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Clean Water Group to Start Monitoring Near Proposed Ethane Cracker in Ohio

Julie GrantFebruary 7, 2020

Freshwater Accountability Project will collect air and water quality data near schools, and daycare and senior centers close to the site in Belmont County.

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A Decade of Cleaner Air Ended in Controversy and Questions about Allegheny County’s Future

PublicSourceJanuary 24, 2020

Recent fires at the Clairton Coke Works and temperature inversions have sparked a debate about what should be done to address air pollution in the county.

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A stream inside Ryerson Station State Park; Photo: Reid R. Frazier

Assessing the Damage from Mining: a 5 Year Report

Kara HolsoppleJanuary 17, 2020

One thing the report found was that the information system to track impacts dates back to the 1990s. Another finding is that coal companies are buying up land that they are mining under.

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Wait, People Live There…In the Winter?

Rebecca WilliamsJanuary 17, 2020

Most of the 32,000 islands in the Great Lakes are uninhabited. But the people who live year-round on about 30 of them are banding together to preserve their way of life.

CultureYour Environment Update

Trump on Earth Podcast: Strengthening Transparency or Silencing Science?

Julie GrantJanuary 10, 2020

A new rule proposed by the Trump administration would limit scientific studies that use confidential health data when setting public health regulations.

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Rising Waters: Aging Levees, Climate Change and the Challenge to Hold Back the Ohio River

Liam NiemeyerDecember 18, 2019

Record rainfall and more intense storms are hitting towns along the Ohio River. With climate changing predicted to bring even more rain, will aging flood protection hold?

Climate ChangeGood RiverYour Environment Update

RiverWise Brings Sustainability to Beaver County

Kara HolsoppleDecember 13, 2019

Daniel Rossi-Keen, the group's executive director, says the debate around the ethane cracker being built in his county is predictable. Instead of being for or against it, his group is ready to "do the hard work of developing healthy and creative community together."

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How Much Green infrastructure Will Be Included in ALCOSAN’s $2 Billion Upgrade to Prevent Sewage Overflows?

PublicSourceDecember 13, 2019

The agency's preliminary analysis shows green infrastructure is more expensive to use to prevent sewage entering rivers than pipes and other gray infrastructure in most locations.

PollutionWaterYour Environment Update

New Book from Longtime Environmentalist Offers Advice to the New Generation Solving the Climate Crisis

Kara HolsoppleDecember 6, 2019

Larry Schweiger says the next generation of leaders needs to understand what they're facing so they can be more equipped to fight.

Climate ChangeYour Environment Update

What’s the Future of Global Climate Policies? We Talk with Obama’s Chief Climate Negotiator

Reid FrazierDecember 4, 2019

Now that President Trump has announced the U.S. is pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement, does Todd Stern think there's any hope for meaningful action on climate change?

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2024 Election

What Pennsylvania voters say about the environment

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

What can we expect from a Trump administration? Our reporters weigh in.

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