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Earth Day is Virtual This Year. Here’s How You Can Participate.

Kara Holsopple·April 3, 2020

This year is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, but the coronavirus pandemic has moved celebrations online. Environmental groups have a month-long challenge for Pennsylvanians of all ages.

Coronavirus Culture Your Environment Update

Trump on Earth: EPA Suspends Some Enforcement During Coronavirus Pandemic

Julie Grant·March 31, 2020

EPA has said it will not enforce monitoring and other reporting requirements on industry due to the coronavirus. Critics say this is just too broad.

Coronavirus Podcasts Politics Pollution Your Environment Update

State to Allegheny, Beaver and 10 Other Counties: Seek and Destroy Spotted Lanternfly Eggs

Julie Grant·March 13, 2020

The pest, which has already damaged grape crops in eastern counties, is moving westward. Businesses will need permits to move goods in and out of quarantined counties.

Food and Agriculture Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

Trump on Earth: A Dark History of Oil, Power and War

Reid Frazier·March 6, 2020

One author examines the rise of oil as the dominant resource for power. "So we fought many wars for access to oil when oil was plentiful. You have to wonder what's going to happen when oil becomes a scarce resource."

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Trump on Earth: A New Rule Would End Penalties for Bird Deaths

Julie Grant·March 4, 2020

A change to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act drastically weakens how birds are protected. A former official who managed the bird program for 30 years speaks out.

Conservation News Podcasts Politics Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

Why This Climate Scientist Says ‘No’ to Flying

Kara Holsopple·February 26, 2020

Scientists do a lot of flying to meetings and conferences. For Peter Kalmus, flying 50,000 miles a year for his work was a huge chuck of his carbon footprint.

Climate Change Your Environment Update

Northern Long-Eared Bat Was Improperly Denied Endangered Status. What’s Next?

Kara Holsopple·February 11, 2020

A judge’s ruling gives environmentalists new hope for the future of a bat that's quickly disappearing from Pennsylvania.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

Clean Water Group to Start Monitoring Near Proposed Ethane Cracker in Ohio

Julie Grant·February 7, 2020

Freshwater Accountability Project will collect air and water quality data near schools, and daycare and senior centers close to the site in Belmont County.

Energy Pollution The Coming Chemical Boom Water Your Environment Update

A Decade of Cleaner Air Ended in Controversy and Questions about Allegheny County’s Future

PublicSource·January 24, 2020

Recent fires at the Clairton Coke Works and temperature inversions have sparked a debate about what should be done to address air pollution in the county.

Pollution Your Environment Update

A stream inside Ryerson Station State Park; Photo: Reid R. Frazier

Assessing the Damage from Mining: a 5 Year Report

Kara Holsopple·January 17, 2020

One thing the report found was that the information system to track impacts dates back to the 1990s. Another finding is that coal companies are buying up land that they are mining under.

Energy Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

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