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a giant daddy long legs sculpture made of wood set against green trees

“Big Bugs” land at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden

Kara Holsopple·June 26, 2024

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

Conservation Culture Design Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

A downtown street is flooded with water and a silver truck is parked on a sidewalk

How one Ohio town is preparing for a future of floods

The Ohio Newsroom·June 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 Change Your Environment Update

People stand around a man in a plaid shirt at a public meeting

There is something wrong under New Freeport

PublicSource·June 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.

Energy Health Pollution Your Environment Update

A road lined with green trees is wet with oil and gas wastewater

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

Kara Holsopple·June 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.

Energy Pollution Water Your Environment Update

A section of pipeline and other construction equipment in front of a house that sits in the background.

Mountain Valley Pipeline’s completion delayed again, builder says

Curtis Tate·May 29, 2024

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

Energy Pollution Your Environment Update

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

Kara Holsopple·May 21, 2024

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

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

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

Julie Grant·May 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.

Conservation Water Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

A tellow sign with bold, black lettering against the Encina plant in Point Township.

Activists celebrate as plans for a chemical recycling plant are canceled

Kara Holsopple·April 26, 2024

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

Pollution Water Your Environment Update

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

Reid Frazier·April 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.

Energy Your Environment Update

Two men using poles with grabbers on the ends pick up trash in the brush near the beach

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

Julie Grant·April 17, 2024

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

Pollution Water Your Environment Update

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