Report Faults DEP for Failure to Protect Streams from Mining in Western Pa.

Reid FrazierJanuary 22, 2021

The report says DEP is allowing dozens of miles of streambeds to be damaged from longwall mining in southwestern Pa.

EnergyWaterWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

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

State Gives $34 Million for Water Cleanup

Rachel McDevittJanuary 6, 2021

The Growing Greener program funded 149 projects across Pennsylvania for improvements like reducing farm runoff and restoring watersheds.

WaterWild Pennsylvania

In the Ohio River Valley, the Petrochemical Boom Is on Hold

Reid FrazierDecember 31, 2020

Has the pandemic and other economic woes made the plastics boom a bust? Some in the community are hopeful it will still come to the region.

CoronavirusEconomyEnergyThe Coming Chemical Boom

RGGI, Behind the Rhetoric: What We Know About the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Rachel McDevittDecember 31, 2020

RGGI has been touted as a either a key climate action or job killer. Find out the facts of RGGI.

Climate ChangeEconomyEnergy

Biden’s Pick for Energy Secretary Expected to Bring Together Clean Energy, Job Creation

Anne DanahyDecember 23, 2020

Environmental groups are reacting positively to former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm's nomination, while the energy industry is more cautious.

Climate ChangeEconomyPolitics

Groups Sue EPA over Coal Plant Air Pollution in Indiana County

Reid FrazierDecember 23, 2020

The lawsuit is challenging a plan to allow spikes of sulfur dioxide at two power plants. Even at low levels, SO2 can affect asthmatics in as little as two minutes.

EnergyHealthPollution

State Gives $2.5 Million to Pitt to Study Health Impacts of Fracking

Rachel McDevittDecember 23, 2020

Pitt Public Health will conduct two studies, including a possible relationship to childhood cancers in southwestern Pa.

HealthPollution