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Public Health Researcher Issues Dire Warning About Ethane Cracker

Sarah Boden·November 14, 2017

The ethane cracker will bring 600 permanent jobs, but a researcher warns of impacts to air quality and health of residents nearby the future facility.

Energy Health Pollution The Coming Chemical Boom

Activists: Clean up Coke Plant

Reid Frazier·November 2, 2017

The long record of violations drew a crowd of activists to a meeting at the health department where they told the agency to clean the plant up.

Hazardous to Your Health Health Pollution

Going Back to Work Underground

Reid Frazier·October 13, 2017

David Hathaway had one iron-clad rule in his job hunt: he wouldn’t leave Greene County. And that meant going back to work in a mine.

Economy Energy Future of Coal

Pipelines Fuel Concern for Waterways in Coal Country

Julie Grant·October 13, 2017

Pipeline projects are crisscrossing our region so that natural gas can get to market. One rural community in coal country is struggling to keep up with all the construction while trying to protect its natural resources.

Energy Follow the Pipeline

Exhibit Brings the Hard Lessons of the Petrochemical Industry Home

Kara Holsopple·September 28, 2017

What do Louisiana and western Pennsylvania have in common? For one, an industry that for better or for worse inspires art.

Culture Energy Pollution The Coming Chemical Boom Your Environment Update

Conflicting Decisions on Pipelines Frustrate Industry and Landowners

Marie Cusick·September 22, 2017

A pipeline company condemned her land using the power of eminent domain, crippling her family’s maple syrup business.

Environmental Justice Follow the Pipeline

Struggling to Stay in Appalachia After Coal Layoffs

Reid Frazier·September 1, 2017

What’s left for people living in coal communities when their jobs disappear?

Culture Economy Energy Future of Coal

Pittsburgh Struggles to Fix Its Lead Problem

Reid Frazier·August 18, 2017

Like a lot of other cities, Pittsburgh has to deal with its antiquated lead water lines. The state says so. But how?

Health Hidden Poison

Teens Earn and Learn While Educating Their Neighbors About Lead Exposure

Kara Holsopple·August 17, 2017

For some teenagers in Pittsburgh, a summer job means helping their community solve its problems with lead.

Environmental Justice Health Hidden Poison Your Environment Update

A Bold New Vision for Restoring America’s Most Polluted River

Kara Holsopple·July 21, 2017

A long legacy of industrial pollution has made the Ohio the archetype of a "working" river. But the National Wildlife Federation thinks the Ohio could be transformed into a recreation destination.

Headwaters Pollution Water

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