“Seeing The Unseen: Aquatic Invaders & What’s at Stake,” features some of the aquatic invasive species threatening the Lake Erie watershed and nearby region and efforts to reduce the threat to these ecosystems.
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Offshore wind, which makes electricity without emitting carbon dioxide, is a key plank of President Biden’s plan to lower carbon emissions.
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Lee's position on environmental issues has long been underscored by concerns that pollution hurts low-income communities most.
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In 2021, Mellon Park became Pittsburgh’s first designated Arboretum; Westinghouse Park in the Point Breeze neighborhood is the other.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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U.S. Forest Service chief visits Pittsburgh on Earth Day, celebrates urban forestry efforts
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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.
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry charged Shell Pipeline Friday with chronically underreporting spills of industrial waste during construction of a pipeline feeding the company’s Beaver County ethane cracker.