The Pennsylvania natural gas company CNX is suing a California-based news outlet for defamation in federal court over an article the news site published about the company’s voluntary air monitoring initiative. A fungal disease has been killing hibernating bats in Pennsylvania. We’ll hear from some of the people trying to save bats in the state. A group of seniors is using their retirement to track microplastics in streams and in the lab. A writer contemplates the legacy of the trash she finds on her Westmoreland County farm.
A natural gas driller, Senceca Resources, is facing criminal charges over its fracking operations in North Central Pennsylvania. A new, animated map shows how pollution spreads from more than 9,500 industrial sources worldwide. A new study shows America’s “founding fish,” the migratory American shad, is declining in the Delaware River.
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How Philadelphia seniors are tracking microplastics in streams and working to ‘leave a better world’ - Members of the Senior Environment Corps wade into streams, peer through microscopes and teach kids how to identify aquatic critters.
Saving the ‘sky puppies’: How one wildlife rehabilitator is working to rescue bats in Pa. - In the face of devastating population loss throughout the region, every bat that the Pennsylvania Bat Conservation and Rehabilitation is able to save is making a difference.
Artifact or trash? Thoughts on what we leave behind. - A writer has collected found items on her Westmoreland County farm for decades.
Carnegie Mellon research is behind a new global map of air pollution - Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab partnered with a nonprofit to build an animated map that shows how particle pollution spreads from 9,560 industrial sources in urban areas around the world.
CNX sues nonprofit news outlet for defamation over fracking coverage - Natural gas company CNX is suing Capital & Main for defamation in federal court for its article about the company’s air monitoring initiative.
Pa. attorney general files criminal charge against fracking company - The charges allege that Seneca Resources polluted water in eight counties. The company says it is working with the state to reach a “reasonable resolution.”
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