A hotly contested East Coast natural gas pipeline has been given the go-ahead to start operating.
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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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Lee's position on environmental issues has long been underscored by concerns that pollution hurts low-income communities most.
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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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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.
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The most sweeping of the rules are the CO2 limits on coal and new natural gas plants. They require carbon capture, improved efficiency or co-firing with “low-emitting” fuels at these plants.
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The measure from Rep. Donna Bullock (D-Philadelphia) would require companies to estimate the total environmental impact of new or expanded plants on environmental justice areas.