Pittsburgh urban farmers get a nearly $900K boost from USDA
Oct 16, 2024 · By Alayna Hutchinson | 90.5 WESA. Pittsburgh is one of 10 U.S. cities to receive part of a $9 million federal investment in urban agriculture. The Allegheny County Conservation District (ACCD), an urban conservation organization, was awarded $894,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency to support urban farming in the county through outreach, education and technical ...
Pa. Game Commission temporarily expands Sunday hunting
Nov 15, 2024 · “If they don’t have enough time to get out in the woods, they’re less likely to buy a license,” Lau said. “And over the years, that is a factor, most likely, in the long term loss in hunters that we’re seeing, not only here in Pennsylvania but across the nation.”
New studies shed light on the contamination and response to East ...
Oct 23, 2024 · After the Norfolk Southern train derailed along the Pennsylvania-Ohio border last year, releasing 1.1 million pounds of vinyl chloride and other chemicals into the environment, the National Science Foundation responded quickly. The independent, federal agency funded university-based research, including a study by Andrew Whelton, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering at ...
Episode for December 6, 2024 - The Allegheny Front
Dec 6, 2024 · Steel is a major contributor to climate change. Companies in Sweden are starting to solve this problem by making steel with renewable energy. Some cooks ditch their gas stoves for induction cooking because of air quality and energy use. This summer two chicks of a bird species that hasn't successfully bred in Pennsylvania for over 60 years flew from their nest. Also, human-caused climate ...
Audubon Christmas Bird Count takes flight this month
Dec 12, 2024 · The trends with common birds in Pennsylvania, “are generally stable,” according to Shema. On average, volunteers in the 15-mile radius of the Pittsburgh count circle spot about 75 species of birds.
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$90M federal grant awarded for the largest solar project in …
Mar 28, 2024 · “Projects such as this obviously attract additional future investment from other companies that want to take advantage of it,” he said. About $20 million of the project will go toward local initiatives, like worker training and funding local fire departments.
EPA issues consent order for Westmoreland Co. hazardous waste …
Oct 1, 2024 · In the 1980s, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection found the landfill had leached chemicals into the groundwater and ordered the company to re-cap some sections. The EPA says groundwater beneath the facility shows “sporadic exceedances” of fluoride, barium, cadmium, lead and manganese. “The community has long been dealing with what they say is involuntary exposure to ...
What will happen to hydrogen, one of Biden's landmark climate …
Oct 25, 2024 · Proposed federal hydrogen tax credit rules could be worth billions for projects, including those in Pa.; Oil and gas companies and some renewable developers want more leeway in using fossil fuels to power this process, otherwise, they say, hydrogen projects won’t be …
What can we expect from a Trump administration? Our reporters …
Nov 7, 2024 · The Allegheny Front: Inflation Reduction Act; The Allegheny Front: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; Kara Holsopple: So we’re looking at a second Trump administration now. Can he just undo all of this? Reid Frazier: Well, not all of it, at least not right away.A lot of the money that’s gone for things like renewable energy, electric …