Sunoco Pipeline ordered to pay $660,000 for environmental violations, DEP says
The violations are for water contamination across the state caused by the company’s Mariner East pipeline construction project between 2018 and 2021.
Pollution
When a Mon Valley Air Pollution Episode alert is issued, whose air is at risk?
When a warning is in effect, industrial facilities in the Mon Valley must limit their activities, and residents, especially vulnerable ones, are discouraged from spending time outdoors.
Learning to live with wildfires, as climate change heats up
Wildfires in Canada are breaking records this year. A Penn State fire ecology expert talks about what role climate change is playing.
Norfolk Southern finishes soil remediation under East Palestine train tracks
Norfolk Southern has completed soil remediation under both tracks in East Palestine where the February train derailment took place.
What you can do to protect yourself from wildfire smoke
Wildfire smoke exacerbates the air quality and poses a significant risk for people with asthma. But there are some ways to stay safe.
EPA assures farmers that it’s safe to grow food near East Palestine train derailment
The agency says the results of extensive testing for chemicals reveal nothing worrying for farmers or consumers.
PWSA receives $52.4M EPA loan to continue drinking water system improvements
The EPA loan came through the federal Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, which aims to modernize aging treatment systems.
A Penn State researcher weighs in on the UN negotiations to end plastic pollution
Countries met in Paris to decide whether plastic production or recycling should be the focus of the agreement they hope to adopt by 2024.
Residents rally against Shell plastics plant pollution in Beaver County
They want Shell to be held accountable for pollution from its ethane cracker, including for it to be shut down during air pollution events.
Officials don’t know what the long-term health impacts will be from the East Palestine derailment
Residents told to see their doctors. "We may not know how to get rid of vinyl chloride from the body, but we know how to treat those cancers.”
