Your Environment Update

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Your Environment Update for January 27, 2016

The Allegheny FrontJanuary 27, 2016

Researchers have known for a long time about the effects of lead exposure in children. But a new study shows those impacts may be felt for generations.

Would you eat crickets? The UN thinks you should. The bugs got a big PR boost in 2013, after the United Nations came out with a report pushing insects as an environmentally friendly protein. Photo: Xosé Castro Roig via FLickr

Your Environment Update for January 20, 2016

The Allegheny FrontJanuary 20, 2016

Meat carries a bigger carbon footprint than most foods. But an Ohio couple is raising an environmentally friendly protein you can get behind—as long as you’re okay with eating insects.

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The wild elk herd in Elk County, Pennsylvania drew over 300,000 visitors last year. Photo: John Hast / Conservation Fund

Your Environment Update for January 13, 2016

The Allegheny FrontJanuary 13, 2016

West Virginia could soon be getting back a species the state hasn't seen since the Civil War.

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Warning signs line the Santa Susana Mountain range near Southern California Gas Company's fenced-off Aliso Canyon facility. A well at the site has been leaking methane since October. Photo: Scott L via Flickr

Your Environment Update for January 6, 2016

The Allegheny FrontJanuary 6, 2016

Some are calling a methane leak in Southern California the worst environmental disaster since the BP oil spill. And it's likely to go on for months.

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Duke Energy’s North Allegheny Windpower Project east of Pittsburgh features 35 wind turbines and is capable of producing enough energy to power roughly 21,000 homes. Photo courtesy Duke Energy

Your Environment Update for December 16, 2015

The Allegheny FrontDecember 16, 2015

Democratic lawmakers have negotiated a five-year extension of federal wind and solar incentives designed to encourage more renewable energy production in the U.S.

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