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Episode for June 25, 2021

The Allegheny FrontJune 25, 2021

Manufacturing of electric cars and batteries will take a new kind of worker. If Pennsylvania joins RGGI, a cap-and-trade program for power plants, will your electricity rates go up? An experimental treatment is helping bats fight off a deadly fungus. Sniffing out spotted lanternflies.

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Would PA Joining a Cap-and-Trade Program Affect Your Electric Bill?

Rachel McDevittJune 25, 2021

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative could raise electric rates, but only by about $43 per year. Pa. could raise $3.5 billion through RGGI over 9 years.

EconomyEnergy

Pa. Climate Report Predicts Nearly 6-Degree Temperature Rise, More Heat Waves and Intense Storms by 2050

Rachel McDevittMay 7, 2021

Pennsylvania could have more than a month’s worth of days 90 degrees or higher through the year by midcentury. “The public should be shocked by these numbers."

Climate Change

Climate Change Doesn’t Get a Mention in Wolf’s Budget Address

Rachel McDevittFebruary 4, 2021

Wolf proposed mainly flat funding for environmental agencies and a severance tax on natural gas.

Climate ChangeEconomyEnergyPolitics

Proposal to Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Draws 13,000 Comments

Rachel McDevittJanuary 22, 2021

Enviro groups claim support for the rule, which will help address climate change. Industry supporters say online system shut out people without reliable internet.

Climate ChangeEnergy

With Biden vow to rejoin Paris Agreement, cities and states look forward to federal partnership on climate

Susan PhillipsJanuary 20, 2021

Cities and states have had to tackle climate change with little to no federal help over the past four years. That's about to change.

Climate Change

Environmentalists see opportunity for Pennsylvania legislature in 2021

Rachel McDevittJanuary 14, 2021

They hope lawmakers will see some environmental action as good for the economy and begin to consider climate change.

Climate ChangePoliticsYour Environment Update

Can Biden’s Climate Plan Spark Cooperation in Pennsylvania?

Rachel McDevittDecember 4, 2020

Some see possible common ground in jobs and infrastructure projects like charging stations for electric cars.

Climate ChangeEnergyPolitics

Group Looks to Turn Pa General Assembly Blue to Make Progress on the Environment

Kara HolsoppleOctober 23, 2020

Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives has been controlled by the GOP for a decade. Environmentalists say to solve the climate crisis and clean up the state’s air and water, that has to change.

2020 ElectionClimate ChangePoliticsYour Environment Update

Pennsylvanians Want a Lot From Their Lawmakers When It Comes to Climate Change

Rachel McDevittOctober 19, 2020

From more regulations to transitioning to renewable energy, voters have a long wish list for climate action for lawmakers.

2020 ElectionClimate ChangePolitics

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2024 Election

What Pennsylvania voters say about the environment

Longtime environmental official on Pennsylvania election results: People will need to be ‘as tenacious as the industry’

What can we expect from a Trump administration? Our reporters weigh in.

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