CNX sues nonprofit news outlet for defamation over fracking coverage
Natural gas company CNX is suing Capital & Main for defamation in federal court for its article about the company’s air monitoring initiative.
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East Palestine train derailment early research shows health impacts, more study needed
East Palestine residents gathered to hear an update on research being conducted at various universities nationwide on the public health impacts of the accident.
3 Pennsylvania cities ranked among worst places to live for people with asthma
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The 2025 U.S. Asthma Capitals report identifies cities with high rates of asthma-related emergency room visits and deaths.
Along the banks of the Mon, fracking waste in a landfill once again poses a pollution problem
The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill accepts fracking waste. But some fear fracking contaminants like radium could end up in the Monongahela River.
Coke plant’s closure near Pittsburgh led to immediate health benefits, study finds
ER visits for pediatric asthma and cardiovascular disease plummeted after the Shenango coke plant on Neville Island closed in 2016.
Online tool helps Beaver County residents evaluate air quality
The Eyes on Air webpage publishes real-time pollution data from five new air monitors placed throughout Beaver County.
Steelworkers rally in Downtown Pittsburgh to call for better worker safety
The United Steelworkers say federal funding cuts put health and safety standards at risk.
Trump moves to strip union rights of NIOSH workers
The NIOSH Coal Worker Health Surveillance Program screens coal miners for black lung disease and helps them with job transfers that can protect their health.
Trump rollbacks keep new clean air rules out of Pittsburgh’s Mon Valley
New air pollution rules for steel plants including the Clairton Coke Works have been paused for at least two years.
Study finds Pennsylvania schools are not addressing environmental hazards
Many school are not addressing such hazards as poor indoor air quality, mold, radon and lead in their buildings, including in southwestern Pennsylvania.
