Journalist Beth Gardiner travels to places like China, India and Poland to examine the impacts of toxic air, and the possible solutions for fixing a global health crisis.
Nearly a third of utility workers will retire in the next five years. Power companies are enticing students to work in the industry with summer bootcamps and internships.
ORSANCO is gathering comments on its latest proposal to address water quality standards for the Ohio River. Many are concerned about pollution from the petrochemical industry.
This week on The Allegheny Front, surveying Pittsburgh's rivers to see if a salamander is bouncing back, in hopes that an endangered mussel can make a comeback, too. The story of how one school teacher saved a swampy patch of suburb for salamanders. A planned gas storage hub meets resistance and utility companies look to a younger generation.
This week on The Allegheny Front, Japan bets on hydrogen-fueled vehicles, but will consumers buy them? We talk with a reporter who found "chaos" when she went to New Mexico to see how the government is managing drilling on public lands. DEP is investigating well water contamination from fracking in suburbs. Plus, the fast food industry embraces the vegan burger that bleeds.
This week on The Allegheny Front, we look back at the Three Mile Island nuclear accident on this 40th anniversary. We'll hear from residents who still live near the nuclear power station and consider the consequences if the struggling plant, and others like it in Pennsylvania, are powered down. Plus an investigation of a rare cancer in one community.
