Meat carries a bigger carbon footprint than most foods. But an Ohio couple is raising an environmentally friendly protein you can get behind—as long as you’re okay with eating insects.
In this episode of the Allegheny Front, we check out how eating insects might be the next big thing in environmentally friendly protein, and dig into what happens to your recycling once it leaves the curb.
Meat carries a bigger carbon footprint than most foods. But an Ohio couple is raising an environmentally friendly protein you can get behind—as long as you’re okay with eating insects.
West Virginia will soon be getting back a species it hasn't seen since the time of the Civil War. And elk could also be a key engine for rehabilitating old mine lands across the country.
Because clean-up funds for old mines are tied to revenues from current mining operations, a slow-down in the industry could delay the clean-up of hundreds of abandoned mines in Pennsylvania.
Usually when extreme weather hits, we think of heat waves as being the biggest threat. But according to many scientific studies, cold is still a bigger killer.
Under the complex laws governing Great Lakes water, Pennsylvania will have veto power over whether a Wisconsin city can pull its drinking water from Lake Michigan.
In this episode of the Allegheny Front, we investigate why a slowdown in the coal industry may lead to fewer abandoned mine clean ups, and explore the subversive environmental legacy of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.