Artifact or trash? Thoughts on what we leave behind.
A writer has collected found items on her Westmoreland County farm for decades.
Pollution
Carnegie Mellon research is behind a new global map of air pollution
Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab partnered with a nonprofit to build an animated map that shows how particle pollution spreads from 9,560 industrial sources in urban areas around the world.
No hearing for Westmoreland County gas plant’s air permit, though environmental groups say it needs work
The Tenaska plant emitted around 2.8 million tons of carbon dioxide in 2024, making it one of the top emitters of greenhouse gases in the state.
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.
Reporting from the Mon: A river watchdog tracks chemical waste
The Three Rivers Waterkeeper is collecting samples from Synthomer, a chemical plant, in its effort to understand water pollution in the Mon.
The swimmers who take on the Mon, together
They’ve dubbed themselves the Mon’ster Swimmers, and they brave the waters of the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh together from spring until fall.
EPA reverses course on rule that will force U.S. Steel to monitor for cancer-causing emissions
U.S. Steel's Clairton coke works will now have to monitor for benzene, a known carcinogen, at the plant's fence line. EPA had paused the rules.
Dangerous train derailments more likely in vulnerable communities, Pitt analysis shows
The report from the University of Pittsburgh looks at rail accidents between 1998 and 2024, using data from the Federal Railroad Administration.
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.
Heinz Award-winning environmental justice leader says the EJ movement is ‘not over.’
Sacoby Wilson, Ph.D., does environmental research for the people, working with impacted communities to get the data they need to take action.
