New Book from Longtime Environmentalist Offers Advice to the New Generation Solving the Climate Crisis
Larry Schweiger says the next generation of leaders needs to understand what they're facing so they can be more equipped to fight.
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What the Petrochemical Buildout Along the Ohio River Means for Regional Communities and Beyond
After a slow decline of coal and steel, the Ohio Valley is ramping up for petrochemicals. But what can the region expect in terms of pollution, jobs and plastic?
America’s Shale Gas Helped Solve Japan’s Energy Needs after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
American natural gas is now exported to 35 countries, including Japan. But some Pennsylvanians have been forced to give up their land in the process.
Chester County DA Charges Energy Transfer Manager, Others in Scheme to Use Constables for Mariner East Pipeline Security
The DA alleges the 'buy-a-badge' scheme was meant to intimidate residents along the troubled pipeline construction project.
New Funding to Study Microplastic Pollution Effect on Delaware Bay Blue Crabs
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Researchers will use the data to model how ocean currents and other environmental conditions might predict where high levels of microplastics can be found in the ocean.
Tracing Water, Memory and Change Through Black Experiences Along and Near Route 65
Like the rivers, Route 65 is a sort of connective tissue, linking people and places across the region. Black residents living in communities along the roadway describe where they live and their experiences, in the context of their connections to water.
How One Ohio River Town Is Using Recreation to Boost Its Economy
In Marietta, where the Muskinghum River enters the Ohio, community leaders are hoping their efforts attract more than tourists.
Uneasy State of Affairs: Scotland’s Use of American Shale Gas
Despite a ban on fracking, Scotland imports shale gas from Pennsylvania for its plastics industry. This has some activists saying 'no fracking here, no fracking anywhere.'
The Water is Cleaner but the Politics Are Messier: A Look Back at the Clean Water Act in the Ohio
The biggest difference between now and before the Clean Water Act is that citizens who have grown up with it have come to expect clean water, and they aren’t happy when the river gets polluted.
AP: FBI Is Investigating Wolf Administration’s Issuing of Mariner East Pipeline Permits
FBI agents have interviewed current or former state employees in recent weeks about the Mariner East project, which has a long track record of drilling mud spills, fines and regulatory shutdowns.
