Your Environment Update

The Shale Dilemma Goes Global

Reid FrazierApril 5, 2018

Pennsylvania is ground zero for the fracking revolution but will this revolution spread around the globe?

The Health Risks of Fracking from A to Z

Kara HolsoppleMarch 23, 2018

A group of physicians has compiled every scientific study and credible report they can find about the public health risks of fracking. One of their conclusions: No amount of regulation makes fracking safe.

EnergyHealthPollutionYour Environment Update

Turns Out Air Pollution Makes for Good Listening

Kara HolsoppleMarch 16, 2018

The Pittsburgh-based Group Against Smog and Pollution has just dropped the first episode of their podcast "On the Air."

CulturePollutionYour Environment Update

How to Fight Fake News with Scientific Literacy

Kara HolsoppleMarch 10, 2018

The best antidote to fake news about climate change and the environment? Scientific literacy. Here's some advice on how to improve yours.

CulturePoliticsYour Environment Update

Can This Bird Survive Climate Change? The Answer Could be in its DNA

Rebecca WilliamsMarch 9, 2018

The hope is that understanding the genome of the yellow warbler could help protect other vulnerable species from a rapidly changing climate.

Bird FilesClimate ChangeConservationYour Environment Update

One Year Down, Three to Go

Reid FrazierMarch 2, 2018

There have been lots of presidential orders and proclamations, and many proposals are in the works. But just how effective has Trump been in changing environmental policy during his first year in office?

PoliticsYour Environment Update

Have You Seen This Bad Bug?

Julie GrantMarch 1, 2018

Agriculture officials are asking people who see a spotted lanternfly in any form -- egg masses or full grown insects -- to double bag them, throw them away - and report it to the state at BadBug@pa.gov

Food and AgricultureYour Environment Update

Do Regulations Kill Jobs? Or Save Lives?

Kara HolsoppleFebruary 16, 2018

There's a delicate calculation that goes into environmental regulations for air pollution -- the number of jobs in coal and other polluting industries we're willing to save versus the number of premature deaths as a result of pollution.

Climate ChangeEconomyPoliticsYour Environment Update

Are Pipelines to Blame for Decline in Ancient Salamanders?

Julie GrantFebruary 2, 2018

Eastern hellbender salamanders need clean streams with high water quality and silt-free stream beds to find their prey and avoid predators. Pipeline construction isn't making that easy.

Follow the PipelineWildlifeYour Environment Update

How Pipelines are Changing the Dynamics of PA Forests

Kara HolsoppleFebruary 2, 2018

A new study finds gas pipelines and access roads carve up more forest land and have a bigger impact on wildlife habitat than the drilling well pads themselves

Follow the PipelineWildlifeYour Environment Update

Full Episodes

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Energy

FirstEnergy is Asking the Feds for Help. Trump’s Thinking About It.

State to Send $25M to Help Clean Up a Dozen Abandoned Coal Mine Sites

Penn Township Fracking Dispute Heads to Court

Climate

Big Eaters Cause Nearly Half the Carbon Footprint of Food

Poll Shows Most PA Voters Say Climate Change Causing Problems Now

Alaska: Open for Business

Pollution

Drilling Company Withdraws from Frack Waste Facility Along Allegheny River

Trump’s Next Frontier

Filmmakers and Activists Not Backing Down from Fracking Industry’s Threats

Health

Ohio River Town Reacts to EPA Settlement to Reduce Manganese in the Air

The Health Risks of Fracking from A to Z

Living With Black Lung: Coal Miners Caught in the Epidemic

The Shale Dilemma Goes Global

The Health Risks of Fracking from A to Z

Turns Out Air Pollution Makes for Good Listening

How to Fight Fake News with Scientific Literacy

Can This Bird Survive Climate Change? The Answer Could be in its DNA

One Year Down, Three to Go

Have You Seen This Bad Bug?

Do Regulations Kill Jobs? Or Save Lives?

Are Pipelines to Blame for Decline in Ancient Salamanders?

How Pipelines are Changing the Dynamics of PA Forests