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Pa. Grand Jury Report on Fracking: DEP Failed to Protect Public Health

Reid FrazierJune 25, 2020

A Pennsylvania grand jury report two years in the making slammed the Department of Environmental Protection for failing to protect the public from the health effects of fracking.

Energy

A Conversation About Representation and Inclusion in the Environmental Movement

Kara HolsoppleJune 25, 2020

A Pittsburgh environmental leader says what feels different in this moment in history is that more people are treating racial disparities and inequities as though they matter to everybody.

Environmental JusticeYour Environment Update

Pa. Says 2 Gas Drilling Companies Committed Environmental Crimes. Here’s Why Corporations, Not People, Are Usually Charged

Susan PhillipsJune 25, 2020

Attorney General Josh Shapiro: “We are in the first quarter of a long process that will result in more criminal charges.”

EnergyPollution

Pa. Lawmakers Hear From Industry, Environmental Advocates on Impact of Cap-andTrade Program

Rachel McDevittJune 25, 2020

They're weighing the risks and benefits of Pennsylvania joining a regional cap-and trade-program targeting greenhouse gases.

Climate ChangeEnergy

Mineworkers’ Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Lack of COVID-19 Safety Rules

Reid FrazierJune 19, 2020

Unions say coal miners are at a high risk for COVID-19 because of cramped quarters and exposure to silica and diesel emissions.

CoronavirusEnergy

Episode for June 19, 2020

The Allegheny FrontJune 19, 2020

What's the legacy of the Trump administration's 100 environmental rollbacks? We talk with a lawyer tracking the changes. Pennsylvania's attorney general charges two companies with crimes related to their fracking operations. Minerworkers' unions sue Trump admin. over a lack of safety rules for COVID-19.

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Impact Fees Collected From Gas Drillers Dropped in 2019

Rachel McDevittJune 18, 2020

Drillers paid just over $200 million last year, about $51 million less than in 2018. The money goes to communities where drilling happens, to help offset the effects of the industry.

EconomyEnergy

Tracking Trump’s 100 Environmental Rollbacks

Julie GrantJune 18, 2020

The lasting legacy of some key rollbacks will be to limit the ability of future administration to regulate the environment and climate.

PodcastsPoliticsYour Environment Update

Pa. Attorney General Charges Cabot Oil and Gas with Environmental Crimes in Dimock

Susan PhillipsJune 16, 2020

AG Shapiro filed 15 criminal charges, including nine felonies, after more than a decade since Cabot's fracking activities caused well water contamination.

EnergyWater

Range Resources Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Environmental Crimes at Southwest Pa. Well Sites

Reid FrazierJune 15, 2020

Attorney General Josh Shapiro charged the company for leaks and spills at gas well sites in Washington County.

Energy

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Energy

U.S. Department of Energy Touts Petrochemicals, Puts Money into Coal ‘Innovation’ Grants

Department of Health Says It Is Looking Into Fracking Risks Following Grand Jury Report

Pa. Grand Jury Report on Fracking: DEP Failed to Protect Public Health

Climate

Pa. Lawmakers Hear From Industry, Environmental Advocates on Impact of Cap-andTrade Program

House Committee Takes First Step to Block Pa.’s Entry into Cap-and-Trade Program

Great Lakes Offshore Wind Project Calls Ohio Approval a ‘Poison Pill’

Pollution

Pa. Says 2 Gas Drilling Companies Committed Environmental Crimes. Here’s Why Corporations, Not People, Are Usually Charged

Allegheny County Fines U.S. Steel $360,000 for Coke Plant Violations

Has the Pandemic Cleaned Up Our Air? Answers Could Lie on Your Doorstep

Coronavirus

Coal Towns Were Counting on Recreation for New Jobs. Then Coronavirus Hit.

Mineworkers’ Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Lack of COVID-19 Safety Rules

PA DEP Faces Flat Funding to Start Next Fiscal Year

Pa. Grand Jury Report on Fracking: DEP Failed to Protect Public Health

A Conversation About Representation and Inclusion in the Environmental Movement

Pa. Says 2 Gas Drilling Companies Committed Environmental Crimes. Here’s Why Corporations, Not People, Are Usually Charged

Pa. Lawmakers Hear From Industry, Environmental Advocates on Impact of Cap-andTrade Program

Mineworkers’ Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Lack of COVID-19 Safety Rules

Episode for June 19, 2020

Impact Fees Collected From Gas Drillers Dropped in 2019

Tracking Trump’s 100 Environmental Rollbacks

Pa. Attorney General Charges Cabot Oil and Gas with Environmental Crimes in Dimock

Range Resources Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Environmental Crimes at Southwest Pa. Well Sites