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A tellow sign with bold, black lettering against the Encina plant in Point Township.

Activists celebrate as plans for a chemical recycling plant are canceled

Kara Holsopple·April 26, 2024

The proposed plant would have turned plastic waste into chemicals along the Susquehanna River.

Attorney General files criminal charges against Shell on whistleblower reports over pipeline spills

Reid Frazier·April 19, 2024

Former pipeline employees told investigators the company was underreporting spills of drilling mud during construction of a pipeline that feeds the company’s ethane cracker.

Energy Your Environment Update

Two men using poles with grabbers on the ends pick up trash in the brush near the beach

Tiny plastic pieces top the list of trash on Great Lakes beaches

Julie Grant·April 17, 2024

The nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes analyzed 20 years of data from volunteer beach cleanups.

Pollution Water Your Environment Update

Why conservationists are pushing to get the new Farm Bill reauthorized

Kara Holsopple·April 12, 2024

The legislation that sets agricultural policy, including conservation programs, is being held up in Congress.

Climate Change Conservation Food and Agriculture News Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

A Tick Researcher’s Tips for Staying Safe Outdoors

Kara Holsopple·April 12, 2024

One tip: walk in the center of the trail. Ticks like to attach themselves to long grasses. No need to use DEET.

Health Recreation Your Environment Update

A young girl in a yellow sweatshirt holds a museum specimen of a great horned owl in the pal of her hand.

A school day built around birds gives students many ways into their world

Kara Holsopple·April 5, 2024

The Campus Laboratory School at Carlow University taught students about birds through art, music, poetry, machine learning and even sports.

Conservation Wild Pennsylvania Wildlife Your Environment Update

A woman stands in front of a house holding a sign that reads, "Stop SOBE."

Paused Ohio chemical recycling plant puts spotlight on Appalachia as ‘prime target’ for the controversial practice

Kristina Marusic·March 27, 2024

Chemical recycling uses heat, chemicals or both to break down plastic waste into component parts for reuse as plastic feedstocks or as fuel.

Environmental Justice Health Pollution Your Environment Update

A map of the continental US showing bands of colors across the country.

Wondering when to plant? There’s a map for that

Kara Holsopple·March 15, 2024

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map was updated last fall to give gardeners and growers more accurate information about what to plant and when.

Food and Agriculture Your Environment Update

A man and a woman on a couch, embracing.

Hollowed out: How EQT’s expansion in West Virginia set 4 families reeling, while regulators trusted the company to answer their complaints

PublicSource·March 5, 2024

Pittsburgh gas giant EQT pledges to tackle climate change and flexes political muscle. Communities in its frack path face stark realities.

Energy Health Your Environment Update

What you need to know about soot, U.S. Steel and Pittsburgh’s air

Reid Frazier·February 16, 2024

How the latest news about a new soot standard, a settlement with U.S. Steel and EPA's rejection of the company's air permit could impact Pittsburgh's air.

Health Pollution Your Environment Update

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Despite court order, black lung screening program still not fully functional

Pa. clean energy businesses call on McCormick, Fetterman to preserve tax credits

Pa. Republican congressmen applaud EPA plan to roll back Biden-era climate rules

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