Your Environment Update Archives

What the latest UN climate report says about transportation

Reid Frazier·April 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 Change Transportation Your Environment Update

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

Reid Frazier·April 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?

Energy Pollution Water Your Environment Update

How to prevent invasive jumping worms from ruining your garden

Kara Holsopple·April 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.

Conservation Food and Agriculture Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

An avian flu outbreak has Pennsylvania on alert

Kara Holsopple·March 25, 2022

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

Food and Agriculture Your Environment Update

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

Kara Holsopple·March 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.

Conservation Energy Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

Packaging group makes the case for better glass recycling

Julie Grant·March 11, 2022

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

Economy Your Environment Update

River advocates call for removing old dams more quickly

Kara Holsopple·March 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.

Conservation Water Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

How waste coal is fueling Bitcoin in Pennsylvania

Kara Holsopple·January 21, 2022

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

Energy Pollution Technology Your Environment Update

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

Local teen focuses on litter with award-winning photo

Andy Kubis·January 14, 2022

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

Pollution Your Environment Update

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

Kara Holsopple·January 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.

Conservation Culture Your Environment Update

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