Ohio orders company to suspend operations at 3 drilling wastewater wells
The state found waste could be migrating through fractures in the shale and that the impacts create an “imminent danger” to health and the environment.
Julie Grant
River group gets $1.2M to remove dams in Ohio and Susquehanna watersheds, improve fish habitat
The non-profit group, American Rivers, will use a $1.2 million grant to reconnect nearly 200 miles of aquatic habitat in Western Pennsylvania.
Energy Secretary visits western Pa. steel plant to tout new energy efficiency rule and union jobs
A new rule to make electrical transformers more energy efficient will allow the continued use of a type of steel made at the Butler Works.
Tiny plastic pieces top the list of trash on Great Lakes beaches
The nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes analyzed 20 years of data from volunteer beach cleanups.
Local union workers cheer a new federal rule to modernize the grid, but efficiency experts are unimpressed
The final energy efficiency rule for distribution transformers on the grid is less strict than the DOE’s original proposal, which benefits a local steel plant.
Storing CO2 underground in western Pa. and neighboring states raises questions
A company wants to lease land in the tri-state region of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia to store industrial carbon dioxide emissions deep underground.
Commission approves bids to frack Ohio’s largest state park and two wildlife areas
The commission approved bids to frack under Salt Fork State Park as well as wildlife areas and other state property, while protestors yelled and held signs.
How the latest Supreme Court air pollution case could bring more smog to Pennsylvania
The case heard Wednesday could put a rule on hold that reduces smog-forming pollution from states like Ohio that wafts downwind to states like Pennsylvania.
New ‘Hub’ to help local governments in southwestern Pa. bring in historic clean energy funds
The effort will help municipal governments in a 10-county region access the billions of dollars available from the Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure law.
Ohio derailment reveals gaps in public health response to chemical emergencies
Public health researchers say officials should have done blood and urine testing in the early days after the train derailment in East Palestine and follow residents for long-term health problems.
