Frogs and Salamanders Get a New Habitat at Ohiopyle State Park

Kara HolsoppleApril 15, 2021

Amphibians will use a vernal pool to mate and lay eggs. Their young will mature in the temporary pond and then head back into the woods. They will return next year to continue the cycle.

ConservationWild PennsylvaniaWildlifeYour Environment Update

Five Ways Pittsburgh Hopes to Make Its Water System More Equitable

Kara HolsoppleMarch 31, 2021

A task force looked at how affordable, safe drinking water, effective stormwater management, and maintaining public control of the utility could be achieved to benefit all residents in Pittsburgh.

Environmental JusticeWaterYour Environment Update

Spring is Here, But Is Nature in Sync?

Kara HolsoppleMarch 26, 2021

Researchers are collecting local plants and using Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden,” and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History's collection for clues.

Climate ChangeConservationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

New Investigation Finds Fracking Chemicals in the Bodies of People in Southwestern Pa.

Kara HolsoppleMarch 2, 2021

A two-year investigation sampled the urine of families living near fracking. We talked to the reporter who says she was shocked by the high levels of chemicals found in kids.

EnergyHealthYour Environment Update

The Gas Industry Is Fighting the Phase Out of Fossil Fuels by Targeting Your Gas Stove

Kara HolsoppleFebruary 26, 2021

The natural gas industry wants you to keep using gas stoves as a growing number of cities ban gas in new construction.

Climate ChangeEnergyHealthYour Environment Update

Study Finds Fewer Greenspaces in Historically Redlined Cities

Kara HolsoppleFebruary 19, 2021

Researchers found that urban neighborhoods lack greenspace today because of a specific government policy enacted over 80 years ago.

Climate ChangeEnvironmental JusticeHistoryYour Environment Update

Gas Industry Hasn’t Delivered on Its Economic Promise to Communities, Report Says

Jon HurdleFebruary 16, 2021

The industry rejects the report, calling natural gas extraction a 'game-changer for local economies.'

EconomyEnergyYour Environment Update

Report Faults DEP for Failure to Protect Streams from Mining in Western Pa.

Reid FrazierJanuary 22, 2021

The report says DEP is allowing dozens of miles of streambeds to be damaged from longwall mining in southwestern Pa.

EnergyWaterWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

Environmentalists see opportunity for Pennsylvania legislature in 2021

Rachel McDevittJanuary 14, 2021

They hope lawmakers will see some environmental action as good for the economy and begin to consider climate change.

Climate ChangePoliticsYour Environment Update

Can the environmental movement address American racism?

Reid FrazierDecember 31, 2020

We talk with Mustafa Ali, a leader in the environmental justice movement, about how racial disparities go beyond policing, to public health and the environment.

Environmental JusticePodcastsYour Environment Update