DEP Fines Landfill Near Pittsburgh for Problems Tied to Fracking Waste
The landfill was sending liquid waste to a local sewage treatment plant, causing it to release contaminants including radium into the Monongahela River.
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Ohio River Regulators Planning Riverwide PFAS Study
Twenty locations along the river including Pa. will be sampled for this group of "forever chemicals" associated with reproductive problems, liver, kidney and thyroid disease, and cancer.
The Complicated History of the Kinzua Dam and How It Changed Life for the Seneca People
The Kinzua Dam, which protects Pittsburgh from flooding and pollution, took thousands of acres of the Seneca's territory and destroyed nine communities. We look at the past and future of the Seneca Nation.
U.S. Steel, Health Department Finalize Air Pollution Settlement Agreement
The final settlement requires U.S. Steel to pay $2.7 million in fines as well as make $200 million worth of improvements to the facility.
Could the Ohio River have rights? A Movement to Grant Rights to the Environment Tests the Power of Local Control
Can you imagine if the Ohio River and its tributaries had legal rights? While speculative, the idea isn’t necessarily far-fetched.
Clean Water Group to Start Monitoring Near Proposed Ethane Cracker in Ohio
Freshwater Accountability Project will collect air and water quality data near schools, and daycare and senior centers close to the site in Belmont County.
Gov. Wolf’s Budget Proposes Boosting Staff for Environmental Protection
DEP and DCNR would get 25 new staff each. It’s the first time proposed spending from the general fund for environmental protection has risen above $165.6 million in 25 years.
Wolf’s Support for Petrochemicals Raises Climate Worries as Pennsylvania Tries to Cut Carbon Emissions
Wolf wants to reduce carbon emissions by more than a quarter by 2025 and 80 percent by 2050, but the ethane cracker in Beaver County will make that harder to achieve.
Trump Administration Rescinds Protections for Some Streams and Wetlands
The new rule would exempt 18 percent of the nation’s streams, and more than half of its wetlands from oversight. Farmers, developers and energy companies applauded the rule.
A Pittsburgh-area test case in working across political boundaries to address flooding
The effort is trying to create a single vision for Saw Mill Run watershed that includes 11 municipalities and the city of Pittsburgh.
