Amy Sisk
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Millions of cicadas will soon crawl out of the soil in southwestern Pennsylvania. This brood -- Brood VIII -- emerges every 17 years for about six…
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John Hecker pointed out the window of the truck as it passed oak, maple and birch trees in the Pennsylvania Wilds.Up ahead was a fork in the road.“That’s…
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Steelworkers, state and county officials, union leaders and business executives piled into the caster maintenance building at U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson…
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Despite an improvement in particulate matter levels at a key Allegheny County Health Department air monitor last year, the county is still not meeting…
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U.S. Steel on Thursday appealed a penalty from the Allegheny County Health Department over emissions violations at Clairton Coke Works.The health…
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While Pennsylvania officials weigh how to regulate emissions from natural gas well sites, a panel of state senators on Tuesday heard how leak detection…
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At a Duquesne Light facility in Pittsburgh, 10 high school students hunched over sheets of paper, pens in hand, as they sketched their dream homes.“I’m…
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Two lawsuits announced this week stem from air pollution problems tied to the steel industry.In one, PennFuture, the Sierra Club and other groups seek to…
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Some Allegheny County residents use a smartphone app to report foul smells in their communities, and a new version of that app is now available to the…
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The Allegheny County Health Department has fined U.S. Steel $700,000 for ongoing emissions problems at its coke-making plant in Clairton near…