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Groups Look to Protect Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie Watershed with Common Goals

Kara Holsopple·December 11, 2020

Lake Erie supports fishing, boating, swimming and even a craft beer industry, but there are threats to the watershed. A new plan outlines solutions.

Conservation Environmental Justice Water Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

Trump’s Last Act: Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Reid Frazier·December 4, 2020

The Trump administration announced it will sell drilling leases in early January. Can Joe Biden do anything to stop oil drilling in the refuge?

Conservation Energy Podcasts Wildlife Your Environment Update

Lead in Game Meat a Health Risk for Hunting Families and Food Bank Recipients

Kara Holsopple·December 4, 2020

Pennsylvania hunters donated 160,000 pounds of game meat to food banks last year. Lead ammo can contaminate meat with dangerous levels of toxic lead.

Environmental Justice Health Recreation Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

Lyme Disease Risk is High in City Parks, Too

Kara Holsopple·November 20, 2020

A researcher found ticks with the bacteria that causes Lyme disease in Pittsburgh's parks. He says there's a risk of getting the disease at any urban or suburban park in the region.

Health Recreation Your Environment Update

WVU Researchers to Develop Lyme Disease Vaccine As Climate Change Expands Tick’s Reach

Brittany Patterson·November 19, 2020

The nearly $2 million federal grant comes as cases of the tick-borne bacterial infection are on the rise nationwide.

Health Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

Local High School Students Lead Youth Climate Summit

Kara Holsopple·November 13, 2020

Students learned about environmental justice and how to bring climate action to their schools. We talk with one inspiring teen who helped organize the event.

Climate Change Environmental Justice Your Environment Update

What Biden’s Win Means for the Environment and the Fight to Rein in Climate Change

Reid Frazier·November 12, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden could not only reverse Trump's deregulatory actions, but also embed climate priorities across the executive branch.

2020 Election Climate Change Podcasts Politics Your Environment Update

Group Looks to Turn Pa General Assembly Blue to Make Progress on the Environment

Kara Holsopple·October 23, 2020

Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives has been controlled by the GOP for a decade. Environmentalists say to solve the climate crisis and clean up the state’s air and water, that has to change.

2020 Election Climate Change Politics Your Environment Update

High Waters, Hazardous Cargo: The Complicated Job of Keeping Waterways Safe in the Ohio Watershed

Alexandra Kanik·October 23, 2020

Extreme weather has been cited more and more frequently as a contributing cause in serious marine accidents at a time when shipping of hazardous materials like crude oil is increasing.

Climate Change Good River Water Your Environment Update

Along Mariner East pipelines, secrecy and a patchwork of emergency plans leave many at risk and in the dark

Spotlight PA·October 15, 2020

Despite being one of the most controversial projects in Pennsylvania history, many emergency managers and others along the route cannot confidently answer one pressing question: Are we prepared?

Energy Follow the Pipeline Your Environment Update

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