Groups, residents want EPA to protect Mon Valley from ‘unacceptably high’ levels of benzene pollution from U.S. Steel

Reid FrazierJanuary 4, 2023

Benzen, a known carcinogen, threatens ‘imminent danger’ to residents, the groups argue in a letter to EPA. They want action under the Clean Air Act.

HealthPollutionYour Environment Update

How facing your fears about the climate crisis is better for you and the planet

Kara HolsoppleNovember 25, 2022

An author and researcher on mental health and ecological destruction says a kind of internal activism is needed to solve the climate crisis.

Climate ChangeHealthYour Environment Update

A Philadelphia couple wrote a children’s book to help parents have ‘The Climate Talk’

WHYYNovember 25, 2022

"Coco's Journey" follows Coco the squirrel and her father on a journey to stop climate change. The story helps kids deal with climate anxiety.

Climate ChangeCultureHealth

Inversions trap pollution in Allegheny County this fall, despite new rule

Reid FrazierOctober 21, 2022

Despite a new rule, hydrogen sulfide and soot levels surged in Allegheny County during a weather inversion this month.

HealthPollution

State Sen. Camera Bartolotta urged Pa. health department to drop out of fracking public health forum, letter shows

Reid FrazierOctober 18, 2022

State Sen. Bartolotta, a Washington County Republican, objected to the participation of the Center for Coalfield Justice and the Environmental Health Project. 

EnergyHealthPolitics

Pennsylvania moves to limit PFAS in drinking water

Zoë ReadOctober 17, 2022

The Environmental Quality Board voted to approve limits for two of the toxic class of chemicals known as PFAS in drinking water.

HealthWater

An ethane cracker in western Pa. will soon start up. We answered your questions about it

Reid FrazierOctober 6, 2022

You asked us questions about Shell's ethane cracker in Beaver County. We got answers about jobs, taxes, royalties, and of course, air pollution.

EconomyEnergyHealthPollutionThe Coming Chemical BoomYour Environment Update

Public gets briefed on fracking health studies, despite no-show from Pitt, DOH

Reid FrazierOctober 5, 2022

Residents came to a forum in Washington County on state-funded studies on fracking’s impact on public health, even though researchers had pulled out. 

EnergyHealth

Pitt and Pa. health department back out of public forum on fracking studies, organizers say

Reid FrazierOctober 4, 2022

Pitt and DOH say there's no new info on state-funded studies on fracking and public health. Groups say families of those who died from a rare cancer deserve updates.

EnergyHealth

Group finds PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals used in Ohio oil and gas wells

Julie GrantSeptember 30, 2022

Physicians for Social Responsibility found the oil and gas industry in Ohio used PFAS, known as “forever” chemicals, 101 times since 2013.

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