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Nick Liadis measures the fat stores of an ovenbird at the Twin Stupas banding site in Chicora, Butler County. Credit: Quinn Glabicki

Not Winging It: Birders Hope Hard Data Will Help Save the Species They Love—and the Ecosystems Birds Depend On

By Quinn Glabicki, PublicSource

Shell Agrees to Pay $10 Million After Permit Violations at its Giant New Plastics Plant in Pennsylvania

By James Bruggers

As EPA Proposes Tougher Rules on Emissions, Report Names Pennsylvania as One of America’s Top Polluters

By Victoria St. Martin

$Two 18-wheel tractor trailers carry fresh water to natural gas wells being drilled by hydrofracking in the Marcellus Shale Sept. 10, 2012 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images$

Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping of Fracking Wastewater

By Jon Hurdle

A plume of exhaust extends from the Mitchell Power Station, a coal-fired power plant built along the Monongahela River, 20 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, on Sept. 24, 2013 in New Eagle, Pennsylvania. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

New Study Bolsters Case for Pennsylvania to Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

By Jon Hurdle

Shell's new petrochemical plant in Monaca, Pennsylvania, on the Ohio River, about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh. Credit: Emma Ricketts/Inside Climate News.

Shell Sued Over Air Emissions at Pennsylvania’s New Petrochemical Plant

By Jon Hurdle

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

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