Documentaries that are part of a film festival about Appalachia and the Rust Belt look at East Palestine after the derailment and the fight against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. In her new book, an author writes a love letter to her western Pennsylvania farm. Spetember is when birders flock to see chimney swifts roost.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board found inadequate safety and training protocols led to a 2025 explosion and fire at Shell’s Beaver County plastics plant. The Environmental Protection Agency has eliminated rules to curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that burn fossil fuels. Governor Shapiro says President Donald Trump must act to more closely regulate artificial intelligence.
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Author writes a love letter to her western Pennsylvania farm - Daryln Brewer Hoffstot's Westmoreland County farm is the inspiration for her latest book, "This Patch of Earth: Observations on a Rural Life."
Chimney Swifts Put on a Show Before Fall Migration - “It’s like watching smoke go back down a chimney. It’s amazing.”
Inadequate safety and training led to 2025 blast at Shell’s ethane cracker, federal safety board finds - The agency found one of the engineers who initiated the procedure that precipitated the explosion “had never previously performed the task.”
EPA announces rollback of climate pollution rules for power plants - The announcement is the latest in a back-and-forth between Democratic and Republican administrations over whether or not to limit power plants’ greenhouse gas pollution.
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