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State Launches Course to Train Climate Leaders

Rachel McDevitt·September 16, 2021

Pennsylvania's program will train leaders on how flooding, heatwaves and other climate impacts will disrupt communities and businesses and offer solutions.

Climate Change

Twenty Years After Flight 93 Crashed, the Living Memorial Faces Both Old and New Threats

Rachel McDevitt·September 7, 2021

The memorial’s designers set out to restore life at the site, and provide a space for healing and reflection in nature. But maintaining that vision is proving to be a challenge.

Conservation Culture

Lawmakers Move to Block RGGI After Rule Wins Regulatory Approval

Rachel McDevitt·September 3, 2021

A House committee passed a disapproval resolution for the rule. The House and Senate now have a deadline to send disapproval resolutions to the governor, who can veto them.

Climate Change Energy Politics

Pa.’s RGGI Rule Nears Finish Line After Oversight Board Vote

Rachel McDevitt·September 2, 2021

The Wolf administration hopes to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative by early 2022. Pennsylvania would be the first major fossil fuel-producing to put a price on carbon.

Climate Change Energy Politics

Judge Vacates Trump’s Rollback of Protections for Streams, Wetlands

Reid Frazier·September 1, 2021

It's back to the drawing board for a rule to define which streams, wetlands are protected under the Clean Water Act after a judge found the Trump-era rule risks "serious environmental harm."

Water Wild Pennsylvania Your Environment Update

As Climate Change Urgency Grows, Pa. Is Still Working on New Standards for Teaching About It

Rachel McDevitt·August 26, 2021

Under Pennsylvania's current science education standards, students don't learn about climate change until 12th grade. New standards won't be in place until 2024.

Climate Change

Climate Activists Set Their Sights on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Susan Phillips·August 25, 2021

They want Gov. Wolf to appoint new members of the PUC who are dedicated to climate justice and ending environmental racism.

Climate Change Energy Environmental Justice Politics

Federal Pipeline Agency Issues Warning Letter to Shell for Falcon Project

Reid Frazier·August 25, 2021

The agency didn't issue Shell a fine for "probable violations" along sections of the Falcon pipeline but instead ordered the company to fix the problem.

Energy Follow the Pipeline The Coming Chemical Boom

DCNR’s 25-Year Plan for State Parks Stresses Need to Address Effects of Climate Change

Madison Goldberg·August 20, 2021

DCNR has released its 25-year plan for state parks, and climate change is front and center. It calls for ways to both mitigate and adapt to the consequences.

Climate Change Conservation Recreation

Proposed Coal Mine in the Mon Valley Hits Roadblock at Township Meeting

Reid Frazier·August 19, 2021

The Forward Township planning commission unanimously rejected a challenge to rezone the property to allow for coal mining. Community members in attendance were "100 percent against" the mine.

Energy Your Environment Update

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Solar savings for Clairton, other Pa. schools at risk from proposed federal cuts

Pa. solar installers say GOP’s U.S. House tax bill is a ‘disaster’ for business

Allegheny National Forest will increase logging by millions of board feet this year

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