A new book takes on the dangers of radioactivity in the oil and gas industry

Kara HolsoppleMay 3, 2024

Science journalist Justin Nobel's shocking seven-year investigation looks at how the industry has skirted regulations and endangered public health.

EnergyHealthPollutionYour 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

Tiny plastic pieces top the list of trash on Great Lakes beaches

Julie GrantApril 17, 2024

The nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes analyzed 20 years of data from volunteer beach cleanups.

PollutionWaterYour Environment Update

Why conservationists are pushing to get the new Farm Bill reauthorized

Kara HolsoppleApril 12, 2024

The legislation that sets agricultural policy, including conservation programs, is being held up in Congress.

Climate ChangeConservationFood and AgricultureNewsWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

A Tick Researcher’s Tips for Staying Safe Outdoors

Kara HolsoppleApril 12, 2024

One tip: walk in the center of the trail. Ticks like to attach themselves to long grasses. No need to use DEET.

HealthRecreationYour Environment Update

A school day built around birds gives students many ways into their world

Kara HolsoppleApril 5, 2024

The Campus Laboratory School at Carlow University taught students about birds through art, music, poetry, machine learning and even sports.

ConservationWild PennsylvaniaWildlifeYour Environment Update

Paused Ohio chemical recycling plant puts spotlight on Appalachia as ‘prime target’ for the controversial practice

Kristina MarusicMarch 27, 2024

Chemical recycling uses heat, chemicals or both to break down plastic waste into component parts for reuse as plastic feedstocks or as fuel.

Environmental JusticeHealthPollutionYour Environment Update

Wondering when to plant? There’s a map for that

Kara HolsoppleMarch 15, 2024

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map was updated last fall to give gardeners and growers more accurate information about what to plant and when.

Food and AgricultureYour Environment Update

Hollowed out: How EQT’s expansion in West Virginia set 4 families reeling, while regulators trusted the company to answer their complaints

PublicSourceMarch 5, 2024

Pittsburgh gas giant EQT pledges to tackle climate change and flexes political muscle. Communities in its frack path face stark realities.

EnergyHealthYour Environment Update