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What Will It Take to Get Drivers Into Electric Vehicles?

Kara Holsopple·June 4, 2021

One auto industry expert says it will take three things: price, utility and convenience. New efforts by the Biden administration will help too.

Climate Change Transportation Your Environment Update

Gina McCarthy on Helping Coal Communities as US Transitions to Clean Energy

Ohio Valley ReSource·May 28, 2021

National climate advisor Gina McCarthy discusses how the Biden administration plans on investing in coal communities as the US transitions to renewable energy.

Climate Change Economy Energy Podcasts Your Environment Update

Celebrating 50 Years of Your Constitutional Right to Clean Air and Pure Water

Marie Cusick·May 21, 2021

Pennsylvania was among the first governments in the world to guarantee its citizens the right to a clean environment. In practice, that didn’t mean much — until now.

Conservation History Podcasts Video Your Environment Update

What’s your question about Biden’s climate plan? Ask, and we’ll get an expert to answer.

StateImpact Pennsylvania·May 13, 2021

What do you want to know about the infrastructure plans and the country’s transition to a low-carbon economy? Click here to ask your question.

Climate Change Economy Energy Environmental Justice Your Environment Update

The Climate Crisis Is Pushing Us to Confront Our Relationship With Meat

Kara Holsopple·May 7, 2021

Consumption of meat and dairy plays a big role in climate change. How will solving the climate crisis affect what we eat? We talk to an expert to find out.

Climate Change Food and Agriculture Your Environment Update

Spotted Lanternflies Are About to Hatch. Learn How to Make a Trap for this Invasive Insect.

Kara Holsopple·April 28, 2021

The invasive insects destroy trees and leave a sticky mess. A simple DIY trap could help stop their spread.

Food and Agriculture Your Environment Update

Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Takes on Climate Change to Create Jobs

Reid Frazier·April 2, 2021

The American Jobs Plan would ready roads and bridges for bigger storms, grow renewable energy, and clean up polluted communities.

Economy Energy Politics Your Environment Update

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Five Ways Pittsburgh Hopes to Make Its Water System More Equitable

Kara Holsopple·March 31, 2021

A task force looked at how affordable, safe drinking water, effective stormwater management, and maintaining public control of the utility could be achieved to benefit all residents in Pittsburgh.

Environmental Justice Water Your Environment Update

Spring is Here, But Is Nature in Sync?

Kara Holsopple·March 26, 2021

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

Climate Change Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

DEP Pointed Feds to Whistleblower Complaints About Shell Pipeline

Reid Frazier·March 18, 2021

The complaint alleges that defective corrosion coatings were used on the Falcone pipeline that will feed Shell's ethane cracker in Beaver County.

Energy Follow the Pipeline The Coming Chemical Boom Your Environment Update

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