Many states have ended lookout programs, but Pennsylvania just built 16 new fire towers. Officials say it's a cost-effective way to monitor remote, rugged terrain.
Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro seems to be making good on a campaign promise to "hold the oil and gas companies criminally liable for poisoning our air and our drinking water.”
The company says improvements will reduce emissions and improve efficiency. Enviro groups say it doesn't address air pollution from the Clairton Coke Works.
The county is still not meeting federal air quality standards for particulate matter. The county's plan for dealing with the pollution must be submitted to US EPA for approval.
Pollution controls were off-line for over three months following a Christmas Eve fire. The lawsuit claims that at least 90,000 people were put at risk from toxic air pollution.
