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

Julie GrantDecember 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.

ConservationWaterWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

Kayak tour allows Pittsburghers to transform trash into art

Lauren MyersDecember 23, 2024

An event focused on interactive public art led a group to Turtle Cove along the Allegheny River. Participants collected trash and constructed sculptures.

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Get to know trees on a winter walk with Tree Pittsburgh

Kara HolsoppleDecember 19, 2024

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

ConservationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

Buying refurbished electronics to save money and the planet

Kara HolsoppleDecember 11, 2024

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

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

Kara HolsoppleDecember 5, 2024

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

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

Ella KatonaNovember 27, 2024

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

ConservationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

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

Reid FrazierNovember 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.

HealthPollutionYour Environment Update

Removing a popular dam for safety and fish

Julie GrantNovember 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.

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Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules 

Environmental Health NewsNovember 12, 2024

A massive push for hydrogen energy is one of the first test cases of new federal environmental justice initiatives. Communities and advocates so far give the feds a failing grade.

EnergyEnvironmental JusticeYour Environment Update

Longtime environmental official on Pennsylvania election results: People will need to be ‘as tenacious as the industry’

Kara HolsoppleNovember 8, 2024

David Hess, former Secretary of the Pa. DEP and author of an environmental blog, weighs in on the split legislature and Republican attorney general.

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