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Experts Answer Your Questions About Biden’s Climate Plan

Reid Frazier·July 9, 2021

From incentives for solar and a carbon tax to subsidies for nuclear, our panel of experts answers your climate change questions.

Climate Change Energy Your Environment Update

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An Experimental Treatment Shows Promise in Helping Bats Weather a Deadly Fungus

Kara Holsopple·June 25, 2021

Bat populations are being decimated by White-nose Syndrome caused by a fungus. Spraying a non-toxic chemical where bats winter is helping reduce the disease.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

Energy Secretary Pushes Jobs in Coal and Natural Gas Communities From Climate Action

Ohio Valley ReSource·June 17, 2021

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm discusses how coal and gas communities could gain jobs as a result of climate action, as the country moves to renewables.

Climate Change Economy Energy Podcasts Your Environment Update

Citizen Science Project Trains Volunteers to Monitor Pollinators

Kara Holsopple·June 16, 2021

Citizen scientists can get up close and personal with some of the bees, flies and ants that pollinate wildflowers.

Conservation Food and Agriculture Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

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EPA Listens to Pittsburgh Leaders at Roundtable on Lead in Drinking Water

Julie Grant·June 9, 2021

Local leaders and advocates tell EPA that lead in drinking water is a problem in Allegheny County, especially for children of color.

Environmental Justice Health Water Your Environment Update

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

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