Your Environment Update Archives

The public praises NTSB at a meeting ahead of hearings in East Palestine

Julie Grant·June 22, 2023

The NTSB held a public meeting ahead of two days of hearings on the train derailment and the decision to burn vinyl chloride.

Transportation Your Environment Update

EPA assures farmers that it’s safe to grow food near East Palestine train derailment

Julie Grant·June 16, 2023

The agency says the results of extensive testing for chemicals reveal nothing worrying for farmers or consumers.

Food and Agriculture Health Pollution Your Environment Update

How to spot poison hemlock, a dangerous invasive plant masquerading as a wildflower

Kara Holsopple·June 16, 2023

Its lacy, white flowers are sometimes confused with other plants in the same family, like Queen Anne's lace. If ingested, poison hemlock can be fatal.

Conservation Wildlife Your Environment Update

Sherri Mason stands next to tables with plastic trash

A Penn State researcher weighs in on the UN negotiations to end plastic pollution

Kara Holsopple·June 9, 2023

Countries met in Paris to decide whether plastic production or recycling should be the focus of the agreement they hope to adopt by 2024.

Economy Pollution Water Your Environment Update

Ohio, like other GOP-led states, would limit considering climate change in pension investments

Julie Grant·June 2, 2023

They want to prevent public pension funds from considering environmental factors like how a company addresses climate change.

Climate Change Economy Your Environment Update

Three students stand under a tree on the school grounds

These high school students are grappling with living in the shadow of chemical pollution

Reid Frazier·June 2, 2023

Living near Shell's ethane cracker and East Palestine, one student came to a realization: "I was like, ‘Oh, wait a minute, stuff is actually serious.'"

Health Pollution The Coming Chemical Boom Your Environment Update

Pittsburgh media outlets collaborate to cover air quality misinformation in SW Pa.

Kara Holsopple·May 19, 2023

Seven media outlets have teamed up to cover one of the biggest environmental stories of our region: air pollution. We talk to The Incline about the series.

Pollution Your Environment Update

A new book looks at cancer prevention through reducing our exposure to chemicals

Kara Holsopple·May 10, 2023

The book profiles doctors, researchers, business owners and advocates working to protect the public from chemicals in our everyday lives.

Health Pollution Your Environment Update

Aerial photo of Lake Erie with green algal blooms

The Phosphorus Paradox: We use it to grow food, but it’s poisoning our water

Points North·May 3, 2023

Phosphorus, a key ingredient in agricultural fertilizers, is fueling harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes.

Pollution Water Your Environment Update

Wildlife biologists are studying why some ruffed grouse lose their fear of humans

Kara Holsopple·April 28, 2023

The Pa. Game Commission wants people to report "tame" grouse so they can do a harmless DNA swab to see if the behavior is genetic.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

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