A new film connects the plight of hellbenders with concerns over gas development

Kara HolsoppleSeptember 29, 2022

"Hellbent" tells the story of a small, rural town trying to keep a frack waste injection well out of their community to preserve their drinking water and save a rare salamander.

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In Pa., climate change can increase flooding risk. This community is seeking solutions

Rachel McDevittSeptember 16, 2022

In Middletown, Pa., flooding is happening where it never happened before. Now, it's looking for answers. One solution could be in Iowa.

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Flight 93 Crashed Among Coal Mines. Treating the Water There Was No Ordinary Project

Madison GoldbergSeptember 9, 2022

Treatment ponds were the answer to a problem that briefly threatened the creation of the memorial itself. How they came to be still carries weight for the people involved in the work.

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DEP hears concerns over evaporator at landfill that processes frack waste

Julie GrantSeptember 2, 2022

Residents and others are concerned that radiation from fracking waste treated at the landfill will end up in the evaporator's air emissions.

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Residents oppose plan to build second fracking waste injection well in Pittsburgh suburb

Reid FrazierSeptember 1, 2022

Residents who say the first injection well polluted groundwater oppose an EPA permit for another injection well next to it.

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Jibe and Tack: Teens learn to sail on Pittsburgh’s rivers

Katie BlackleyAugust 19, 2022

Local students are learning the ropes on the Allegheny River with a local nonprofit that aims to get more youth out on the water.

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Researchers find spreading drilling wastewater on Pa. roads can lead to harmful runoff

Rachel McDevittAugust 12, 2022

Wastewater from oil and gas drilling has been used as a cheap dust suppressant in rural Pa. for years, but it can contain toxins.

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Paddling 300 Miles to Protect the Waters of Ohi:yo’, the ‘Good River’

Ryan LoewAugust 4, 2022

For degawëno:da’s, paddling the length of the Allegheny River over four months was to be a “witness to the raw element of the natural world.”

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What to know about Pa.’s newest plan to reduce pollution to the Chesapeake Bay

Andriana DelagarzaJuly 29, 2022

It calls for reducing nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment by 2025. With a price tag of $324 million a year, paying for it could be a problem.

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Greene County community has questions after fracking incident at EQT well

Reid FrazierJuly 22, 2022

They say a 'frac-out' affected their well water and they can't drink it. They want action from EQT.

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