Developers To Relocate Downtown Falcon Chicks
The falcon parents have been buzzing construction workers to protect their young. Now, the chicks will be removed from the nest and raised by a human.
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State to Send $25M to Help Clean Up a Dozen Abandoned Coal Mine Sites
The funds will clean up problems like acid mine drainage and sinkholes and restore streams. The money comes from a fee on current coal mining.
Filmmakers and Activists Not Backing Down from Fracking Industry’s Threats
Companies involved in plans to install a fracking wastewater treatment plant at the headwaters of the Allegheny River have sent cease-and-desist letters to journalists, community organizers, and the Seneca Nation who oppose it.
Poll Shows Most PA Voters Say Climate Change Causing Problems Now
According to a Franklin & Marshall College/StateImpact Pennsylvania poll released Thursday, more than two-thirds of voters say the state should be doing more to address it.
Injection Well in Clearfield County Gets Permit. Residents Fear Earthquakes and Water Contamination
Some Clearfield County residents have fought for years to block a proposed injection well to store wastewater from the state’s natural gas fields, but the project has secured a permit from Pennsylvania environmental officials.
Alaska: Open for Business
More than 60 percent of Alaska is owned by the federal government. So if any state is going to feel the impacts by environmental decisions made in DC, this is the one.
Groups Oppose Another Coal Mining Permit in Greene County State Park
Environmental groups argue that longwall mining, the technique Consol would use to mine beneath the stream, can cause ground beneath streams to fall in.
VIDEO: Newly Obtained XTO Well Pad Explosion Footage
Gas poured from the well head at a rate estimated by the EPA of 100 million cubic feet per day for 20 days before crews were able to plug it it on March 7.
Reporters to Speak on “Shale Dilemma” Panel
Reporters Reid Frazier and Amy Sisk will speak at the launch of a book edited by a University of Pittsburgh professor who studies the worldwide development of shale gas.
Mariner East 1 Pipeline Shut Down Due to Public Safety Concerns Raised by Sinkholes
Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission ordered the temporary shutdown on Wednesday saying it could have a “catastrophic” effect on public safety if it leaks.
