West Chester bag ban sends message to Pa lawmakers

Emily PontecorvoSeptember 6, 2019

Middle schoolers pushed for the ban, despite a state law prohibiting local plastic bans until next year.

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‘This is no longer about the science. This is somebody’s ideology.’

Julie GrantSeptember 5, 2019

A top climate scientist resigned from the USDA. Lewis Ziska says the agency buried his research for political reasons.

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Pa Lawmakers Propose a cap-and-trade system to cut carbon emissions

Dana BateSeptember 5, 2019

The bill would slash carbon emissions at least 90 percent by 2040. But it could take years before it has a chance of passing.

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Trump on Earth: The Nuclear Dilemma

Julie GrantAugust 23, 2019

The nation's nuclear fleet is aging. What should we do about it?

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California v. Trump

Reid FrazierAugust 16, 2019

No state has been more successful in the resistance against Trump's environmental rollbacks than California.

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Poll: Broad Support for Wolf’s Plan to Tax Gas Drillers to Pay for Infrastructure

Marie CusickAugust 16, 2019

Wolf's proposal calls for $4.5 billion in infrastructure initiatives over four years, funded by a severance tax on natural gas.

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Congressman Holds Climate Change Town Hall in Pittsburgh

Lucy PerkinsAugust 15, 2019

Hundreds voice concerns about closing nuclear power plants, fracking and pollution.

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At Rally-Like Visit, Trump Takes Credit For Shell Plant, Touts Economic Record

Chris PotterAugust 13, 2019

Trump ties jobs at the ethane cracker in Beaver County to the 2020 election, while protestors oppose both the Shell plant and Trump's environmental policies.

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Trump on Earth: Fact Checking Trump’s Environmental Speech

Reid FrazierAugust 2, 2019

On our Trump on Earth podcast, we fact checked the presidents speech where he touted his environmental record as creating the “cleanest air” and “crystal clean” water.

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Trump Delivers On Promise To Help Presque Isle’s Beaches, But Other Environmental Threats Remain

Lucy PerkinsJuly 26, 2019

Like climate change and toxic algae. Critics say the president's environmental policies are hurting Lake Erie.

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