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Heinz Award-winning environmental justice leader says the EJ movement is ‘not over.’

Kara Holsopple·October 3, 2025

Sacoby Wilson, Ph.D., does environmental research for the people, working with impacted communities to get the data they need to take action.

Environmental Justice Pollution Your Environment Update

View from the Mon: Mapping the river

Kara Holsopple·October 3, 2025

John Detisch started an online mapping project of the Monongahela River to advocate for its health and future.

Conservation Recreation Reporting from the Mon Water Your Environment Update

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View from the Mon: Industry, historical pollution and prosperity

Kara Holsopple·September 26, 2025

Ron Baraff of Rivers of Steel says without the Monongahela River, the Pittsburgh region would not have developed into an industrial power.

Economy History Pollution Reporting from the Mon Water Your Environment Update

A tug boat pushes a barge full of coal up a river.

The muddy Monongahela River is working its way back to health, but still bears a heavy burden from the past

The Allegheny Front·September 26, 2025

The Monongahela River began to recover in the early '70s, but still bears the marks of coal mining and other heavy industries.

Conservation Pollution Reporting from the Mon Water Your Environment Update

Two people paddle a kayak down the center of a river towards a bridge.

View from the Mon: Muddy water, paddlefish and sewage overflow

Kara Holsopple·September 19, 2025

For our series, Reporting From the Mon, we're talking to people with different perspectives on the Monongahela River. Annie Quinn is the founder of the Mon Water Project.

Conservation Pollution Reporting from the Mon Wildlife Your Environment Update

A shipping container painted with a colorful mural next to a building.

Pittsburgh startup aims to make food waste recycling easy and affordable

Kyra McCague·September 12, 2025

Ecotone Renewables’ ZEUS units break down food waste through anaerobic digestion, turning it into a liquid fertilizer and renewable energy.

Climate Change Food and Agriculture Your Environment Update

Coke plant’s closure near Pittsburgh led to immediate health benefits, study finds

Reid Frazier·September 5, 2025

ER visits for pediatric asthma and cardiovascular disease plummeted after the Shenango coke plant on Neville Island closed in 2016.

Environmental Justice Health Pollution Your Environment Update

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Online tool helps Beaver County residents evaluate air quality

Kara Holsopple·August 28, 2025

The Eyes on Air webpage publishes real-time pollution data from five new air monitors placed throughout Beaver County.

Health Pollution Your Environment Update

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A worker’s story of the deadly explosion at the Clairton coke plant

Julie Grant·August 13, 2025

A worker who lived through the explosion and rescue efforts at the U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, near Pittsburgh, tells his story.

Energy Pollution U.S. Steel Explosion Your Environment Update

Why Canadian wildfire smoke is lingering (and what you can do about it)

Kara Holsopple·August 8, 2025

A climate scientist and mom explains why the smoke is sticking around and who should stay indoors.

Climate Change Health Pollution Your Environment Update

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