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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

Outdoor Afro Celebrates Freedom in Nature

Kara Holsopple·August 21, 2020

The group's founder says Outdoor Afro "really doubles down on the Black joy and the ability to get out and be free."

Conservation Culture Recreation Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

2020: The Last Chance to Save Our Planet?

Reid Frazier·August 14, 2020

Journalist Justin Worland discusses why this year is pivotal for climate change -- it's not just the election.

2020 Election Climate Change Podcasts Your Environment Update

Joe Biden’s Evolving Climate Policy

Reid Frazier·August 7, 2020

Joe Biden’s climate plan has become more aggressive. But is it enough to limit the worst outcomes of runaway climate change?

2020 Election Climate Change Podcasts Politics Your Environment Update

Reckoning with the Racist Past of Bird Names

Kara Holsopple·July 24, 2020

Even bird names have ties to racism and colonialism. A group of birders wants to change that.

Conservation Environmental Justice Wildlife Your Environment Update

What Major Pipeline Decisions Mean for Energy Dominance, the Environment and Indigenous Rights

Reid Frazier·July 24, 2020

A journalist and an Indigenous rights activist weigh in recent court rulings against the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines and the scrapping of the Atlantic Coast pipeline.

Energy Your Environment Update

Japanese barberry invading New England forest

Invasive Barberry and Small Mammals Could Be Bad Combination for Pennsylvania’s Woodlands

Kara Holsopple·July 17, 2020

New research shows Japanese barberry shrubs give small rodents cover to eat tree seedlings. This doesn't bode well for future forests.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

Trump Administration Finalizing Rollback of Rules for Landmark Environmental Law

Reid Frazier·July 16, 2020

NEPA requires federal assessments of environmental impacts for projects like large pipelines and highways. The new rules will limit and, in some cases, eliminate these reviews.

Economy Your Environment Update

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