Your Environment Update

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Warning signs line the Santa Susana Mountain range near Southern California Gas Company's fenced-off Aliso Canyon facility. A well at the site has been leaking methane since October. Photo: Scott L via Flickr

Your Environment Update for January 6, 2016

The Allegheny FrontJanuary 6, 2016

Some are calling a methane leak in Southern California the worst environmental disaster since the BP oil spill. And it's likely to go on for months.

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Duke Energy’s North Allegheny Windpower Project east of Pittsburgh features 35 wind turbines and is capable of producing enough energy to power roughly 21,000 homes. Photo courtesy Duke Energy

Your Environment Update for December 16, 2015

The Allegheny FrontDecember 16, 2015

Democratic lawmakers have negotiated a five-year extension of federal wind and solar incentives designed to encourage more renewable energy production in the U.S.

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Negotiators look over the new text of the COP21 climate agreement, December 9, 2015. Photo: Benjamin Géminel / COP21

Your Environment Update for December 9, 2015

The Allegheny FrontDecember 9, 2015

Negotiators continue to hammer out a climate change agreement in Paris. But huge questions remain about how strong and ambitious it will be.

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Energy

Uneasy State of Affairs: Scotland’s Use of American Shale Gas

AP: FBI Is Investigating Wolf Administration’s Issuing of Mariner East Pipeline Permits

Trump Administration Proposes Rollbacks for Two Obama-Era Coal Pollution Rules

Climate

State Auditor General: Climate Change Could Be Costing Pa. Hundreds of Millions

Researcher Weighs in on How Pennsylvania Will Fare in a Warming Climate

Pennsylvanians Tell EPA, We Need More Controls on Methane, Not Less

Pollution

The Water is Cleaner but the Politics Are Messier: A Look Back at the Clean Water Act in the Ohio

‘That’s Vinegar:’ The Ohio River’s History of Contamination and Progress Made

Clean Air Group Calls for Stronger Rules for Coke Ovens in Allegheny County

Health

Neville Island Residents Could Have Been Drinking PFAS-Contaminated Water for a Month

Clean Air Group Calls for Stronger Rules for Coke Ovens in Allegheny County

The Smoke Readers Who Keep Tabs on Air Pollution

Your Environment Update

Your Environment Update for January 6, 2016

Your Environment Update for December 16, 2015

Your Environment Update for December 9, 2015