This week on The Allegheny Front, we’re going all in on energy: how we make it, with either Chinese or American-made solar panels, and how we move it, with natural gas pipelines built through our region’s unique topography. Photo (above): A view of pipelines from up high. Credit: Renee Rosensteel.
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Stories in this episode
- Environmentalists Want More Action From Tom Wolf. More Talk Would be Nice, Too - “I don’t think he has an environmental win where he can proudly say, ‘Yes, I committed to doing this. I pushed it through the legislature, and now the environment is now better protected.’”
Are Pipelines to Blame for Decline in Ancient Salamanders? - 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. 
How Pipelines are Changing the Dynamics of PA Forests - 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.
Activist Groups Want More Time to Review Shell Pipeline Permits - The request comes a few weeks after the state shut down another pipeline project due to repeated permit violations, including more than 60 spills along its route.
What Does Trump’s Tariff on Solar Panels Mean for Pennsylvania? - Pennsylvania’s solar industry will feel the effects of the Trump administration’s move to place a tariff on foreign-built solar panels, but will it stop solar installations in the state?
