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PUC Seeks Comment on $1 Million Fine for Beaver County Pipeline Blast

Reid Frazier·July 16, 2021

The pipeline was only opened for a week when it exploded and forced evacuations. Six high-voltage electric transmission towers and an electrical line were also destroyed.

Energy Follow the Pipeline

Researchers Trying to Figure Out What’s Causing Mysterious Bird Deaths

Andy Kubis·July 9, 2021

Birds with a mysterious illness that causes crusty eyes and neurological programs are being reported throughout most of Pennsylvania. The cause is still not known.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

Public Asked to Remove Bird Feeders to Slow Spread of Mysterious Bird Disease in Pa.

Boomba Nishikawa·July 2, 2021

The disease is causing eye and neurological problems in songbirds and is spreading in Pennsylvania. So take down bird feeders and birdbaths.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania

Climate Change to Bring More Smoggy Days

Reid Frazier·July 2, 2021

More smoggy days will be in our future, thanks to climate change. Cities like Pittsburgh could see the number bad air days double by 2050.

Climate Change Hazardous to Your Health Health

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An Experimental Treatment Shows Promise in Helping Bats Weather a Deadly Fungus

Kara Holsopple·June 25, 2021

Bat populations are being decimated by White-nose Syndrome caused by a fungus. Spraying a non-toxic chemical where bats winter is helping reduce the disease.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

Citizen Science Project Trains Volunteers to Monitor Pollinators

Kara Holsopple·June 16, 2021

Citizen scientists can get up close and personal with some of the bees, flies and ants that pollinate wildflowers.

Conservation Food and Agriculture Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

This App Takes Crowdsourcing Cicadas to the Next Level

Andy Kubis·May 14, 2021

Scientists have been crowdsourcing periodical cicadas for nearly 200 years, with notices in newspapers and postcards, then answering machines and emails. Now the public can help track Brood X with an app called Cicada Safari.

Recreation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

Why Peregrines Have Made a Comeback in Cities

Kate St. John·May 7, 2021

Peregrine falcons were nearly wiped out by DDT. Nature blogger Kate St. John explains why this bird, one of the fastest in the world, is likely to be nesting in a city near you.

Bird Files Conservation Essay Wildlife

Creating Native Habitat, Yard by Yard

Julie Grant·May 7, 2021

Native plants can transform your yard into habitat for insects, birds and other wildlife, but the occasional peony is okay, too

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife

Judge Orders Sunoco to Improve Public Communication and Pipeline Safety on Mariner East Project

Susan Phillips·April 16, 2021

The company's written materials must include the terms “property damage, personal injury, burns, asphyxiation, and death (fatality),” from a pipeline leak or explosion.

Energy Follow the Pipeline

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