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Pittsburgh students go on strike to join international day of climate action

PITTSBURGH—More than a hundred Pittsburgh-area students went on strike today, skipping school to participate in an international day of protests to demand action on climate change.

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A fracking-driven industrial boom renews pollution concerns in Pittsburgh

Once known as the Steel City, Pittsburgh is shedding its polluted past and embracing a rebirth built on health care, education, and technology. But the region’s surging fracking industry is attracting a $6 billion ethane plant and other petrochemical facilities, raising new pollution fears.

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Higher operating pressure prompts new safety concerns over Sunoco’s Mariner East 2X pipeline

Documents indicate Sunoco has a new maximum operating pressure for the line, which is under construction. An engineer who conducted a risk assessment of the Mariner East project said a higher pressure increases risk.

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Curbside glass recycling may become a thing of the past

In some western Pennsylvania communities, glass is no longer being collected curbside with cans and paper as part of residential recycling programs. So a statewide environmental group is offering a solution.

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Pittsburgh’s ‘living building’ focuses on eco-friendly construction

The Center for Sustainable Landscapes shows what a future of green buildings could look like.

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Workshop focused on keeping environment safe during pipeline construction happening Saturday, March 23rd

As the Shell Falcon Pipeline moves into western Pennsylvania, community members are worried what the pipeline construction will do to Pennsylvania’s environment.

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Shell's Falcon ethane pipeline enters construction phase

About 350 contractors and employees of Shell Pipeline Co. are at work on the 97-mile Falcon Pipeline, which will feed ethane to Shell Chemicals' cracker plant in Potter Township.

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Who's afraid of FirstEnergy Solutions' restructuring plan? Every government agency that has seen it

As the troubled coal and nuclear firm tries to emerge from bankruptcy, questions about what it leaves behind remain.

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State lawmakers call for expanded natural gas pipeline network

A group of bipartisan state legislators on Tuesday stood in solidarity with the oil and gas industry in promoting more pipeline development in the wake of Pennsylvania's attorney general last week opening an investigation into the Mariner East II pipeline.

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The toxic consequences of America’s plastics boom

Thanks to fracking, petrochemicals giants are poised to make the plastic pollution crisis much, much worse.

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Pennsylvania launches criminal investigation into Mariner East pipeline project

The PA Attorney General's office and Delaware County joined forces to launch an investigation into alleged criminal misconduct related to Sunoco's controversial Mariner East pipeline project.

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Allegheny Land Trust issues a call of urgency to save county's green spaces

Allegheny Land Trust protects watersheds, steep slopes and biodiversity on 2,500 acres, but Allegheny County is losing 2,000 vulnerable acres each year.

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Health Deptartment revises order against U.S. Steel after company updates repair timeline

After U.S. Steel said repairs at Clairton Coke Works are a month ahead of schedule, the Allegheny County Health Department on Tuesday revised an order

Pittsburgh students go on strike to join international day of climate action

Who won the Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge? And how did they do it?