Gov. Wolf’s Budget Proposes Boosting Staff for Environmental Protection
DEP and DCNR would get 25 new staff each. It’s the first time proposed spending from the general fund for environmental protection has risen above $165.6 million in 25 years.
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A Lasting Legacy: DuPont, C8 Contamination and the Community Left to Grapple With the Consequences
PFAS chemicals found in Dupont's Teflon products left a legacy of toxic pollution in Parkersburg and Vienna, West Virginia.
Episode for January 3, 2020
We revisit some of our biggest stories of 2019: 40th anniversary of the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island and links to thyroid cancer; environmental investigations involving the fracking boom; and a court order not publish the details of a sealed agreement between a gas driller and residents of Washington County. Plus, PFAS contamination of drinking water including private wells.
The Water is Cleaner but the Politics Are Messier: A Look Back at the Clean Water Act in the Ohio
The biggest difference between now and before the Clean Water Act is that citizens who have grown up with it have come to expect clean water, and they aren’t happy when the river gets polluted.
What You Need to Know About PA GOP’s Pro-Gas Bills
Energize PA's most controversial bill would remove permitting authority from DEP and put it in the hands of a politically-appointed commission.
Episode for August 16, 2019
President Trump visits the Shell ethane cracker to tout his energy and economic policies. The secretary of the California EPA talks about Trump's roll back of fuel efficiency standards. PFAS contamination is likely at the Pittsburgh International Airport. Climate activists take stock after a tree falls on their car. Pennsylvanians support taxing gas drillers to pay for infrastructure upgrades.
Episode for July 12, 2019
Families with high levels of PFAS chemicals in their well water are in limbo. We look at a landfill's effort to turn trash into fuel and a Delaware River hotdog stand. Pipeline protesters no longer face trespassing charges after reaching an agreement with prosecutors. A former Obama official and Harvard law professor gives her take on Trump's environmental efforts.
Episode for May 31, 2019
Peregrine falcons are back on the Rachel Carson Building, decades after Silent Spring. Landowners are helping endangered species by protecting their land forever. Toxic PFAS chemicals from firefighting foam have been found at two military bases at the Pittsburgh airport. Plus, news about Chesapeake Bay clean-up efforts.
EPA Says it Will Begin to Regulate PFOA and PFOS This Year
Long-awaited Action Plan will also look at whether to regulate other PFAS chemicals, step up monitoring.
Episode for February 1, 2019
Just how can Pennsylvania reach Governor Wolf's new climate goals? One children's author has a strategy for empowering kids to take action on climate change and a psychologist has tips for parents to talk to their children about it. The federal government may not regulate two toxic PFAS compounds in drinking water. And for some farmers, growing hemp is the future.
