Climate law has a hidden benefit for coal miners: Permanent funding for Black Lung

Reid FrazierSeptember 2, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act made permanent the tax on coal that funds benefits to coal miners with black lung disease. In Pennsylvania, 2000 miners have the debilitating disease.

EnergyHealth

DEP hears concerns over evaporator at landfill that processes frack waste

Julie GrantSeptember 2, 2022

Residents and others are concerned that radiation from fracking waste treated at the landfill will end up in the evaporator's air emissions.

EnergyHealthWater

Pennsylvania environmental group pushing for air quality monitors in environmental justice communities

Andriana DelagarzaSeptember 1, 2022

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."

Environmental JusticeHealth

Children living near Pa. fracking sites are at increased risk of leukemia, study finds

Susan PhillipsAugust 19, 2022

It found that children born within 1.24 miles of a well site were 2-3 times more likely to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

EnergyHealth

How Allegheny County is trying to make air quality easier to understand

Oliver MorrisonAugust 17, 2022

A new kind of report breaks down the science of how the department measures air pollution and shows how residents can get involved.

HealthPollution

Researchers find spreading drilling wastewater on Pa. roads can lead to harmful runoff

Rachel McDevittAugust 12, 2022

Wastewater from oil and gas drilling has been used as a cheap dust suppressant in rural Pa. for years, but it can contain toxins.

EnergyHealthPollutionWater

After years of contamination at Pittsburgh airport, nearby drinking water still hasn’t been tested

Oliver MorrisonJuly 15, 2022

The airport has known about the potential PFAS contamination for years. Now, its $1.4 billion construction project could make it worse.

HealthPollutionWater

EQT stops fracking at site in Greene County after claim of water contamination; DEP investigating

Reid FrazierJuly 14, 2022

The incident happened in June at an EQT gas well. Nearby residents say their water changed color, and they haven't been able to drink it.

EnergyHealthWater

Trauma in coal town remains raw after a decade on boil water advisory

Jessica LillyJuly 13, 2022

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.

Environmental JusticeHealthWater

A new rule requires Mon Valley polluters to ease up on dirty air pollution days. Will it work?

Oliver MorrisonJune 24, 2022

Clairton residents say it's hard to breathe when air pollution is bad. They say the new rule is long overdue.

HealthPollution