COVERING CLIMATE NOW
When it comes to the most energy-efficient buildings, deep pockets are still needed
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Tech companies are creating demand for green buildings in the high-end market, but the added costs mean few can follow their lead.
Energy
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From Shenango site to Shell cracker plant: A tour of the region’s industrial and environmental sites
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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.
ENVIRONMENT
Energy investors to Pittsburgh: If you want to save the environment—think about how to make money
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The best way to make environmental impact, according to one top equity advisor, is to stop talking about it. Be ruthless about earning money from energy efficiency, and the environmental benefits will follow; good intentions and wanting to appear sustainable are getting in the way of getting results, he said.
ENVIRONMENT
What Pennsylvania has to do to hit its carbon reduction goals by 2030
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By 2030, Pennsylvania’s must cut it's CO2 levels by 33 percent percent from 2005 levels.
ENVIRONMENT
No permit? No problem for major air polluters around Pittsburgh
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Nearly a third of major air polluters in Southwestern Pennsylvania are running without permits required by the U.S. Clean Air Act, according to a Pittsburgh-based environmental watchdog group.
ENVIRONMENT
The government says we’re letting a ton of electricity literally wash away
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I think that we all agree that there are dams that do not pose significant hazards that are going to be in place for many, many years, and those are really the sites that deserve to be prioritized for development for power.
ENVIRONMENT
Cars, apartments … and solar panels? You can lease them all now in Pittsburgh.
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The region lags in harvesting renewable solar energy, but several forces in Western Pennsylvania are trying to change that.
Clearing the Air
New study connects asthma complications to shale drilling in Pennsylvania
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"I think that there is a growing body of evidence that shows that unconventional natural gas development is associated with negative health impacts"
On the beat
The derailment roundup
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Environment Derailment after derailment. They just keep happening. And June was a busy month for crashes.
Over the past several years, there have been numerous derailments in North America carrying crude from North Dakota’s Bakken Shale. These accidents have sparked increased calls from citizens, the rail industry and lawmakers for the federal government to increase safety regulations.
To keep up with these incidents, new safety regulations and other train derailments across the country, PublicSource provides a roundup of stories each month.
ENVIRONMENT
In less than 10 years, North American leaders expect 50 percent of our energy to be clean
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Non-renewable fossil fuels generated 67 percent of the United States’ 4 trillion kilowatt hours of electrical energy last year. By 2025, though, North American leaders say clean, renewable energy will be the new standard.
