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DEP: CNX pipeline project in Westmoreland County withdrawn, lacked wildlife permits

Reid Frazier·March 1, 2024

DEP found that CNX's project failed to get federal wildlife clearances. The project was near the Beaver Run Reservoir.

Conservation Energy Water Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

Two people stand on a stone bridge looking at a park with green space and trees

‘Bird Town’ borough is embracing its new designation as a bird-friendly place to live

WHYY·February 23, 2024

Media, near Philadelphia, became the latest Pennsylvania municipality to become a "Bird Town," a program that promotes community-based conservation.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

PA Game Commission tables plans to reintroduce the American marten

Anne Danahy·February 22, 2024

Despite overwhelming public support for reintroducing the American marten, the Game Commission wants more input from hunters, who were lukewarm about the plan.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

The turtle takeover of Lake Erie

Points North·February 22, 2024

So many people have released their pet red-eared sliders into Lake Erie that the turtle is now an invasive species, out-competing native turtles.

Conservation Water Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

Don Skowron, wearing a red MAGA hat, stands on the street with a sign that reads, "Hey Joe Biden. You were late. Now it's too late. East Palestine is Trump country U.S.A.," in Downtown East Palestine.

President Biden visits East Palestine, announces public health studies

Abigail Bottar·February 19, 2024

Amid protestors, President Biden visited East Palestine a year after the train derailment and announced grants to study health impacts of the chemical release.

East Palestine Health Transportation

A woman in a red shirt and tan cardigan and jeans stands in her kitchen.

Some East Palestine residents want the EPA to test inside their homes. EPA says ‘no’

Reid Frazier·February 12, 2024

The EPA says there is no evidence that contamination would be in people's homes. Experts recommend testing to be sure.

East Palestine Health One Year Later Pollution

A deer head is carved on a burnt log stands in the side yard of a white clapboard house. It is faced looking toward the right, across the street.

‘We refuse to die’: East Palestine residents mark one year since train derailment

Abigail Bottar·February 6, 2024

Activists from the Gulf Coast and Pennsylvania joined those in East Palestine to erect a carving that looks toward the site of the derailment.

East Palestine One Year Later Pollution

orangish water runs over a small concrete Shute

Pennsylvania gets $101 million to clean up old mines

Rachel McDevitt·February 6, 2024

Pennsylvania has 200,000 acres of abandoned mine land and more than 5,000 miles of streams contaminated by abandoned mine runoff.

Conservation Pollution Water Wild Pennsylvania

A woman stands in a stream in front of a culvert going under a home. She is wearing a winter coat and hat with a respirator.

Episode for February 2, 2024

The Allegheny Front·February 2, 2024

After last year's train derailment in East Palestine, a local stream remains contaminated. We'll examine why residents living about the polluted water are still concerned. We talk with a Pennsylvania resident just over the Ohio border who decided not to live full-time in her home. We find out what led to her decision and how she became an activist pushing for answers. And, people in East Palestine feel like the derailment fractured their community - they disagree about politics, the environment and health impacts. Plus, news about a study of East Palestine residents' health and Pennsylvania's River of the Year.

East Palestine Full Episode

A stream goes under a house through a large culvert

A year later, the stream flowing under peoples’ homes in East Palestine is still polluted

Reid Frazier·February 2, 2024

Sulphur Run winds its way through East Palestine and under homes through culverts. People living above the stream are worried about the continued contamination.

East Palestine Health One Year Later Pollution Water

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