This week on The Allegheny Front, many of us are feeling the heat this summer, and climate change is fueling the soaring temperatures. A new book tells the stories of people who are working to reduce climate-warming emissions in novel ways. Birds, like the bobolink, that need grassland habitat to nest are losing ground. What conservationists and farmers are doing about it. Plus, Pennsylvania is home to a prairie that is just now bursting with blooms.Â
Also in the episode, a section of Clear Creek State Forest in western Pennsylvania has been inducted into the Old Growth Forest Network and money from the Inflation Reduction Act is coming to Pennsylvania to fight climate change.Â
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Pa. looks to regulate carbon storage wells with new law - A new state law starts a process of transferring federal authority over underground carbon dioxide storage to Pennsylvania, and allows the Department of Environmental Protection to create regulations for CO2 wells.
A new book provides hope for restoring the atmosphere from climate pollution - Climate scientist Rob Jackson tells the stories of people cutting emissions and trying to remove greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere.
A Rare Prairie in Pennsylvania is in Full Bloom Right Now - The prairie, full of about 225 native plants, is at Jennings Environmental Center. A self-guided walk is available through August 2. Don't miss it!
A section of Clear Creek State Forest is recognized as old growth - The 20-acre section in Mercer County has been inducted into a national network of old-growth forests.
Pa. gets $400M from EPA to lower carbon emissions from industries - Pennsylvania’s industrial sector, including steel and plastic production, accounts for 31 percent of the state’s carbon pollution.
