Coke from U.S. Steel near Pittsburgh fuels the company’s steelmaking in Indiana. But there’s a movement afoot to make greener steel without coal. The heavy industry along Lake Michigan’s shore is impacting the surfing culture there. An environmental group issued a ‘notice of intent to sue’ the Neville Chemical Company for polluting the Ohio River near Pittsburgh. A watchdog warned Pennsylvania lawmakers that while there is currently enough energy supply on the grid, the buffer needed to prevent blackouts could shrink in the coming years.
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Surfing the Great Lakes amid pollution - The heavy industry along Lake Michigan's shore is impacting the surfing culture there.
Indiana activists want mills along Lake Michigan to invest in clean steel - Steel plants near Chicago emit local air pollution and contribute to climate change. These issues are largely tied to the traditional coal-based steelmaking process these plants rely on. Activists want to clean it up: “We have to start the transition eventually.”
Waterkeeper takes aim at Neville Chemical over thousands of water pollution violations - Three Rivers Waterkeeper issued a notice of intent to sue the company for exceedances of its permit to discharge into the Ohio River.
