The Psychology of Littering - The Allegheny Front
Jan 8, 2016 · The Psychology of Littering. Littering continues to be a big environmental problem in cities. And one Pittsburgher from the city’s North Side neighborhood is taking the problem personally. Meda Rago regularly picks up trash to keep her street clean. And she really isn’t kidding when she says she’s found some pretty weird things chucked ...
$90M federal grant awarded for the largest solar project in …
Reid 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
Our 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 ...
Hydrogen is coming to Pennsylvania. Now what?
Oct 23, 2023 · Reid is currently contributing to StateImpact Pennsylvania, a collaboration among The Allegheny Front, WESA, WITF and WHYY covering the Commonwealth's energy economy. Analysts say the hydrogen hubs will take at least 10 years and billions more in private money and tax breaks to develop.
Should the federal government support a massive recycling plant …
Sep 23, 2024 · A company planning to build a huge plastics recycling facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, got a big boost this summer when the U.S. Department of Energy announced a conditional loan guarantee for the project of $182.6 million.. The facility would recycle some plastics for reuse and send other types to a steel plant …
In Beaver County, a mix of hope and fear over startup of Shell’s …
Jun 10, 2022 · For decades, steel mills lined Western Pennsylvania’s rivers, and though they belched out soot and pollution, they put food on the table. It’s a familiar story, nowhere more true than in Beaver County, says Skip Homan.
About Us - The Allegheny Front
The Allegheny Front is an award-winning public radio program covering environmental issues in Western Pennsylvania, airing on WESA in Pittsburgh and on stations throughout the region. The Allegheny Front began in 1991 on WYEP 91.3 FM as a new urban environmental consciousness was strengthening in Pittsburgh. As originally created by volunteer ...
The Race to Save a Rare Mountain Lover - The Allegheny Front
May 27, 2022 · This story was originally published on July 17, 2021. This story is part of our series, Wild Pennsylvania. Check out all of the other stories in the series here. Plant species are going extinct at alarming rates.Here in Pennsylvania, 349 native plant species are considered rare, threatened or endangered, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
U.S. Steel debuts an all-electric locomotive, a first in North America
Oct 31, 2023 · DEP spokesperson Lauren Camarda said in an email the grant to U.S Steel was the largest ever given from the Diesel-gate money. “DEP supports the project and applauds U.S. Steel for its commitment to replacing diesel locomotives built in 1964 and 1974 with state-of-the-art battery electric locomotives ahead of schedule,” Camarda said.
When Coyotes Come to Town - The Allegheny Front
Jul 1, 2024 · Without wolves as natural competitors, coyotes spread from coast to coast. In a weird twist of fate–and survival–wolves and coyotes hybridized in Ontario. That resulted in a larger coyote in the east–a third larger than western coyotes–weighing 35 to 55 pounds. Coyote in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood, October 2017.