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Carnegie Mellon University is hosting this year’s Global Clean Energy Action Forum with the U.S. Department of Energy. On Wednesday, young people took to the CMU campus to call for climate action from the world leaders gathered in Pittsburgh.
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A new report shows extreme weather is responsible for most power outages across the country in the last two decades.
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Climate change is expected to make Pennsylvania warmer and wetter, with rain falling in more intense bursts. Because of that, floodwaters are now showing up outside those flood zones designated by the federal government. It will be up to communities to figure out how to respond.
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The Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed into law by President Biden on Wednesday, has given new life to efforts in the Pittsburgh region to limit the worst impacts of climate change.
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President Joe Biden has signed Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill. It's the “final piece” of the president's pared-down domestic agenda as he aims to boost his party’s standing with voters ahead of midterm elections.
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The administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is asking the state’s high court to weigh in on a legal battle over Pennsylvania’s plan to charge power plants for their emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide.
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The Supreme Court has taken a major tool off the table to reduce climate pollution. In a 6-3 majority decision, it struck down a now-defunct rule by the Obama EPA, the Clean Power Plan, that would have shifted electricity generation away from coal to cleaner natural gas, solar and wind.
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: We hear the latest about the state budget; a worker and union organizer with Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania shares what they're seeing following the repeal of Roe v. Wade; and a conversation about how school buildings can become more climate resilient.Today’s guests include: Stephen Caruso, capitol reporter with Spotlight PA; Jocelyn K., a union representative with Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania; and Vivian Loftness, researcher and professor of architecture at Carnegie Mellon University.
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SCOTUS EPA ruling a set-back for climate regulations, but Pa. reportedly retains power to set limitsA U.S. Supreme Court ruling curbs the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions, but it’s not likely to have a significant impact in Pennsylvania.
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U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm was in the Pittsburgh area Tuesday to tout jobs in the growing clean energy sector. She visited BCI Steel, which recently reopened a former Bethlehem Steel plant in Leetsdale.