The rules include an extension for the closure of unlined coal ash lagoons. A recent study has shown more than 90% of these sites are leaking arsenic and other toxins at levels exceeding EPA health standards.
The storage site is an old, depleted oil and gas formation that lies less than 2,000 beneath what will soon be an active part of a coal mine. The company failed to submit complete reports on gas wells into the site.
Saying again that he represents Pittsburgh not Paris, Trump asked if the plans of some Democratic candidates to end the burning of fossil fuels are based on stupidity or evil.
Mike Campbell and Sister Pat Lupo started Hold Erie Coke Accountable to keep an eye on the plant. DEP tried to shut it down due to violations, but a court order is keeping it open.
Common birds like the great horned owl could become less common and the state bird, the ruffed grouse could disappear altogether in Pa if global temperatures continue to rise.
A CMU scientist is using photographs of Pittsburgh hillsides to predict where landslides are more likely to occur. Climate change will bring more heavy rains and landslides.
