Trump adminstration rolls back mercury rules for coal-fired power plants
The standard for mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants will revert back to a 2012 standard.
Reid Frazier
Study: Air pollution in Pittsburgh region responsible for 3,500 deaths in 2019
Even thought the region’s air has started to come into compliance with federal clean air standards, it still ranks among the country’s dirtiest.
‘Alarming’ levels of PFAS from Pittsburgh airport are being discharged into Montour Run watershed
High levels of toxic 'forever chemicals' in the airport’s stormwater are being discharged into tributaries of Montour Run, a popular stream in Allegheny County.
What closing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette means for the region’s environmental reporting
Don Hopey and David Templeton covered environmental news for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette before retiring. When reporters stop covering the environment, "the public is not hearing the information it needs to hear."
How Trump’s anti-renewables policies collide with growth of AI
What do Trump’s anti-renewables actions mean for the electricity sector, which is racing to keep up with artificial intelligence?
Meta reaches agreement to buy electricity from Beaver Valley nuclear plant to fuel AI data centers
Increased power demand from AI has given a boost to the nation’s nuclear industry, as a source of zero-carbon electricity, to an increasingly power-hungry tech industry.
Keeping Track of Pennsylvania’s Resurgent Black Bear Population
Meet Pennsylvania's bear biologist as she gathers data on one of the state's 16,000 black bears. The population has rebounded in the last 30 years.
EPA hears competing views on new rollbacks for wetlands, water protections
The EPA held a hearing in Pittsburgh on a rule change that would eliminate federal protections for about 80 percent of wetlands.
How Trump rollbacks on water and species protection could impact Pennsylvania
Changes could remove millions of acres of wetlands from federal protection and push plant and animal species toward extinction.
U.S. Steel agrees to pay $135K fine, end oily releases into Mon River at Irvin Works
U.S. Steel agreed to find out where the oil is coming from and fix the problem. The company will also install cameras to monitor its discharge into the river.
