In Upper Burrell, where the fracking and AI industries converge, residents look to regulate data center
Residents of Upper Burrell in Western Pennsylvania already living with the environmental burdens of fracking now have a data center.
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Film fest in Pittsburgh puts spotlight on train crash, pipeline fight
The Allegheny Front is a sponsor of the Backyard Docs Film Festival that opens Thursday, September 24.
Shapiro calls on Trump to regulate artificial intelligence development
At a conference in Pittsburgh, Gov. Shapiro called for the federal government to rein in the development of AI.
Inadequate safety and training led to 2025 blast at Shell’s ethane cracker, federal safety board finds
The agency found one of the engineers who initiated the procedure that precipitated the explosion “had never previously performed the task.”
Pa. fines Shell $15 million for air pollution from its Beaver County plastics plant
The plant went over the allowable limit for benzene, a carcinogen, and it failed to perform testing required by the state.
Artist creates mining sludge drawings to help clean up a polluted watershed
Sally Veach's family members leased land in central Pennsylvania to coal companies in the 1800s. Her drawings benefit the organization cleaning up the legacy pollution mining caused.
Gov. Shapiro wants data centers to bring their own power. What’s that mean for prices and pollution?
Environmental advocates and energy analysts are calling on the General Assembly to do more to regulate data centers.
Remembering the ‘visionary’ author of Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment
Franklin Kury led Pennsylvania to become one of the first governments in the world to adopt a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a healthy environment as a basic right.
Lacking federal limits, Pennsylvania looks to reduce ‘forever chemicals’ in sewage sludge on farm fields
PFAS chemicals have contaminated streams and drinking water, and Pennsylvania is joining other states in starting to regulate them in sewage sludge.
How tiny Archbald Borough is handling a data center rush
The Lackawanna County borough has more data centers proposed than any other municipality in Pennsylvania.
