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A construction site on a metal frame building. In the front are cranes and white pick-up trucks.

Data center growth could mean blackouts in coming years, Pa. utility regulators say

Sophia Schmidt·September 22, 2026

A man in a baseball hat looks at a taxidermy deer head

Film fest in Pittsburgh puts spotlight on train crash, pipeline fight

Julie Grant·September 18, 2026

Two hands enclose a brown chimney swift bird

Episode for September 18, 2026

The Allegheny Front·September 18, 2026

A black and white photograph of a woman in a black shirt bending over to feed chickens

Author writes a love letter to her western Pennsylvania farm

Kara Holsopple·September 18, 2026

A cylindrical white meter sits on a desk.

Federal energy officials praise Duquesne Light efforts to make electric grid more resilient

Rachel McDevitt·September 17, 2026

The governor stands at a podium.

Shapiro calls on Trump to regulate artificial intelligence development

90.5 WESA·September 17, 2026

Chimney Swifts Put on a Show Before Fall Migration

Kara Holsopple·September 17, 2026

A close-up of gray smoke rising from an industrial site.

Inadequate safety and training led to 2025 blast at Shell’s ethane cracker, federal safety board finds

Reid Frazier·September 16, 2026

A power plant with three stacks

EPA announces rollback of climate pollution rules for power plants

Reid Frazier·September 14, 2026

Hemlock trees surrounding A rocky forest stream

A rule change could shrink ‘roadless’ national forest land

Kara Holsopple·September 11, 2026

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