Pittsburgh Regional Transit aims to reduce emissions in first-ever climate plan
The goal is for PRT's buses to produce net zero carbon emissions by 2045. It needs to replace 729 diesel buses to meet its goal.
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New film takes on aquatic invasives in Pennsylvania’s natural areas
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy travels to three watersheds to feature invasive plants and fish and what people can do to prevent their spread.
Book illuminates Pittsburgh’s Center for PostNatural History
The center features organisms intentionally altered through domestication, selective breeding or genetic engineering. The book asks if we humans could be considered postnatural ourselves.
Pa. Senate passes bill to let energy companies bypass state agencies for permits
Under the bill, a governor-appointed board would approve permits for energy development and power generation without public hearings. It could waive regulations.
Ohio AG wants Pa. company held in contempt for failing to clean up radioactive drilling waste
The company along the Ohio River was found to have radioactive liquids and sludge on the floor of its facility, among other "egregious" violations.
EPA consent order requires hazardous waste landfill to submit to an audit. Residents say it’s not enough
Yukon residents wanted the MAX Environmental facility shut down. EPA found nearly two dozen violations, including piles of hazardous waste exposed to the elements.
Episode for April 26, 2024
As a coal plant winds down, its gradual closure has had ripple effects in the community, including local businesses, like restaurants. A community group rallied around stopping a chemical recycling plant in Central Pennsylvania, saying it's not the answer to slowing plastic pollution. The Energy Secretary visited the area to tout energy efficiency and union jobs. And Shell is hit with misdemeanor charges for allegedly underreporting spills along its pipeline. We have news about new EPA rules for CO2 emissions for power plants, residential solar for disadvantaged and low-income communities, and the state of the air.
Activists celebrate as plans for a chemical recycling plant are canceled
The proposed plant would have turned plastic waste into chemicals along the Susquehanna River.
Energy Secretary visits western Pa. steel plant to tout new energy efficiency rule and union jobs
A new rule to make electrical transformers more energy efficient will allow the continued use of a type of steel made at the Butler Works.
Offshore wind, a potential clean energy source for the East Coast, slowly takes shape
An early look at how offshore wind is developing as a clean energy source for the East Coast.
