Former Pa. DEP secretary wants spreading conventional oil, gas wastewater on roads to remain illegal
Spreading wastewater from conventional oil and gas drilling on dirt and gravel roads to keep dust down is a longtime practice in Pennsylvania, one that some say has to stop.
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By 2045, the buses of Pittsburgh will produce net zero carbon emissions, according to the first-ever climate plan released by Pittsburgh Regional Transit.
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The Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority, which serves 40,000 customers in Pittsburgh’s eastern suburbs, will resume shut-offs for nonpayment next month.
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The non-profit American Rivers will use the federal funds to take down small, obsolete dams in the Ohio and Susquehanna rivers watersheds.
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A small Ohio River community that is home to a hazardous waste facility is wondering what will happen now that the company that ran the facility has failed to comply with a court order to clean up excess toxic oil and gas drilling waste.
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Last year, EPA investigators found nearly two dozen violations at the Max Environmental Technologies hazardous waste landfill in Yukon, Westmoreland County.
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Pennsylvania’s energy efficiency workforce could grow from about 75,000 jobs now to 200,000, according to a study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Offshore wind, which makes electricity without emitting carbon dioxide, is a key plank of President Biden’s plan to lower carbon emissions.
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Lee's position on environmental issues has long been underscored by concerns that pollution hurts low-income communities most.
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In 2021, Mellon Park became Pittsburgh’s first designated Arboretum; Westinghouse Park in the Point Breeze neighborhood is the other.
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A new report by the non-partisan, non-profit group Alliance for the Great Lakes found that 86% of litter collected on Great Lakes beaches contains plastics.