Full Episode

In this episode, we explore Shell's plan to build a new petrochemical facility near Pittsburgh and check out a new photo exhibit that documents the lives and landscapes transformed by Pennsylvania's fracking boom.

In this episode, we follow the story of two Pennsylvania miners who are struggling to find work in the wake of a collapsing coal industry.

In this episode, we check out some of our award-winning stories from 2016—including a look at a new battery technology that could give renewables a big boost and an investigation of a coal ash dump near Pittsburgh that may be causing health problems for a rural community and a nearby prison.

In this episode, we check out everything you need to know about this year's mass cicada emergence in Pennsylvania, and explore how things got so bad, so fast for the coal industry.

In this episode, we check out a new school "aquaponics" program that's training kids to be scientists and explore some of the hidden environmental hazards lurking in and around Pennsylvania's schools.

In this episode, we check out how the great weather climate change has brought us so far may be killing our motivation to act decisively on big threats it promises to bring in the future.

In this episode, we check out how wild turkeys and coyotes are making themselves right at home in and around Pittsburgh and explore why the city's march toward cleaner air has been such a slog.

In this episode, we find out why it's okay to be addicted to bird nestcams and explore what's the right (and wrong) way to dispose of unused medications.

In this episode, we check out what's next for Pittsburgh's revitalized riverfronts and explore how fracking is causing major waves in the Democratic race for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania.