Practicing climate communication in the field and stream
A family-friendly event at Powdermill Nature Reserve presented an opportunity to talk to residents about stream health and climate change.
Water
Profile: From environmental engineer to ‘Water Healer’
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.
PA DEP says ‘no risk’ to the public from radioactive materials in oil and gas waste sent to landfills
A DEP study found that wastewater samples from landfills that take fracking waste were mostly below drinking water guidelines for radioactivity.
Environmental group intends to sue U.S. Steel over oily releases into Mon River
Three Rivers Waterkeeper claims U.S. Steel continued to release oily pollution into the river even after it signed a consent agreement with the state to stop.
USDA restores $59M contract with Pennsylvania farm group
Pasa Sustainable Agriculture has renegotiated a $59 million contract with the USDA, after the funding was clawed back last spring.
Water districts in Ohio join call for injection well moratorium
Local water authorities want Ohio to pause permitting of new injections wells in Washington County to protect drinking water sources there.
Company spills over 1M gallons of drilling fluid into abandoned mine during pipeline construction
MarkWest said the fluid is nontoxic and that it has monitored for surface water contamination, but hasn’t found any.
Pennsylvania spent big on a ‘petrochemical renaissance.’ It never arrived.
Visions of a booming hub that would bring jobs and prosperity to Appalachia faded, but the plastic “nurdles” remain.
How extreme weather and aging infrastructure led to months of ‘musty’ water in one Ohio village
Residents in Cadiz say the water looks, smells and tastes bad. Experts blame extreme weather, aging infrastructure and a lack of certified professionals.
Ohio towns are pushing back against data centers to varying degrees of success
As rural communities in Ohio become hotspots for new AI data centers, some communities are fighting them, to varying degrees of success.
