December 10, 2019 | 7:59 AM
What’s the future of global climate policies? The Allegheny Front talks with Obama’s chief climate negotiator
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Reid R. Frazier is an energy reporter for The Allegheny Front, a Pittsburgh-based public media outlet covering the environment in Pennsylvania. His work has aired on NPR and Marketplace.
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November 29, 2019 | 6:27 AM
After the Murray Energy bankruptcy, what’s the future of coal?
November 25, 2019 | 6:00 AM
Pittsburgh mayor’s comments set off controversy over petrochemical industry’s impact to Western Pa.
November 22, 2019 | 5:25 PM
State to fund studies on fracking and cancers, other health effects
Two studies will take three years, $3.9 million
November 22, 2019 | 9:16 AM
Shell tells community meeting that ethane cracker in Beaver County is at peak employment
Some say the project and jobs have boosted the area; others raise concerns over air pollution
Updated: November 20, 2019 | 10:05 am
Johns Hopkins researcher: Pa. should ban fracking
Brian Schwartz said he recently became convinced that the time had come to make a public statement about banning fracking. A shale gas industry group said a ban would bring Pennsylvania’s economy “to a standstill.”
November 15, 2019 | 5:00 AM
Despite Scotland’s fracking ban, imported American shale gas is key to the economy in one town. To some, it’s an uneasy state of affairs
One man who grew up near a major petrochemical plant thinks it’s a devil’s bargain: “Why should a community in America have to suffer what we’ve fought hard against?”
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Reid Frazier November 4, 2019 | 8:36 PM
Trump administration proposes rollbacks for two Obama-era coal pollution rules
Rules on coal ash ponds, wastewater from coal-fired power plants are targetted
October 30, 2019 | 2:25 PM
DEP, Equitrans agree to $650,000 settlement over storage field violations
State found inadequate documentation of wells drilled into storage field beneath a planned coal mine expansion
October 17, 2019 | 3:45 PM
