Stories tagged: "environment"
Environment
Environment Michael Regan Could Become the First Black Man to Head Up the EPA
Elle Meyers
February 10, 2021 4:50 pm EST
Pennsylvania generates more coal ash than any other state. Michael Regan—who's poised to become the next Administrator of the EPA—has a history of cleaning up coal ash pollution.
Climate
Climate Trump to Dump Rules That Protect You From Methane
Patrick deHahn
August 13, 2020 2:20 pm EDT
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is expected to sign the rollback of the 2016 methane emissions rule in Pittsburgh Thursday.
Environment
Environment Report Finds 70% of Public Housing Is Located Near Toxic Waste Sites
Elle Meyers
July 16, 2020 4:12 pm EDT
Seventy percent of hazardous waste sites, including ones in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, are located within one mile of public housing, report finds.
Environment
Environment AG Shapiro: Pennsylvania Failed to Regulate the Fracking Industry and Put Citizens at Risk
Associated Press
June 25, 2020 2:12 pm EDT
“The bottom line is this was a failure,” Shapiro said. “Regulators were supposed to prevent abuse by the big corporations ... but they didn’t.”
Environment
Environment Pollution Can Be Life or Death for COVID-19 Patients. That’s Triggered a New Fight for Cleaner Air.
Giselle Balido
April 16, 2020 2:08 pm EDT
The Trump administration is easing restrictions on air pollution. Now a study links air pollution to higher risk for death with coronavirus.
