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Robert Blackwell is an internet-of-things engineer who currently designs smart devices for a pool company. He's been interested in Pittsburgh's sewer problem for years and has an idea for a device that could be a cheap fix. Photo: Lou Blouin

Could Rigging Your Toilet Up to the Internet Keep the Rivers Cleaner?

Lou Blouin
coal train

In Boone County, Less Coal, Less Money, Fewer Miners

Ashton Marra
Miner Kent Parrish stands in a coal shovel at a roadside viewing platform for the Eagle Butte coal mine outside of Gillette, Wyoming. Photo: Leigh Paterson / Inside Energy

From West Virginia to the West: A Coal Miner’s Story

Stephanie Joyce
The electric-generating facility under construction in Kemper County, Mississippi is a next-generation coal-fired power plant that will use carbon capture technology. The plant, which will cost $6.1 billion, is scheduled to open in 2016. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Even in the New Energy Economy, Coal May Have a Future

Reid Frazier
Homer City power plant in Indiana County, Pennsylvania generated enough electricity in 2014 to power a million homes. Photo: Reid Frazier

Federal Air Rules Bring ‘New Normal’ for Coal

Reid Frazier

Landscaping with Goats. Yeah, It’s a Thing.

Lou Blouin
Terry Shanor, a beekeeper from Butler County, sports his favorite shirt at the annual picnic of the Pennsylvania State Beekepers Association. A co-op of beekeepers in the region are trying to breed tougher honeybees that can survive cold winters and fight back against parasitic mites. Photo: Lou Blouin

Building a Better Honeybee

Lou Blouin
The Intermountain Power Plant is a coal-fired power plant in Delta, Utah and provides 80 percent of its electricity to the city of Los Angeles. Photo: Matt Hintsa via Flickr

Inside Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Reid Frazier

A Houseboat Escape on Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers

Lou Blouin

Rob Walters, Three Rivers P.I.

Lou Blouin