EHN reporter: Here's how Pittsburgh journalists should cover the LGBTQ+ community

An upcoming event aims to empower reporters to get it right.

On Wednesday, November 20, EHN's Pittsburgh reporter Kristina Marusic will speak at an event aimed at helping journalists appropriately cover the LGBTQ+ community in Pittsburgh and beyond.

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U.S. Steel unveils pledge to cut emissions

U.S. Steel has announced it aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2030. The plan relies in large part on upgrades at two large facilities.

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Climate

Indoor aquaponics farm to bring jobs (plus fresh fish and veggies) to Duquesne

Aquaponics farm to bring fish farming and fresh produce to urban Duquesne.

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Energy

Commonwealth Court upholds Penn Township fracking rules

Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court upheld a ruling that will allow gas well fracking to continue in Penn Township.

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Energy

PA Senator takes preventative measures as dems call for fracking bans

Pennsylvania’s Republican US Senator introduced a resolution he hopes will enable Congress to defeat future presidents’ fracking bans in court.

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Energy

Fact checking Gov. Tom Wolf’s KDKA radio interview on cracker plants and natural gas

Wolf claimed in the roughly six-minute interview that cracker plants and continuation of the natural gas industry would be a net good for the environment, and disagreed with Peduto's denouncement of the petrochemical industry. City Paper has identified three major claims made by Wolf and has fact-checked them to determine their accuracy.

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In radio interview, Wolf breaks with Pittsburgh's Peduto on nat gas, enraging environmentalists

A war of words between labor and environmentalists — with Democrats in the middle — roared back into the spotlight Tuesday when Gov. Tom Wolf waded in, saying that more petrochemical development was “exactly what we need" in western Pennsylvania to meet clean energy standards.

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Toxics

Citing 'serious concerns,' CNX Resources quits Allegheny Conference

The gas exploration company claims that the conference “marginalizes energy and manufacturing."

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Climate

Arsenal Resources files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

It's one of the top 10 producers of natural gas in West Virginia.

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Justice

'Mighty' Etna: The greening of a blue-collar river town

When a flood devastated the river town of Etna in 2004, the community set in motion a radical plan to cope with its stormwater problems using green infrastructure.

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Originals

Pittsburgh's Neville Island residents could have been drinking PFAS-contaminated water for a month, township officials say

Editor's note: This story was originally published by PublicSource and is part of an ongoing collaboration between Environmental Health News and PublicSource on PFAS contamination in Pennsylvania.

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Shunned and praised: Peduto reflects on his 'in the moment' remarks against petrochemical expansion

Even though he didn't realize his remarks would spark such an intense reaction, Peduto is adamant that he did the right thing and has begun to put together a plan for how to move forward.

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Toxics

To crack or not to crack: the regional climate change battle is joined

Mayor Peduto's opposition to petrochemical facilities is ripped by business, labor and even a political ally but praised by enviros.

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Rachel Filippini, GASP's executive director, leads the press conference. (Credit: GASP via Facebook)

Originals

Pittsburgh residents petition officials—again—to take action on rotten-smelling air

PITTSBURGH—Do you smell that?

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Court decision narrows options for PennEast pipeline

PennEast Pipeline LLC suffered a potentially huge setback when a federal court Tuesday denied the company's bid to rehear a case involving its attempt to condemn state-owned lands for its 120-mile project.

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From our Newsroom

EHN reporter: Here's how Pittsburgh journalists should cover the LGBTQ+ community

An upcoming event aims to empower reporters to get it right.

U.S. Steel unveils pledge to cut emissions

Indoor aquaponics farm to bring jobs (plus fresh fish and veggies) to Duquesne

Commonwealth Court upholds Penn Township fracking rules

PA Senator takes preventative measures as dems call for fracking bans

Fact checking Gov. Tom Wolf’s KDKA radio interview on cracker plants and natural gas

In radio interview, Wolf breaks with Pittsburgh's Peduto on nat gas, enraging environmentalists

Citing 'serious concerns,' CNX Resources quits Allegheny Conference

Arsenal Resources files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

'Mighty' Etna: The greening of a blue-collar river town

Pittsburgh's Neville Island residents could have been drinking PFAS-contaminated water for a month, township officials say

Shunned and praised: Peduto reflects on his 'in the moment' remarks against petrochemical expansion

To crack or not to crack: the regional climate change battle is joined

Pittsburgh residents petition officials—again—to take action on rotten-smelling air

Court decision narrows options for PennEast pipeline

Exposed: Toward a BPA-free future

What will it take to rid our store shelves of BPA and its equally hazardous cousins?

Clouded in Clarity: A comic on chemicals & controversy

The ongoing health concerns and mixed messaging over the chemical BPA

Exposed: A scientific stalemate leaves our hormones and health at risk

American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.

Exposed: On the edge of research honesty

Is a federal study of BPA contaminated by questionable motives, methods?

Exposed: How willful blindness keeps BPA on shelves and contaminating our bodies

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

Exposed: Deciphering the real message about BPA

"The government keeps testing chemicals for safety using the same old approaches developed 50 years ago"

An upcoming event aims to empower reporters to get it right.

What will it take to rid our store shelves of BPA and its equally hazardous cousins?

The ongoing health concerns and mixed messaging over the chemical BPA

American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.

Is a federal study of BPA contaminated by questionable motives, methods?

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

"The government keeps testing chemicals for safety using the same old approaches developed 50 years ago"

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