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The Edgar Thomson Plant, part of U.S. Steel, is seen in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Credit: Dustin Franz for The Washington Post via Getty Images

‘Green Steel’ Would Curb Carbon Emissions, Spur Economic Revival in Southwest Pennsylvania, Study Says

By Jon Hurdle

Awash in Toxic Wastewater From Fracking for Natural Gas, Pennsylvania Faces a Disposal Reckoning

By Stacey Burling

Plastic Recycling Plant Could Send Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Into the Susquehanna River, Polluting a Vital Drinking Water Source

By James Bruggers

Along the Monongahela River, Braddock Avenue runs between train tracks and U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Works, which occupies parts of Braddock, North Braddock, East Pittsburgh and North Versailles. Credit: Quinn Glabicki/PublicSource

In Braddock, Imagining Environmental Justice for a ‘Sacrifice Zone’

By Quinn Glabicki

Encina Chemical Recycling Plant in Pennsylvania Faces Setback: One of its Buildings Is Too Tall

By James Bruggers

A Norfolk Southern freight train. Credit: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

Lawmakers Urge Biden Administration to Permanently Ban Rail Shipments of Liquefied Natural Gas

By Jon Hurdle

In Pennsylvania, Home to the Nation’s First Oil Well, Environmental Activists Stage a ‘People’s Filibuster’ at the Bustling State Capitol

By Kiley Bense

In Dimock, a Pennsylvania Town Riven by Fracking, Concerns About Ties Between a Judge and a Gas Driller

By Kiley Bense

An aerial view shows a natural gas cryogenic processing plant under construction Oct. 26, 2017 in Smith Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Pennsylvania Environmental Officials Took 9 Days to Inspect a Gas Plant Outside Pittsburgh That Caught Fire on Christmas Day

By Jon Hurdle

A view of Shell Chemical's new multi billion-dollar ethane cracker plant processing plant across the Allegheny River can be seen under construction Oct. 27, 2017 in Monaca, Pennsylvania. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Pennsylvania Advocates Issue Intent to Sue Shell’s New Petrochemical Plant Outside Pittsburgh for Emissions Violations

By Jon Hurdle

Josh Shapiro waves after speaking at his swearing in as Governor of Pennsylvania at the State Capitol Building on Jan. 17, 2023 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Credit: Mark Makela/Getty Images

In Pennsylvania, a New Administration Fuels Hopes for Tougher Rules on Energy, Environment

By Jon Hurdle

View of the downtown Pittsburgh skyline at dusk, showing the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers joining to form the Ohio River. Credit: Steven Adams/Getty Images

Pittsburgh Selects Sustainable Startups Among a New Crop of Innovative Businesses

By Jon Hurdle

$A fracking operation takes place on leased farm land near Dimock, Pennsylvania. Credit: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images$

Residents Fear New Methane Contamination as Pennsylvania Lifts Its Gas-Drilling Ban in the Township of Dimock

By Jon Hurdle

A New Shell Plant in Pennsylvania Will ‘Just Run and Run’ Producing the Raw Materials for Single-Use Plastics

By James Bruggers

Behavioral Scientists’ Appeal To Climate Researchers: Study The Bias

By Victoria St. Martin

Josh Shapiro gives a victory speech to supporters at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center on Nov. 8, 2022 in Oaks, Pennsylvania. Shapiro defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano. Credit: Mark Makela/Getty Images

Clean-Water Plea Suggests New Pennsylvania Governor Won’t Tolerate Violations by Energy Companies, Advocates Say

By Jon Hurdle

$A fracking operation takes place on leased farm land near Dimock, Pennsylvania, where dairy farms used to dominate. Credit: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.$

Fracking Company to Pay for Public Water System in Rural Pennsylvania Town

By Jon Hurdle

A plastic water bottle floats half submerged along the bank of the Tulpehocken Creek at Gring's Mill in Spring Township in Pennsylvania on March 4, 2021. Credit: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

Microplastics Pervade Even Top-Quality Streams in Pennsylvania, Study Finds

By Jon Hurdle

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