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Earth Day is Virtual This Year. Here’s How You Can Participate.

Kara HolsoppleApril 3, 2020

This year is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, but the coronavirus pandemic has moved celebrations online. Environmental groups have a month-long challenge for Pennsylvanians of all ages.

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Trump on Earth: EPA Suspends Some Enforcement During Coronavirus Pandemic

Julie GrantMarch 31, 2020

EPA has said it will not enforce monitoring and other reporting requirements on industry due to the coronavirus. Critics say this is just too broad.

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Spring is Here, But Is Nature in Sync?

Kara HolsoppleMarch 20, 2020

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

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State to Allegheny, Beaver and 10 Other Counties: Seek and Destroy Spotted Lanternfly Eggs

Julie GrantMarch 13, 2020

The pest, which has already damaged grape crops in eastern counties, is moving westward. Businesses will need permits to move goods in and out of quarantined counties.

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Trump on Earth: A Dark History of Oil, Power and War

Reid FrazierMarch 6, 2020

One author examines the rise of oil as the dominant resource for power. "So we fought many wars for access to oil when oil was plentiful. You have to wonder what's going to happen when oil becomes a scarce resource."

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Trump on Earth: A New Rule Would End Penalties for Bird Deaths

Julie GrantMarch 4, 2020

A change to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act drastically weakens how birds are protected. A former official who managed the bird program for 30 years speaks out.

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Why This Climate Scientist Says ‘No’ to Flying

Kara HolsoppleFebruary 26, 2020

Scientists do a lot of flying to meetings and conferences. For Peter Kalmus, flying 50,000 miles a year for his work was a huge chuck of his carbon footprint.

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Northern Long-Eared Bat Was Improperly Denied Endangered Status. What’s Next?

Kara HolsoppleFebruary 11, 2020

A judge’s ruling gives environmentalists new hope for the future of a bat that's quickly disappearing from Pennsylvania.

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Clean Water Group to Start Monitoring Near Proposed Ethane Cracker in Ohio

Julie GrantFebruary 7, 2020

Freshwater Accountability Project will collect air and water quality data near schools, and daycare and senior centers close to the site in Belmont County.

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A Decade of Cleaner Air Ended in Controversy and Questions about Allegheny County’s Future

Oliver MorrisonJanuary 24, 2020

Recent fires at the Clairton Coke Works and temperature inversions have sparked a debate about what should be done to address air pollution in the county.

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Energy

U.S. Department of Energy Touts Petrochemicals, Puts Money into Coal ‘Innovation’ Grants

Department of Health Says It Is Looking Into Fracking Risks Following Grand Jury Report

Pa. Grand Jury Report on Fracking: DEP Failed to Protect Public Health

Climate

Pa. Lawmakers Hear From Industry, Environmental Advocates on Impact of Cap-andTrade Program

House Committee Takes First Step to Block Pa.’s Entry into Cap-and-Trade Program

Great Lakes Offshore Wind Project Calls Ohio Approval a ‘Poison Pill’

Pollution

Pa. Says 2 Gas Drilling Companies Committed Environmental Crimes. Here’s Why Corporations, Not People, Are Usually Charged

Allegheny County Fines U.S. Steel $360,000 for Coke Plant Violations

Has the Pandemic Cleaned Up Our Air? Answers Could Lie on Your Doorstep

Coronavirus

Coal Towns Were Counting on Recreation for New Jobs. Then Coronavirus Hit.

Mineworkers’ Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Lack of COVID-19 Safety Rules

PA DEP Faces Flat Funding to Start Next Fiscal Year

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