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On today’s episode of The Confluence: the future and funding of OnePGH, former Mayor Bill Peduto’s solution to local nonprofits' tax-exempt status, is unclear under Mayor Ed Gainey’s administration; we speak to BikePGH about their 20th anniversary, and preview events they’re hosting soon for “Bike Anywhere Week”; and a look at how Republican candidates for governor are advocating for greater fossil fuel production, despite the imminent threats of climate change.Today’s guests include: Charlie Wolfson, local government reporter with PublicSource; and Kéya Joseph, the director of events at BikePGH.
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Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature has failed in a last-ditch effort to block the centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to fight climate change, a regulation requiring fossil fuel-fired power plants to pay a price for every ton of carbon dioxide they emit.
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On this week’s Explainer:Gov. Tom Wolf announced this week that K-12 teachers, child care workers and other school staff will be prioritized for…
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On today's program: Last year Pittsburgh saw the lowest number of businesses bankruptcies in 17 years, what does this mean for the pandemic-driven…
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Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is promoting a new “Marshall Plan for Middle America” that would transition the Appalachian region away from fossil fuels and…
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University of Pittsburgh's Board of Trustees Friday voted to become a carbon neutral campus by 2037, the school's 250th anniversary. The meeting was…
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A group of alumni met with University of Pittsburgh administrators Tuesday to amplify demands students have made for years: divest the university’s…
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Pennsylvania’s ecosystem has already been permanently altered due to climate change, but it’s not too late to act before these changes become…
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Democratic Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke came to Pittsburgh Wednesday with a forceful speech that made a case for progressive values on a host of…
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Clean energy jobs continue to grow in Pennsylvania, according to a new report from energy non-profits Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance and…