Your Environment Update Archives

Study: Songbird that Needs Clean Streams Threatened by Fracking

Kara Holsopple·April 26, 2018

We've known almost nothing about how the fracking boom is affecting our region's songbird populations -- until now.

Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

The Lure of the Saw-Whet Owl

Andy Kubis·April 13, 2018

How do you get volunteers of all ages to come out on cold, windy nights for hours, to participate in a conservation science project? The promise of really cute owls.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

Fish, Birds and Mussels Get Their Own Business Plan in Pennsylvania

Kara Holsopple·April 6, 2018

Western Pennsylvania has rich biodiversity and large chunks of forests, but looming threats. A new effort will prioritize funding to save wildlife like brook trout and golden-winged warblers in key regions to restore forests and waterways.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

The Shale Dilemma Goes Global

Reid Frazier·April 5, 2018

Pennsylvania is ground zero for the fracking revolution but will this revolution spread around the globe?

Economy Energy Your Environment Update

A drilling rig looms behind a suburban house

The Health Risks of Fracking from A to Z

Kara Holsopple·March 23, 2018

A group of physicians has compiled every scientific study and credible report they can find about the public health risks of fracking. One of their conclusions: No amount of regulation makes fracking safe.

Energy Hazardous to Your Health Health Pollution Your Environment Update

Turns Out Air Pollution Makes for Good Listening

Kara Holsopple·March 16, 2018

The Pittsburgh-based Group Against Smog and Pollution has just dropped the first episode of their podcast "On the Air."

Culture Pollution Your Environment Update

How to Fight Fake News with Scientific Literacy

Kara Holsopple·March 10, 2018

The best antidote to fake news about climate change and the environment? Scientific literacy. Here's some advice on how to improve yours.

Culture Politics Your Environment Update

Can This Bird Survive Climate Change? The Answer Could be in its DNA

Rebecca Williams·March 9, 2018

The hope is that understanding the genome of the yellow warbler could help protect other vulnerable species from a rapidly changing climate.

Bird Files Climate Change Conservation Your Environment Update

One Year Down, Three to Go

Reid Frazier·March 2, 2018

There have been lots of presidential orders and proclamations, and many proposals are in the works. But just how effective has Trump been in changing environmental policy during his first year in office?

Podcasts Politics Your Environment Update

Have You Seen This Bad Bug?

Julie Grant·March 1, 2018

Agriculture officials are asking people who see a spotted lanternfly in any form -- egg masses or full grown insects -- to double bag them, throw them away - and report it to the state at BadBug@pa.gov

Conservation Economy Food and Agriculture Your Environment Update

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