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Clean air advocates want to see pollution permit fees increased in Allegheny County

90.5 WESA·July 17, 2025

Southwestern Pennsylvania Grassroots Town Halls and the Breathe Project convened a meeting to call on the Allegheny County Council to increase fees for processing Title V operating permits.

Energy Health Latest Stories Pollution

Lawmaker says bill to repeal Sunday hunting ban in Pa. rooted in environmentalism

90.5 WESA·July 8, 2025

Democrat Mandy Steele proposed the bill because she says hunting protects farmers’ crops and important forest ecology.

Conservation Politics Recreation Wildlife

A peregrine falcon flies high above the city.

Pitt falcon fledglings leave the nest

90.5 WESA·June 25, 2025

The falcon fledglings living on top of the university's Cathedral of Learning left the nest earlier this month, but are likely to linger in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

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Pa. clean energy businesses call on McCormick, Fetterman to preserve tax credits

90.5 WESA·June 12, 2025

They say the federal spending plan before the U.S. Senate would devastate the clean energy industry in Pennsylvania, while raising energy costs.

Energy Politics Trump on Earth

Pittsburgh’s parks improve access, creep higher in national ranking

90.5 WESA·June 2, 2025

The report shows that 94% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park with public access.

Recreation

Four teenage girls stand in front of an exhibit of s cottage and flowers.

Pittsburgh youth respond to Supreme Court denying youth climate lawsuit appeal

90.5 WESA·April 3, 2025

"It's not like I planned to become a climate activist...but I just knew something was wrong, and staying silent felt worse than speaking up."

Climate Change

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Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro touts agreement to prevent spike in electricity bills

90.5 WESA·January 31, 2025

Governor Josh Shapiro said Pennsylvanians will be spared a steep rate increase proposed last year by the operator of the state's electric grid.

Economy Energy

Pittsburgh urban farmers get a nearly $900K boost from USDA

90.5 WESA·October 16, 2024

The Allegheny County Conservation District was awarded $894,000 to support urban farming through outreach, education and technical assistance.

Food and Agriculture

Program to help power Pennsylvania schools with solar energy will go online soon

90.5 WESA·September 12, 2024

Solar for Schools, a new Pennsylvania program, will help schools save hundreds of thousands on energy costs each year and create local jobs.

Climate Change Energy

A large excavator on a barge pulls a car from the river.

120,000 pounds of debris pulled from Pittsburgh’s rivers in ongoing cleanup

90.5 WESA·August 26, 2024

The cleanup fleet first tackled recyclable metal debris but will soon pull fiberglass boats, pieces of old docks, and other non-recyclables out of the water.

Pollution Water

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