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How Will Climate and Environmental Cases Fare on a 6-3 Conservative Supreme Court?

Reid Frazier·October 2, 2020

Not good, says our guest. Climate action could be stymied and Trump's environmental rollbacks could be given the go-ahead.

Climate Change Podcasts Politics Your Environment Update

Climate Change Protestors on the steps of the state capitol with a sign that reads," Harrisburg Stand Uo."

What Do You Want Elected Officials To Do About Climate Change?

Rachel McDevitt·September 25, 2020

StateImpact and The Allegheny Front want to know what type of action you're looking for from elected officials to address climate change.

Climate Change Politics Your Environment Update

What Losing RBG Means for the Environment

Reid Frazier·September 25, 2020

“The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg could shake the foundation of America's bedrock environmental laws, leaving a chasm on the bench where once sat an environmental champion.”

Climate Change Podcasts Politics Your Environment Update

Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Pittsburgh’s Largest Buildings Are Now Public

PublicSource·September 25, 2020

The City of Pittsburgh released the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of more than 400 of the city’s largest buildings for the first time. The city hopes transparency will make them cleaner.

Climate Change Energy Your Environment Update

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Why the Trump Administration is Rolling Back a Climate Rule that Big Oil Actually Likes

Reid Frazier·September 11, 2020

In gutting an Obama-era rule to regulate methane emissions from oil and gas wells, EPA wants to make it harder to regulate the industry in the future.

Climate Change Energy Podcasts Your Environment Update

Wind turbines in a row on a green hilltop

Appalachia Coalition Creates Blueprint for Sustainable, Equitable Future

Kara Holsopple·September 11, 2020

Reimagine Appalachia breaks away from fossil fuels, to build a carbon neutral economy with racial equity and good paying jobs.

Climate Change Culture Economy Your Environment Update

Why a Coalition of Labor Unions and Environmental Groups Endorsed Joe Biden

Julie Grant·September 4, 2020

The BlueGreen Alliance sees the reelection of Donald Trump as an "existential threat," while Joe Biden has put "good paying jobs" at the center of his climate plan.

2020 Election Climate Change Economy Politics Your Environment Update

How Miners With Black Lung Disease Are Navigating the Pandemic

Caitlin Tan·September 4, 2020

Living with Black Lung disease, a death sentence for coal miners, is devastating. COVID is making it worse.

Coronavirus Energy Health Your Environment Update

Climate Change, Covid and Wildfires Are Making Farmworkers’ Jobs More Dangerous

Kara Holsopple·August 28, 2020

Most people never met a farmworker, and haven’t seen the extraordinary conditions they work under, including smoke from wildfires and heat waves.

Climate Change Coronavirus Economy Food and Agriculture Your Environment Update

What Interior Department’s Victories and Defeats Mean for the Oil Industry

Julie Grant·August 21, 2020

Interior's rule to weaken bird protections that favored the oil industry was thrown out by a judge. But the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will open for drilling.

Energy Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

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