Environment Update

A longtime environmental leader reflects on her career, and why she’s still hopeful

Kara HolsoppleMarch 11, 2022

During Jacqui Bonomo's 37-year career, she worked on some big environmental issues but credits her love of a Luzerne County watershed with starting it all. She hopes other Pennsylvanians will step up, too.

ConservationEnergyWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update