State Gives $2.5 Million to Pitt to Study Health Impacts of Fracking Rachel McDevittDecember 23, 2020 Pitt Public Health will conduct two studies, including a possible relationship to childhood cancers in southwestern Pa. HealthPollution
Study: Pa. Heart Failure Patients Near Fracking More Likely to be Hospitalized Reid FrazierDecember 21, 2020 A new study found heart failure patients living near fracking operations were more likely to be hospitalized than those farther away. EnergyHealth
Fears for Safety and Climate Surround LNG Export Terminal Planned on the Delaware River Susan PhillipsDecember 11, 2020 What scares people the most is transporting flammable LNG 200 miles along the I-95 corridor through densely populated areas. Climate ChangeEnergyHealth
DEP Deals Blow to Fracking Plan at U.S. Steel Mill Near Pittsburgh Reid FrazierDecember 11, 2020 The agency says it will suspend reviewing environmental permits for the controversial well after it lost its local zoning permit. Energy
EPA Declines to Strengthen Soot Standard Reid FrazierDecember 8, 2020 The agency went against recommendations from its own scientists that a stronger standard could save lives. Pa. is one of four states that don't meet the current standard. HealthPollution
Federal Agency Approves Transfer of TMI-2 for Decommissioning Rachel McDevittDecember 4, 2020 The partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island reactor is still the country’s most serious accident at a nuclear power plant. Energy
Can Biden’s Climate Plan Spark Cooperation in Pennsylvania? Rachel McDevittDecember 4, 2020 Some see possible common ground in jobs and infrastructure projects like charging stations for electric cars. Climate ChangeEnergyPolitics
Families and Advocates Criticize Pa.’s Fracking Health Studies Reid FrazierDecember 3, 2020 Families say they're being cut out of the process of designing studies about whether fracking had anything to do with childhood cancers in SW Pa. EnergyHealth
Central Pa. Counties Get $6M to Help Reduce Pollution to the Chesapeake Bay Rachel McDevittNovember 30, 2020 The counties are responsible for some of the highest levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment running into the Chesapeake Bay. PollutionWater
Allegheny County Residents Demand Stronger Pollution Regs for U.S. Steel Plant Reid FrazierNovember 23, 2020 An air inversion in early November caused a string of bad air days near the Clairton Coke Works. Residents are sick of it. Pollution