DEP Allows Work on Revolution Pipeline to Start Back Up
The pipeline blew up in Beaver County and destroyed a home two years ago. Now, DEP has given the go-ahead to re-route the pipeline.
Reid Frazier
What Losing RBG Means for the Environment
“The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg could shake the foundation of America's bedrock environmental laws, leaving a chasm on the bench where once sat an environmental champion.”
Trump’s Energy Secretary Questions Mainstream Science on Human Impacts of Climate Change
"What is the exact impact that we’re having? That has not been resolved." Scientists say that doesn't have a "scientific leg to stand on."
Why the Trump Administration is Rolling Back a Climate Rule that Big Oil Actually Likes
In gutting an Obama-era rule to regulate methane emissions from oil and gas wells, EPA wants to make it harder to regulate the industry in the future.
For Now, Latest Federal Rollback of Coal Regs Won’t Affect PA Plants
The Trump administration's rollback exempts some coal-fired power plants from Obama-era rules for wastewater containing toxins like mercury, arsenic and selenium.
The Black Lung Disease Epidemic that ‘Shouldn’t Have Happened’
An NPR investigation into the regulatory failures — and the human costs, including to Pennsylvania miners — of a disease that has been described as "suffocating while alive."
Federal Judges Throw Out ‘Gaping Loophole’ in PA’s Coal Pollution Plan
Coal plants could lower operating temperatures to ‘evade’ stringent limits on nitrogen oxides that contribute to smog. DEP has two years to come up with a new plan.
DEP Fines CNX for Well Failure Near Westmoreland County Reservoir
The natural gas well is near the Beaver Run Reservoir, which provides drinking water for 130,000 people. Water quality was not affected.
2020: The Last Chance to Save Our Planet?
Journalist Justin Worland discusses why this year is pivotal for climate change -- it's not just the election.
In Pittsburgh, EPA’s Andrew Wheeler Announces Methane Rollbacks for Oil and Gas
The potent greenhouse gas leaks from oil and gas infrastructure -- even big oil companies favored the Obama-ere rule.
