World Leaders Hopeful for Deal at UN Climate Summit

Steve CurwoodDecember 4, 2015

Climate talks in recent years have yielded few results. But it's looking likely the UN summit in Paris will end in a new agreement to curb climate change.

Climate Change

Activists Making Their Voices Heard at UN Climate Summit

Emmet FitzGeraldDecember 4, 2015

Despite restrictions on protests, the climate justice movement has found ways to make itself heard during the opening week of the UN climate summit.

Climate Change

Climate Change: The Engineer’s Dilemma

Susan PhillipsDecember 4, 2015

In Philadelphia, city departments—from the people who fix potholes to the people who manage the city’s budget—are starting to plan for climate change.

Climate Change

Pittsburgh to Paris: A Filmmaker’s Trip to the UN Climate Talks

Reid FrazierDecember 4, 2015

Pittsburgh filmmaker Mark Dixon's trip to Paris for the UN climate talks was made possible through the kindness of supporters—and strangers.

Climate Change

Talking to Kids about Climate Change

Julie GrantDecember 4, 2015

Many of us have a hard enough time processing the threats and realities of climate change ourselves. But explaining those issues to our children can be even trickier.

Climate Change

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The Allegheny FrontDecember 2, 2015

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Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto Heading to Paris for Climate Talks

Reid FrazierNovember 26, 2015

As world leaders prepare to meet in Paris next week for the United Nations summit on climate change, mayors from cities around the world also plan to be there—including Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto.

Climate ChangePolitics

Could Rigging Your Toilet Up to the Internet Keep the Rivers Cleaner?

Lou BlouinNovember 6, 2015

Internet-of-things engineer Robert Blackwell says his idea to rig your toilet up to the internet could keep raw sewage out of Pittsburgh's Three Rivers.

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In Boone County, Less Coal, Less Money, Fewer Miners

Ashton MarraSeptember 11, 2015

Many places are feeling the pain of the coal industry's decline. But in Boone County, West Virginia, they've lost more coal jobs than any other county in the nation.

EnergyFuture of Coal

From West Virginia to the West: A Coal Miner’s Story

Stephanie JoyceSeptember 11, 2015

Third-generation coal miner Daniel Kent Parrish chased a job 1,700 miles across the country to Wyoming—where coal is still king.

EnergyFuture of Coal