The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that the EPA brags is always ready to deploy within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster. But the plane didn’t fly in eastern Ohio until four days after last year's disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment
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Lewis County Transit got a $1.8 million grant from the coal transition fund to install a micro-sized hydrogen electrolyzer, which will use electricity to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.
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The $80,000 grant from the community transition fund in Centralia, Wa. helped replace the Juice Box Public House's roof and failing heating system.
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Under pressure from climate activists to close, the Centralia, Wa. plant agreed to a deadline and put millions in a transition fund. StateImpact Pennsylvania spent several days there to explore how time and money has affected preparations for what lies ahead.
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The final rule, announced by Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, cuts in half the permissible exposure limit for crystalline silica for an 8-hour shift.
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The deal has raised concerns about what the sale could mean for unionized workers, supply chains and U.S. national security, and is opposed by President Joe Biden.
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An extraordinarily wet start to the month of April has pushed what was already a very damp 2024 in Pittsburgh into all-time record territory.
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Teens from across the region will gather at the David Lawrence Convention Center this weekend for a day-long summit on climate action.
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The Rager Mountain storage field owned by Equitrans spewed methane gas for nearly two weeks, from Nov. 6-19, 2022.
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Some residents have criticized a $600 million preliminary settlement agreement related to the 2023 Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. But the lawyers who negotiated the settlement said it was a "very, very good deal" and asked for patience until they can help to explain it more.
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In January, Biden said in a statement the pause is to take a look “at the impacts of LNG exports on energy costs, America’s energy security, and our environment.”