How a land trust is fighting invasive hemlock woolly adelgid in Allegheny County

Ella KatonaNovember 27, 2024

Hollow Oak Land Trust is selectively treating hemlock trees with insecticide and hopes to inspire homeowners to do the same.

ConservationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

Report: Coal-based steelmaking causes hundreds of premature deaths and billions in health costs nationwide

Reid FrazierNovember 21, 2024

It also found nearly 250,000 cases of asthma every year were caused as a result of the air pollution from coal-based steel, such as at U.S. Steel's Mon Valley plants.

HealthPollutionYour Environment Update

Removing a popular dam for safety and fish

Julie GrantNovember 13, 2024

Since Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and American Rivers partnered to remove the Woodland Dam along Little Sewickley Creek in 2015, fish populations have rebounded.

ConservationWaterWild PennsylvaniaWildlifeYour Environment Update

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules 

Environmental Health NewsNovember 12, 2024

A massive push for hydrogen energy is one of the first test cases of new federal environmental justice initiatives. Communities and advocates so far give the feds a failing grade.

EnergyEnvironmental JusticeYour Environment Update

Longtime environmental official on Pennsylvania election results: People will need to be ‘as tenacious as the industry’

Kara HolsoppleNovember 8, 2024

David Hess, former Secretary of the Pa. DEP and author of an environmental blog, weighs in on the split legislature and Republican attorney general.

2024 ElectionPoliticsYour Environment Update

Turning to Forests for Better Health

Kara HolsoppleOctober 31, 2024

People are finding that forests are good medicine. To improve health, one local therapist has taken groups 'forest bathing' in Frick Park.

HealthRecreationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

Contenders in Pennsylvania Senate race shy from risky climate, energy stances while courting voters

PublicSourceOctober 30, 2024

One of four notable swing districts, Pennsylvania’s 37th Senate seat could shift the balance of power in state government, with big implications for climate and energy.

2024 ElectionClimate ChangeEnergyYour Environment Update

New studies shed light on the contamination and response to East Palestine derailment

Julie GrantOctober 23, 2024

Four university studies funded by the National Science Foundation find new chemicals, and call for better environmental testing and communication after last year’s Norfolk Southern train derailment.

East PalestinePollutionWaterYour Environment Update

This group wants to help you make your yard more wild

Kara HolsoppleOctober 23, 2024

Wild Ones wants to help people plant yards and gardens that nurture the Earth rather than harm it. This fall, try leaving the leaves in your yard to help wildlife.

ConservationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

New book looks at winners and losers in Pennsylvania environmental history 

Kara HolsoppleOctober 17, 2024

“Cradle of Conservation” examines how people have interacted with the environment from pre-colonial days to now.

Climate ChangeConservationEnvironmental JusticeHistoryWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update