Residents allowed back home near Ohio train derailment after air declared safe
Residents were evacuated because of a 50-car train derailment that happened late Friday night near the Pennsylvania border.
Pollution
Officials monitor air quality, as Ohio and PA evacuees wait to return home
Officials warn that a drastic temperature change in a rail car could result in a catastrophic explosion, with the potential of shrapnel traveling up to a mile.
Pittsburgh-area auto shredder to reduce pollution, fumes and dust after EPA order
Metalico must limit its hours of operations and its emissions, after years of complaints about smell, smoke and pollution.
Groups file legal notice of intent to sue Shell for air violations at Beaver ethane cracker
Two environmental groups say Shell continues to violate its air permit. The company has reported excess air pollution levels and visible emissions.
‘Advanced’ plastic recycling using high heat and chemicals is environmentally problematic, a new government study finds
Industry is pursuing various technologies to recycle plastic, but environmentalists say they only worsen environmental problems.
Pa. sets drinking water standards on two ‘forever chemical’ PFAS compounds
The standards impact public and private drinking water treatment plants, bottled water plants, and school and healthcare facilities.
DEP issues scathing report on the conventional oil and gas industry
DEP calls out the industry as having "a culture of noncompliance as an acceptable norm."
Pa. natural gas plant explosion under investigation in Washington County
The Christmas Day explosion at Energy Transfer's Revolution Cryo plant caused a fire to burn for most of the day, venting gases and flames.
EPA’s proposed air quality standards aren’t strong enough, Pittsburgh advocates say
Advocates want tougher air quality protections, especially for Mon Valley residents impacted by industrial pollution.
Groups, residents want EPA to protect Mon Valley from ‘unacceptably high’ levels of benzene pollution from U.S. Steel
Benzene, a known carcinogen, threatens ‘imminent danger’ to residents, the groups argue in a letter to EPA. They want action under the Clean Air Act.
