DEP Fines Landfill Near Pittsburgh for Problems Tied to Fracking Waste
The landfill was sending liquid waste to a local sewage treatment plant, causing it to release contaminants including radium into the Monongahela River.
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Feds Lower Coal Mine Cleanup Funding for Pennsylvania
One reason: less coal mining means less money to clean up the 300,000 acres of abandoned mine lands and the 5,000 miles of waterways polluted from coal mining in the state.
In Pennsylvania, Poll Finds Registered Voters Split on Whether to Ban Fracking
In the poll, support for a ban was strong in cities and suburbs and weak in rural southwestern Pennsylvania.
Wolf’s Support for Petrochemicals Raises Climate Worries as Pennsylvania Tries to Cut Carbon Emissions
Wolf wants to reduce carbon emissions by more than a quarter by 2025 and 80 percent by 2050, but the ethane cracker in Beaver County will make that harder to achieve.
Trump Administration Rescinds Protections for Some Streams and Wetlands
The new rule would exempt 18 percent of the nation’s streams, and more than half of its wetlands from oversight. Farmers, developers and energy companies applauded the rule.
Sunoco fined $2 million for Mariner East spills in Raystown Lake
In 2017, Sunoco spilled more than 200,000 gallons of drilling mud into the lake while building the Mariner East pipeline beneath it. Sunoco didn’t immediately report the spills, which coated 8-acres of the lakebed.
Clairton Plaintiffs to Decide on U.S. Steel Settlement
A meeting was held to explain to residents their options to take the settlement money, or opt out and keep their rights to a future claim against U.S. Steel.
Study: Replacing Coal Plants with Natural Gas Cut Pollution, Saved Lives
The study found an estimated 26,000 lives were saved by replacing coal with natural gas, but health impacts from fracking weren't considered in the study.
Scotland is Turning Pennsylvania Shale Gas into Plastic. But What Happens to It Next?
Plastic in the form of pellets and single-use products are polluting the ocean. Efforts to clean it up are underway.
What’s the Future of Global Climate Policies? We Talk with Obama’s Chief Climate Negotiator
Now that President Trump has announced the U.S. is pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement, does Todd Stern think there's any hope for meaningful action on climate change?
