Jan 24, 2025 · Manufacturing is cleaner and more automated than when it hit its peak in the Pittsburgh area in the 1950s. Federal dollars and clean energy have revolutionized manufacturing, but what happens now that President Trump is back in office? Jobs in clean energy are expanding faster in Pennsylvania than the state’s overall economy, according to a new report. A climate …

May 21, 2024 · Climate Central reports flood damage cost Pennsylvania nearly $2.8 billion in 2020. That could rise 8% by 2050 as global temperatures continue to rise.

Oct 17, 2024 · Homes built before the 1978 national ban can have lead paint on the interior and exterior surfaces. Kids can be exposed by inhaling lead dust when paint chips are disturbed, eating paint chips or by touching their mouths after coming in contact with lead.

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Jan 31, 2025 · This week on The Allegheny Front, a special report. It's been two years since the the Norfolk Southern train derailed near the Pennsylvania-Ohio border. Researchers have been looking at how the toxic chemicals released in the disaster could impact people's health, and many who lived nearby still have health questions. A Western Pennsylvania Congressman is …

Jan 3, 2025 · Our favorite stories from 2024. Potato chips are getting more expensive--is climate change part of the reason? A new book out this year looks at radioactivity in the oil and gas industry, and its impacts on workers. The largest coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania closed. For some, it's been hard to accept. We'll revisit Homer City. And the effort to build a nearly 50 …

Nov 13, 2024 · This story is part of our series, Wild Pennsylvania. Check out all of the other stories in the series here. There are nearly 3,400 dams in Pennsylvania regulated by the state. Many of those are “low head” dams spanning from one side of a creek or river to the other, affecting the water flow.

Jan 13, 2025 · New federal clean energy rebates are in limbo for residents of Pa.-Federal funding is still pending as Biden’s term nears its end. The rebates can cover heat pumps, electric stoves and insulation. The turkey vulture has a cast-iron stomach-Vultures have such bulletproof digestive systems they can even eat anthrax. But their powerful stomachs also serve an …

A coal mine along the Pennsylvania – West Virginia border is closing. Around 180 miners at the Monongalia County Coal Mine in Greene County received notice of permanent layoff from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

Feb 12, 2020 · In 1956, plans for the Kinzua Dam — which for the previous two decades had been vague and nebulous — began to move forward. Twenty years earlier, in the infamous St. Patrick’s Day Flood, the entire Ohio River Basin had experienced catastrophic flooding.