Smoke from this year’s Canadian wildfire season is likely just the beginning. We talk with a fire ecology expert about the role of climate change and what can be done about it. Only a few states have constitutional amendments guaranteeing clean air and water. There’s a movement to change that. We’ll also hear about a new study that looks at radioactive materials in waterways, which could have come from wastewater treatment plants that accept landfill runoff contaminated with fracking waste.
News about a study to measure methane reductions from cows at Pennsylvania dairy farms, another sinkhole forms along the Mariner East pipeline, and discussions about a natural gas severance tax are happening once again in Harrisburg.
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The movement to add an enviromental rights amendment to every state’s constitution - A longtime environmental leader is working to put the right to clean air and water and a healthy climate on par with other constitutionally guaranteed rights.
Learning to live with wildfires, as climate change heats up - Wildfires in Canada are breaking records this year. A Penn State fire ecology expert talks about what role climate change is playing.
Pa. House brings severance tax idea back around, raising an old debate in the nation’s 2nd-largest gas producer - There’s talk of a natural gas severance tax in Harrisburg again. It's unclear whether Gov. Shapiro will support it.
Penn State study aims to help Pa. dairy farmers cut methane — and show carbon offsets are real - The goal is to provide ways to achieve measurable reductions in methane emissions on 70 dairy farms across the state. 
Study finds radioactive materials in waterways near treatment plants associated with fracking waste - Pitt and Duquesne University researchers found radium downstream of wastewater treatment plants that treat runoff from landfills that accept frack waste.
New sinkhole forms along Mariner East pipeline in Chester County - The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is investigating a sinkhole along the Mariner East natural gas liquids pipeline in Chester County.
