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A lawmaker is once again asking Pennsylvania’s top environmental official to turn down a plan by PennEnergy Resources to draw millions of gallons of water a day from Big Sewickley Creek and one of its…

Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale is shutting down today after more than 50 years of operation. It was the the last coal-fired electric power plant in Allegheny County. …

The Buy Nothing Project started in Washington in 2013 by friends Liesl Clark and Rebecca Rockefeller as a way to reduce plastics in the environment. Since then, it has exploded internationally with over 7,000 Buy…

U.S. Steel on Thursday was hit with more than $800,000 worth of fines by the Allegheny County Health Department for alleged pollution and permit violations at the Clairton Coke Works last year. …

“We looked at diet, pesticides on lawns, drinking from private wells, living on a farm or having a parent who works on a farm…” …

It has been more than four years since Edward and Alice Mioduski of Loyalhanna Township have been able to drink water from their well near Loyalhanna Lake.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released a draft environmental impact statement for the Lake Powell Pipeline project Monday and encourages the public to submit comments on…

See a full list of 1000+ Divestment commitments. Fossil Free is a global project sponsored by 350.org, demanding our local communities and institutions commit to: 1)A fast + just transition to 100% renewable energy for all 2) No new fossil fuel projects anywhere; and 3) Not a penny more for dirty energy. 

The realities of natural gas drilling in a low-price market will be among the themes at this week’s Shale Insight 2019, the annual conference in downtown Pittsburgh where President Trump is scheduled to appear Wednesday….

Waters off the coast of Maine are warming faster than 99 percent of the world’s oceans. That’s forcing whales northward in pursuit of prey, threatening some of their already dwindling populations….