Study: Pa. Heart Failure Patients Near Fracking More Likely to be Hospitalized

Reid FrazierDecember 21, 2020

A new study found heart failure patients living near fracking operations were more likely to be hospitalized than those farther away.

EnergyHealth

Fears for Safety and Climate Surround LNG Export Terminal Planned on the Delaware River

Susan PhillipsDecember 11, 2020

What scares people the most is transporting flammable LNG 200 miles along the I-95 corridor through densely populated areas.

Climate ChangeEnergyHealth

DEP Deals Blow to Fracking Plan at U.S. Steel Mill Near Pittsburgh

Reid FrazierDecember 11, 2020

The agency says it will suspend reviewing environmental permits for the controversial well after it lost its local zoning permit.

Energy

EPA Declines to Strengthen Soot Standard

Reid FrazierDecember 8, 2020

The agency went against recommendations from its own scientists that a stronger standard could save lives. Pa. is one of four states that don't meet the current standard.

HealthPollution

Federal Agency Approves Transfer of TMI-2 for Decommissioning

Rachel McDevittDecember 4, 2020

The partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island reactor is still the country’s most serious accident at a nuclear power plant.

Energy

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

Families and Advocates Criticize Pa.’s Fracking Health Studies

Reid FrazierDecember 3, 2020

Families say they're being cut out of the process of designing studies about whether fracking had anything to do with childhood cancers in SW Pa.

EnergyHealth

Central Pa. Counties Get $6M to Help Reduce Pollution to the Chesapeake Bay

Rachel McDevittNovember 30, 2020

The counties are responsible for some of the highest levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment running into the Chesapeake Bay.

PollutionWater

Allegheny County Residents Demand Stronger Pollution Regs for U.S. Steel Plant

Reid FrazierNovember 23, 2020

An air inversion in early November caused a string of bad air days near the Clairton Coke Works. Residents are sick of it.

Pollution

Bill in State House Would Loosen Pollution Reporting Requirements

Rachel McDevittNovember 18, 2020

The bill would only require spills be reported if they violate water quality standards or are reportable under federal rules. Currently, a spill of any size must be reported.

PollutionWater