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After Sherri Mason began researching microplastics in 2012, her work led the Food and Drug Administration to ban plastic microbeads in face creams and shampoos. For that accomplishment, she earned a Heinz Award for Public Policy.
In downtown Pittsburgh Wednesday morning, dozens of people contested a proposed rollback of regulations that require car manufacturers to continue increasing vehicle fuel efficiency through 2026.
Here is a rare opportunity for Pittsburghers to comment on one of Trump’s biggest proposed changes to environmental regulations.
A new study also estimates that all of Allegheny County's nearly 500 illegal dumpsites could be cleaned up for fewer than $1 million.
Does Doug Bentrem also worry about the dangers the pipeline brings to his property and his cows? “Of course.
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Fifty climate activists packed onto a tour bus near the Energy Innovation Center in Uptown on Saturday. “I’d like to see us go on a fun trip somewhere,” Perry Recker, a member of the Pittsburgh chapter of the Climate Reality Project, had heard someone say at one of their recent climate change meetings. From that comment, they planned a tour. As if on cue, applause broke out when the last woman climbed aboard and the tour could start. Nine months ago, Al Gore, the founder of he Climate Reality Project, came to Pittsburgh and spoke to more than 1,000 activists.
This is the paradox of Pittsburgh’s current environmental identity: The city is claiming the role of environmental leader but still touts its success relative to its dirty past.
President and CEO of Peoples Natural Gas Morgan O’Brien has a grand plan for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. And, in spite of skepticism from some officials and recent opposition from local activists, he wants you to trust him.
If politicians like Mayor Bill Peduto don't have an answer for what kind of climate-friendly jobs they can bring to the region in place of petrochemical ones, the Pittsburgh region may continue to see additional fossil fuel jobs and see its climate emissions increase.
Jim Kelly, the deputy director of environmental health for Allegheny County, made a surprise announcement at the most recent board of health meeting last month.
He said his department was starting to develop more stringent emission regulations that would improve an air quality issue that has long gone unaddressed.
