Incoming fracking at Ohio wildlife area met with warnings of heavy truck traffic and habitat loss
A state commission is considering proposals to drill under most of the Egypt Valley Wildlife Area in southeastern Ohio
Appalachia
Pittsburgh-area conservation projects get grants to help wildlife, climate
A New York-based conservation group is funding projects to preserve green space in the Pittsburgh area, as part of an effort to protect the Appalachian corridor.
Hellbenders share spotlight with Abraham Lincoln at new nature preserve
A new preserve in Ohio is named for the salamanders that live there also highlights the history of early American railroads.
The Nature Conservancy protects 1,158 acres on Allegheny Front, now part of Pa. game lands
The land in Somerset County is along the Allegheny Front escarpment in the Appalachians. It is now part of State Game Lanes 82.
Coal community groups ask Harris and Trump for continued funding
The groups want assurances from Harris and Trump to continue historic investments in coal communities for economic development, clean energy, environmental cleanup and more.
Study: Fossil fuel workers have skills for clean energy jobs but might have to move
While workers in the coal, gas and oil industries have the right skills, future clean energy jobs might not be coming to places like Appalachia.
Searching for the Pawpaw’s Indigenous Roots
Many Indigenous tribes, forcibly removed from the Appalachian region hundreds of years ago, are reconnecting with pawpaw, a long-lost traditional food important to their culture.
Hollowed out: How EQT’s expansion in West Virginia set 4 families reeling, while regulators trusted the company to answer their complaints
Pittsburgh gas giant EQT pledges to tackle climate change and flexes political muscle. Communities in its frack path face stark realities.
‘Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man’ performance about fracking and belonging coming to Pittsburgh
The touring production from Kentucky finds common themes in western Pennsylvania and beyond.
New documentary buries Appalachia’s ‘King Coal’
A new documentary looks at the death of coal in Appalachia, and how communities entrenched in the culture of coal mining are grieving.
