5 takeaways from the NTSB investigation of Ohio train derailment

Julie GrantJune 27, 2024

The National Transportation Safety Board approved the findings of its investigation into a train derailment in East Palestine that released toxic chemicals into the community.

East PalestineTransportationYour Environment Update

“Big Bugs” land at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden

Kara HolsoppleJune 26, 2024

The large-scale scultures of David Rogers' Big Bugs + Pollinators highlight the ecological importance of insects and pollinators.

ConservationCultureDesignWild PennsylvaniaWildlifeYour Environment Update

How one Ohio town is preparing for a future of floods

The Ohio NewsroomJune 12, 2024

The river has flooded in Shelby, Ohio numerous times in the town's history. Now there's a grassroots effort to stop it and prevent damage.

Climate ChangeYour Environment Update

There is something wrong under New Freeport

PublicSourceJune 12, 2024

After the 2022 frack out, residents report rashes, foul water and a problem that may be growing bigger. EQT denies responsibility. Documents and videos reveal undisclosed details.

EnergyHealthPollutionYour Environment Update

Former DEP secretary wants spreading conventional oil and gas wastewater on roads to remain illegal

Kara HolsoppleJune 7, 2024

State regulators haven't issued a permit for conventional oil and gas well owners to dump wastewater on roads for years, but it still happens.

EnergyPollutionWaterYour Environment Update

Mountain Valley Pipeline’s completion delayed again, builder says

Curtis TateMay 29, 2024

Equitrans Midstream is still doing hydrostatic testing. A section of the pipeline ruptured earlier this month during testing.

EnergyPollutionYour Environment Update

Your Lawn Is an ‘Ecological Deadzone.’ The Case For Replacing It with Native Plants

Kara HolsoppleMay 21, 2024

Entomologist Doug Tallamy says ditching half of our lawn space could make room for planet-saving biodiversity.

ConservationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

New film takes on aquatic invasives in Pennsylvania’s natural areas

Julie GrantMay 15, 2024

The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy travels to three watersheds to feature invasive plants and fish and what people can do to prevent their spread.

ConservationWaterWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

Activists celebrate as plans for a chemical recycling plant are canceled

Kara HolsoppleApril 26, 2024

The proposed plant would have turned plastic waste into chemicals along the Susquehanna River.

PollutionWaterYour Environment Update

Attorney General files criminal charges against Shell on whistleblower reports over pipeline spills

Reid FrazierApril 19, 2024

Former pipeline employees told investigators the company was underreporting spills of drilling mud during construction of a pipeline that feeds the company’s ethane cracker. 

EnergyYour Environment Update