Aimee Dilger
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WVIA News
A truck full of walleye arrived at the Pleasant Mount State Fish Hatchery before noon on a cold April Friday. The gold and olive fish were there to help produce another generation for anglers to catch across Pennsylvania. The season for the freshwater fish began Saturday, May 4.
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Pennsylvania’s energy efficiency workforce could grow from about 75,000 jobs now to 200,000, according to a study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. -
Lee's position on environmental issues has long been underscored by concerns that pollution hurts low-income communities most. -
Offshore wind, which makes electricity without emitting carbon dioxide, is a key plank of President Biden’s plan to lower carbon emissions. -
In 2021, Mellon Park became Pittsburgh’s first designated Arboretum; Westinghouse Park in the Point Breeze neighborhood is the other. -
A new report by the non-partisan, non-profit group Alliance for the Great Lakes found that 86% of litter collected on Great Lakes beaches contains plastics. -
The most sweeping of the rules are the CO2 limits on coal and new natural gas plants. They require carbon capture, improved efficiency or co-firing with “low-emitting” fuels at these plants. -
The measure from Rep. Donna Bullock (D-Philadelphia) would require companies to estimate the total environmental impact of new or expanded plants on environmental justice areas. -
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm visited the Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works in Lyndora, Pa. on Monday to tout the Biden administration’s investments and policies supporting American-made steel. -
U.S. Forest Service chief visits Pittsburgh on Earth Day, celebrates urban forestry efforts -
A new report by ReImagine Appalachia examines how investments are being used to restore the Pittsburgh region's natural resources while training a disconnected workforce.
