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Norm and Betty Jo Anderson have lived in Piketon, Ohio since the mid-1950s, when Norm started working at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Photo: Lewis Wallace / WYSO

In Southern Ohio, a Nuclear Town Faces a Hazy Future

Lewis Wallace·January 8, 2016

Warning signs line the Santa Susana Mountain range near Southern California Gas Company's fenced-off Aliso Canyon facility. A well at the site has been leaking methane since October. Photo: Scott L via Flickr

Your Environment Update for January 6, 2016

The Allegheny Front·January 6, 2016

VIDEO: The Tech That Helps Coal Plants Cut Pollution

Ryan Loew·December 19, 2015

The Homer City Generating Station in Indiana County, Pennsylvania is installing pollution controls that will reduce dangerous emissions of sulfur dioxide and mercury by more than 90 percent. Photo: Reid Frazier

How a Pennsylvania Power Plant is Cleaning Up its Act

Reid Frazier·December 18, 2015

Duke Energy’s North Allegheny Windpower Project east of Pittsburgh features 35 wind turbines and is capable of producing enough energy to power roughly 21,000 homes. Photo courtesy Duke Energy

Oil Exports, Clean Energy Incentives Part of New Budget Deal

Kara Holsopple·December 18, 2015

Ricketts Glen State Park

A Buddhist Perspective on Climate Change

Kara Holsopple·December 18, 2015

Pat Eagon stands outside the garden near the South Hills Interfaith Ministries food pantry in Pittsburgh. Last year, Eagon helped grow 15,000 pounds of fresh produce for the pantry. Photo: Julie Grant

How Faith Inspires Environmental Action

Julie Grant·December 18, 2015

Episode for December 18, 2015

The Allegheny Front·December 18, 2015

Duke Energy’s North Allegheny Windpower Project east of Pittsburgh features 35 wind turbines and is capable of producing enough energy to power roughly 21,000 homes. Photo courtesy Duke Energy

Your Environment Update for December 16, 2015

The Allegheny Front·December 16, 2015

Artist renderings of the new Frick Environmental Center in Pittsburgh. Photo: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

Episode for December 11, 2015

The Allegheny Front·December 11, 2015

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