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A new book takes on the dangers of radioactivity in the oil and gas industry

Kara Holsopple·December 30, 2024

Science journalist Justin Nobel's shocking seven-year investigation looks at how the industry has skirted regulations and endangered public health.

Energy Health Pollution Your Environment Update

A new book provides hope for restoring the atmosphere from climate pollution

Kara Holsopple·December 29, 2024

Climate scientist Rob Jackson tells the stories of people cutting emissions and trying to remove greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere.

Climate Change Technology Your Environment Update

A green book jacket with the name "Erika Howsare" at the top in yellow, black lettering reading "The Age of Deer" and an illustrated red deer jumping through the letters of the title.

New book about deer invites us to take a closer look at ourselves, too

Kara Holsopple·December 23, 2024

Erika Howsare's "The Age of Deer" investigates the relationship between deer and people throughout history.

Conservation Culture Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

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New report gathers priorities from Ohio River communities for restoring the watershed

Julie Grant·December 23, 2024

The report is a step in the effort to create a restoration plan for the 14-state Ohio River watershed that can attract federal funding.

Conservation Water Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

Get to know trees on a winter walk with Tree Pittsburgh

Kara Holsopple·December 19, 2024

Become a nature detective this winter to learn to identify trees by their shapes, seed pods and branch patterns.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

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Buying refurbished electronics to save money and the planet

Kara Holsopple·December 11, 2024

The environmental group PennEnvironment put together a guide with tips on buying refurbished laptops, phones and tablets for holiday gifts.

Climate Change Pollution Technology Your Environment Update

A white bird with a black cap and orange beak sits on an egg in the sand.

Common terns successfully breed at Presque Isle State Park for the first time in 60 years

Kara Holsopple·December 5, 2024

The shorebird species is endangered in Pennsylvania and two juveniles fledged their nest on sandy, Lake Erie beach in August.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

Three Hollow Oak Land Trust workers stand in front of a sign that says, "Trout Run Conservation Area." They are wearing backpacks and equipment, while carrying jugs and soil injectors of treatment. They are surrounded by wooded scenery.

How a land trust is fighting invasive hemlock woolly adelgid in Allegheny County

Ella Katona·November 27, 2024

Hollow Oak Land Trust is selectively treating hemlock trees with insecticide and hopes to inspire homeowners to do the same.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

Report: Coal-based steelmaking causes hundreds of premature deaths and billions in health costs nationwide

Reid Frazier·November 21, 2024

It also found nearly 250,000 cases of asthma every year were caused as a result of the air pollution from coal-based steel, such as at U.S. Steel's Mon Valley plants.

Health Pollution Your Environment Update

An excavator on a dam along a small creek

Removing a popular dam for safety and fish

Julie Grant·November 13, 2024

Since Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and American Rivers partnered to remove the Woodland Dam along Little Sewickley Creek in 2015, fish populations have rebounded.

Conservation Water Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

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