Struggling to Stay in Appalachia After Coal Layoffs
What’s left for people living in coal communities when their jobs disappear?
Reid Frazier
Two Dead and Four Injured at Pittsburgh-area Coal Plant Accident
Two workers died and four others were injured in an accident at a Pittsburgh-area coal-fired power plant late...
Don’t Eat it: PCB Levels in Fish Prompt Advisory for PA River
State officials issued a “do not eat” advisory for all game fish on the Shenango River in Western...
Pittsburgh Struggles to Fix Its Lead Problem
Like a lot of other cities, Pittsburgh has to deal with its antiquated lead water lines. The state says so. But how?
Renewables in the Trump Era: Doomed or Too Big to Fail?
In the latest from our Trump on Earth podcast, it's no secret that the President is a big fan of fossil fuels. But where does that leave solar and wind energy?
Shell’s Pennsylvania Chemical Plant Brings Hope for Jobs, Fear of Pollution
Shell’s ethane cracker is scheduled to begin construction later this year. Many in the region worry what impact the plant--and others that might be built in the future--will have on the region’s air.
Is Fracking an Environmental Justice Issue?
Pennsylvania’s environmental justice program was created before the state’s fracking boom began. So none of the state’s more than 10,000 shale gas wells were ever subject to it. Some environmentalists think it’s time that changes.
There’s Enough Gas for Several More Crackers, Industry Says
Shell’s $6 billion ethane cracker in Beaver County could be the first of several large chemical plants in the region. That’s because there’s enough ethane being produced to provide the chemical industry with the raw material without any additional drilling.
On Health Effects, Blame the Trucks, Not the Fracking?
Scientists have linked fracking with health issues for people who live near gas wells. Many wonder whether the fracking process itself is to blame. But one researcher thinks the problem might have nothing to do with fracking, but rather something we see so often, we hardly ever notice it.
It’s Not Paris or Pittsburgh. It’s the Planet.
President Trump fulfilled one of his biggest campaign promises in taking the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord. But could his decision lead to more climate action, not less?
