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Artist creates mining sludge drawings to help clean up a polluted watershed

Kara Holsopple·August 27, 2026

Sally Veach's family members leased land in central Pennsylvania to coal companies in the 1800s. Her drawings benefit the organization cleaning up the legacy pollution mining caused.

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Archaeologists dig in Lake Erie, looking for relics of the Ice Age

Reid Frazier·August 25, 2026

Underwater archaeology may hold the keys to discovering how ancient humans lived before seas rose. “Everywhere people have looked, they've found...preserved things left behind.”

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Remembering the ‘visionary’ author of Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment

Inside Climate News·August 25, 2026

Franklin Kury led Pennsylvania to become one of the first governments in the world to adopt a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a healthy environment as a basic right.

Lacking federal limits, Pennsylvania looks to reduce ‘forever chemicals’ in sewage sludge on farm fields

Julie Grant·August 24, 2026

PFAS chemicals have contaminated streams and drinking water, and Pennsylvania is joining other states in starting to regulate them in sewage sludge.

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State to study whether area in Laurel Highlands is ‘unsuitable’ for coal mine

Reid Frazier·August 18, 2026

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will conduct an expansive technical review of the Rustic Ridge coal mine, studying impacts to drinking water, wildlife, and tourism.

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A woman crouching by the river's edge, scooping mud into a glass jar

A river watchdog tracks pollution violations at a chemical plant

Julie Grant·August 14, 2026

The Three Rivers Waterkeeper is collecting samples from Synthomer, a chemical plant, in its effort to understand water pollution in the Mon.

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Profile: From environmental engineer to ‘Water Healer’

Kara Holsopple·August 14, 2026

Carol Parenzan founded the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association and is now turning her attention to a new way to connect people with rivers, as The Water Healer.

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A woman in black and a woman in white pants stand on the riverfron reading a statement

Pittsburgh-area rivers and streams see routine E. coli contamination, report finds

Rachel McDevitt·August 13, 2026

Statewide, more than half of 653 waterway sites tested had at least one day with potentially unsafe levels of the bacteria last year.

Ohio asks 4 injection wells to shut down, suspects frack wastewater is migrating to other wells

Julie Grant·July 14, 2026

Local groups and the city of Marietta are concerned the migrating frack wastewater could impact drinking water sources.

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Two orange backhoes taking down a concrete dam along a river

With obsolete dams gone, Bedford sees less flooding, improved habitat

Julie Grant·July 10, 2026

Before the dams were removed, Bedford borough lacked “curb appeal” because of flooding. Now, a riverfront revitalization plan is in the works.

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