The Allegheny Front, environmental news for Pennsylvania
WEB4 days ago · The Allegheny Front September 13, 2024. There wasn't a lot of talk about the environment in Tuesday's presidential debate, except for one hot topic: fracking. We fact check the candidates' claims about the issue. Some people who live along Indian Creek in West Virginia had pristine well water, but that’s changed they say, due to mining.
The Complicated History of the Kinzua Dam and How It Changed …
WEBFeb 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 …
Wild Pennsylvania, a series exploring conservation - The Allegheny …
WEBDams and culverts make it difficult for fish to navigate. Climate change and invasive species threaten our native species. Our reporters are traveling throughout the region to talk to the scientists, conservation groups and everyday people working to save wildlife and habitats in Pennsylvania. Stay tuned. Funding for this series comes from the ...
The new tax credits for home solar and energy efficiency you …
WEBAug 23, 2024 · It’s been two years since the nation’s historic climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, was signed.The IRA is the biggest investment in clean energy projects in U.S. history, and many Americans don’t know about it even though some of its programs could directly benefit consumers, like the Residential Clean Energy Tax Credit.
A new report recommends ways to keep Pennsylvania wildlife and …
WEBAug 2, 2024 · It called for a report on the use of wildlife corridors to protect wildlife and keep people and animals safe from collisions. The report was released by the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee in June. It’s something Sally Sims has been advocating for as a consultant and cofounder of Pennsylvania Habitat Connectivity, which coalesced in ...
Kayak tour allows Pittsburghers to transform trash into art
WEBAug 9, 2024 · As a mixed-media artist, she designed a kayak tour on the Allegheny River this summer where participants created sculptural art using trash and natural materials found on the river’s shoreline. A full-time K-12 art teacher, Cervone McElwain is also part of the Pittsburgh Creative Corps with Shiftworks Community + Public Arts, the nonprofit ...
$90M federal grant awarded for the largest solar project in …
WEBReid Frazier March 28, 2024. The Department of Energy is awarding $90 million to a company that has promised to build what would be the largest solar project in the state on a former coal mine in central Pennsylvania. The 402-megawatt solar farm would be the largest in the state. The award goes to Delaware-based Mineral Basin Solar LLC, a ...
Our Three Rivers - The Allegheny Front
WEBOur Three Rivers. Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers define its geography and help shape its identity. Yet defining Pittsburghers own relationships to the Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio Rivers is an ever-shifting process. For over a century, the Three Rivers helped fuel Pittsburgh’s boom, creating a culture where residents saw their rivers as ...
How Much Green infrastructure Will Be Included in ALCOSAN’s $2 …
WEBDec 13, 2019 · by Oliver Morrison, PublicSource. This story comes from PublicSource, a nonprofit digital-first news organization that delivers public-service reporting and analysis in the Pittsburgh region.. At a press conference in September, Arletta Scott Williams, the executive director of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, led the crowd in a chant.
Searching for the Pawpaw’s Indigenous Roots
WEBAug 16, 2024 · It was early August, a fresh summer afternoon in Jackson County, Ohio at the Leo Petroglyph, which is a huge rock carved with images of animals and humans. The sounds of insects in the dense woods combined with the sounds of a nearby creek. “These pawpaws are on the edge of the forest,” Chris Chmiel said …
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