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Two men with their backs to the camera,wearing cowboy hats ,look out over a mine in the distance.

Will Australia revisit the deal that led a Pittsburgh firm to depend on the ore beneath its trees?

PublicSource·May 23, 2025

Power lines

With soaring summer temps ahead, AI data centers could strain electricity supplies in the Mid-Atlantic

Susan Phillips·May 23, 2025

A black and white photo of an elderly woman in a dress.

Grandma Gatewood’s epic Appalachian Trail hike

Jennifer Szweda Jordan·May 23, 2025

Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail. Photo: Reid R. Frazier

Essay: A 70-mile hike provides a refuge from a stressful year

Reid Frazier·May 23, 2025

A woman and taller student pose for a photo outside in a forest.

Episode for May 23, 2025

The Allegheny Front·May 23, 2025

A winged insect on the grass.

Cicadas are back. Brood XIV expected to emerge in parts of Pennsylvania

Anne Danahy·May 23, 2025

A vast industrial complex sits in the middle of a reddish piles of waste.

Alcoa’s Australian refineries drove flight from two towns, and its waste threatens a third

PublicSource·May 22, 2025

A man sits looking out over a mine.

How Pittsburgh’s Alcoa is undermining a rare forest to fuel its global aluminum empire

PublicSource·May 19, 2025

A lpwed field with trees in the background and people planting trees in the foreground

A former gravel mine in Erie County gets a second chance as forestland

Kara Holsopple·May 19, 2025

A person in a wheelchair uses a cup to drop pebbles into a large wooden structure with a person observing.

Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy opens accessible trail and discovery space in Frick Park

Kyra McCague·May 16, 2025

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