Your Environment Update Archives

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

Packaging group makes the case for better glass recycling

Julie GrantMarch 11, 2022

Glass is endlessly recyclable. So why don't some municipalities collect it at the curb?

EconomyYour Environment Update

River advocates call for removing old dams more quickly

Kara HolsoppleMarch 4, 2022

A new report by American Rivers says aging dams that no longer serve a purpose harm the health of rivers and put people and communities in danger.

ConservationWaterWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

How waste coal is fueling Bitcoin in Pennsylvania

Kara HolsoppleJanuary 21, 2022

Mining the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, takes a tremendous amount of energy. In Pennsylvania, that energy is coming from waste coal.

EnergyPollutionTechnologyYour Environment Update

A view of Downtown Pittsburgh from under a bridge with litter.

Local teen focuses on litter with award-winning photo

Andy KubisJanuary 14, 2022

Pennsylvania has a littler problem. A Pittsburgh-area high school student hopes her award-winning photo can help.

PollutionYour Environment Update

Conversations with famed biologist, E.O. Wilson, who died at the age of 92

Kara HolsoppleJanuary 12, 2022

The Allegheny Front talked with E.O. Wilson over the years. He was a giant in the fields of biology and conservation. His work on the behavior of ants brought insects into the public imagination.

ConservationCultureYour Environment Update

Long-time environmental journalist reflects on his beat in Pittsburgh

Kara HolsoppleDecember 30, 2021

Don Hopey reported on the environment for more than 25 years. He says climate change is the story of our lifetimes.

Climate ChangeEnergyYour Environment Update

How a determined crew of DumpBusters clears a ton of trash from a Pittsburgh hillside

Kara HolsoppleDecember 24, 2021

Volunteers spent just three hours clearing more than a ton of trash at one of the dozens of illegal dumpsites in Allegheny County slated for cleanup by Allegheny Cleanways.

PollutionYour Environment Update

Why dragonflies found in the Ohio River could mean good news for the industrial waterway

Kara HolsoppleDecember 24, 2021

Dragonfly and damselfly larvae found in the Ohio River surprised researchers. Aquatic insects are indicators of ecosystem health.

ConservationWild PennsylvaniaWildlifeYour Environment Update

Full Episodes

Episode for March 28, 2025

Episode for March 21, 2025

Episode for March 14, 2025

Trump on Earth

Trump’s EPA head vowed to roll back dozens of regulations. What impact will that have on public health?

‘A reckless dismantling’: EPA employees and supporters march in Philly to protest cuts

Farmers in Trump country were counting on clean energy grants. Then the government moved the goalposts.

Your Environment Update