A Maple Syrup Business Becomes a Casualty of Pipeline Construction

Jon HurdleMarch 4, 2016

After a lengthy legal battle, a family maple syrup business has lost its bid to protect maple trees on land seized for a new natural gas pipeline.

Energy

Episode for March 4, 2016

The Allegheny FrontMarch 4, 2016

In this episode, we check out a new technology that could replace the age-old sniff test for food freshness, and explore whether climate change will spell doom for the maple syrup business in the Mid-Atlantic.

Full Episode

Study Says Gas Drilling is Happening Too Close to Homes

Reid FrazierMarch 3, 2016

Is fracking happening too close to homes and schools? According to a new analysis by a group of scientists, the answer is yes.

Energy

VIDEO: Nanotech Could Soon Replace Food Expiration Dates

Ryan LoewMarch 3, 2016

A physics professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania has accidentally hit on a way to determine food freshness that's way better than an expiration date—or the sniff test.

Food and AgricultureTechnologyVideo

Your Environment Update for March 2, 2016

The Allegheny FrontMarch 2, 2016

A researcher at Indiana University of Pennsylvania is developing a high-tech way of detecting freshness in food that could allow you to bypass unreliable sell-by dates—and the sniff test.

Your Environment Update

Inside the Fight to Frack Penn Township

Natasha KhanFebruary 29, 2016

New communities in southwestern Pennsylvania are still experiencing the ups and downs that occur when fracking comes to town, even though gas prices have declined.

Energy

How Can the Environmental Movement Become More Inclusive?

Kara HolsoppleFebruary 26, 2016

One of America's oldest and largest environmental organizations is looking to make diversity more than just a buzzword.

CulturePolitics

Net Metering Decision Should Keep Solar Business Rolling

Kara HolsoppleFebruary 26, 2016

Fights over whether homeowners can sell excess solar power back to utilities are raging across the country. But Pennsylvania's recent decision on net metering could be a model compromise.

EconomyEnergy

In an Era of Scarcity, Water is Now a Major Economic Driver

Julie GrantFebruary 26, 2016

With its vast water resources, the Great Lakes region could be poised to draw businesses—big and small—from other parts of the country. But even here, water quality is a big issue.

EconomyWater

Researchers Find New Industrial Chemical in Great Lakes Trout

Lindsey ScullenFebruary 26, 2016

In 2006, the EPA phased out a chemical that was leaching into the food web. But now, that chemical's replacement is showing up in Great Lakes fish.

Wildlife