PWSA receives $52.4M EPA loan to continue drinking water system improvements
The EPA loan came through the federal Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, which aims to modernize aging treatment systems.
Environmental Justice
Study to look at flooding and health outcomes in 2 predominantly Black Pittsburgh neighborhoods
Researchers received about $1.35 million from the U.S. EPA to study basement flooding in Homewood and the Hill District, as climate change worsens storms.
The future of the Clean Water Act: How it might be limited and how it could be improved
The landmark legislation passed by Congress in 1972 isn’t perfect, but its scope may be limited by an upcoming Supreme Court decision.
A new collection of climate fiction imagines a just, green future
A new collection of short stories looks into the future to find hope and community-based solutions amid the climate crisis.
Ohio groups petition U.S. EPA to revoke state’s regulation of oil and gas waste disposal wells
The groups say Ohio's failure to enforce regulations is endangering drinking water and burdening low-income Appalachian communities.
Pennsylvania environmental group pushing for air quality monitors in environmental justice communities
Clean Air Council wants monitors in public areas in communities in Delaware County that have poor air quality so residents can start "talking to each other about what’s happening."
An industry campaign re-brands natural gas as climate-friendly to people of color
The $10 million dollar campaign is to improve the opinion of natural gas to make sure it doesn't go the way of coal.
Trauma in coal town remains raw after a decade on boil water advisory
West Virginia residents were unable to pay to connect to a water system that would have provided clean water until the nonprofit, Dig Deep, stepped in.
Major export terminal pitched in Chester sets up clash between Biden’s LNG, environmental justice goals
Activists were surprised to learn of the proposal to process natural gas for export. And they're not happy. “We will not be prostituted for pollution."
Pittsburgh is preparing for increasingly severe flooding from climate change
As more basements are flooded, developers in the city now are required to take into account increasing amounts of rainfall.
