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Do Regulations Kill Jobs? Or Save Lives?

Kara HolsoppleFebruary 16, 2018

There's a delicate calculation that goes into environmental regulations for air pollution -- the number of jobs in coal and other polluting industries we're willing to save versus the number of premature deaths as a result of pollution.

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Are Pipelines to Blame for Decline in Ancient Salamanders?

Julie GrantFebruary 2, 2018

Eastern hellbender salamanders need clean streams with high water quality and silt-free stream beds to find their prey and avoid predators. Pipeline construction isn't making that easy.

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How Pipelines are Changing the Dynamics of PA Forests

Kara HolsoppleFebruary 2, 2018

A new study finds gas pipelines and access roads carve up more forest land and have a bigger impact on wildlife habitat than the drilling well pads themselves.

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Industry Gets a Pass on Accidental Bird Deaths

Kara HolsoppleJanuary 19, 2018

The new rule is a reversal of the 100-year-old conservation law that was sometimes used to prosecute industries for accidentally killing or failing to safeguard migratory birds.

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Inside the EPA’s Regulatory Rollback Machine

Kara Holsopple and Reid FrazierJanuary 18, 2018

The rollback of a rule to control coal waste in rivers and lakes is a case study in how the EPA operates under the Trump administration.

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How Cities Are Planning to Survive Climate Change

Kara HolsoppleJanuary 5, 2018

Federal action on climate change has stalled, but there are places in America where it is still being taken seriously -- cities.

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The Healthy Benefits of Neighborhood Greenspace

Kara HolsoppleJanuary 5, 2018

In urban neighborhoods, trees could prove to be more than just a nicety, but a necessity, when it comes to people’s health.

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Who Will Pay for Trump’s Plan to Bail Out Coal?

Reid FrazierJanuary 4, 2018

On the campaign trail Donald Trump vowed to save coal mining jobs. But he never said he'd have us pay the bill to save them.

EconomyEnergyPoliticsYour Environment Update

Cleaning Up Coal: Future or Folly?

Madelyn BeckDecember 30, 2017

Is “clean coal” an oxymoron or an innovative energy source that will help us beat climate change?

EnergyPoliticsPollutionYour Environment Update

In Their Quest for World Domination, Invasive Plants Can Adapt to New Climates

Rebecca WilliamsDecember 21, 2017

They can be devastating to native habitats like forests and wetlands--but you have to give it to them: invasive plants are successful, in part, because they’re flexible.

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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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