Incarcerated people in five Ohio prisons help central Ohio-based Ohio Wildlife Center raise orphaned baby animals. The program teaches empathy and trade skills.
The more acres someone has, the more profit they can turn with the same equipment. Someone who farms a smaller acreage could use the same equipment even if they bought more land.
While the EPA administrator announced the agency would loosen Biden-era methane rules for oil and gas wells, some states are creating their own regulations.
Data centers are a hot-button voting issue in Pennsylvania, no matter the political party. At a women's prison on Ohio, incarcerated residents are learning to rehabilitate wildlife, like bunnies, with an eye towards future jobs. A new Pennsylvania law will restrict PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam. The Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General plans to investigate the EPA’s response to the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The newly-released Chesapeake Bay report card is out, with its highest overall grade ever issued, a C plus.
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency plans to loosen rules for methane leaks at oil and gas wells. How Pennsylvania and other states are drafting their own methane regulations. U.S. Steel is seeking an air permit for a new hot strip mill at its Edgar Thomson Plant in near Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania officials are studying the sites of nearly two dozen retired power plants across the state to see if they can be reactivated. Archbald Borough, facing the most data center proposals in the state, denied zoning for a hyperscale data center. Some public transit riders in Pittsburgh will be treated to art installations inspired by birds. A canoe enthusiast is serious about his paddle collection, and a code of ethics around it.
Pittsburgh high school students raise money to get an abandoned gas well plugged. A retiree has also made it her mission to help fix the problem by finding the wells that others haven’t documented yet. Noise pollution from data centers is impacting the health of neighbors. A Philly company is developing equipment it hopes will support the future of the hydroelectric power industry.
