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Oysters from the bay waiting to spawn.
September 30, 2019 | 5:48 PM

In Pittsburgh, some restaurants are helping restore the Chesapeake Bay one oyster shell at a time

With oyster populations low, a recovery effort focuses on cultivating baby oysters in the shells that once might have been on your dinner plate.

By Kara Holsopple/The Allegheny Front
Mike Campbell, a college biology professor, is seen on Sept. 11, 2019, in a boat launch area with a smokestack of Erie Coke visible in the background.
September 30, 2019 | 5:38 AM

An Erie biology professor felt like he couldn’t control what’s happening in Washington. Then he led a campaign against a polluting coke plant in his community

Fight isn't over yet for Hold Erie Coke Accountable
By Ed Mahon
Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in South Philadelphia. Workers are in the process of neutralizing a highly toxic substance as part of a shut down.
September 27, 2019 | 4:07 PM

Philadelphia to issue recommendations for developers eyeing PES refinery

By Catalina Jaramillo
Detailed view on the newly installed system to filter out PFAS Forever Chemicals at Well #2 of the Horsham Water and Sewer Authority facility in Horsham, Pa., on August 22, 2019.
September 27, 2019 | 9:09 AM

Temple researchers will look at link between PFAS and cancer

By Dana Bate/WHYY
Shell's ethane cracker under construction in June, 2019 in Beaver County, Pa. A similar plant is proposed to be built in Belmont County, Ohio, roughly a 90-minute drive away.
September 26, 2019 | 5:31 AM

Environmental groups secure air protections at proposed Ohio cracker plant

By Julie Grant/The Allegheny Front
A statue representing the "Pitt Panther" mascot of the University of Pittsburgh is seen across the street from the iconic Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus.
September 25, 2019 | 1:21 PM

Three Pittsburgh institutions share how they’re working to limit their contributions to climate change

By Juliette Rihl, PublicSource
In this file photo, Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2, 2018 after sinkholes opened in the area. That caused one of the ME2 project's many delays.
September 25, 2019 | 9:13 AM

Sunoco still needs DEP approvals to restart pipeline work at Lisa Drive, Chester County

Lifting of injunction at sinkhole site isn’t final green light for Mariner East
By Jon Hurdle
Philadelphia firefighters gather at the entrance to Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery, while a large flare burns off fuel to prevent it from feeding the massive fire at the refinery.
September 24, 2019 | 12:12 PM

Philadelphia refinery site — including dangerous chemical — declared under control 3 months after fire, explosion

By Susan Phillips
This 2008 file photo shows a view of the INEOS refinery at Grangemouth, Scotland, where ethane imported from Pennsylvania is processed and turned into plastic.
September 24, 2019 | 11:29 AM

In Scotland, a town evolved with its refinery. Shale gas arrived to help the plant, but the town could benefit more, one resident says

Dispatches from Scotland, part 4: Grangemouth’s economy leans on the refinery there, and a business owner said she’s learned to accept living near the plant. But, she said, the town ‘should be more vibrant.’

By Reid Frazier
The Horsham Air Guard Station in Bucks County, Pa. where the use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam has been linked with contamination of local water supplies.
September 24, 2019 | 10:46 AM

Bucks, Montgomery counties will get $5 million to study health effects of PFAS

By Dana Bate/WHYY
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