Climate & Energy
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In the wake of Hurricane Ian’s destruction, Floridians are picking up the pieces
At least 17 people are confirmed dead from the storm and more than 1.5 million people are still without electricity.
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Pitt and Pa. health department no longer part of public forum on fracking studies, organizers say
The state funded the studies after pressure from families of patients of a rare cancer in Washington County.
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Photos: This is what Florida looks like after Hurricane Ian
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Jay Bradley
Lehigh watershed polluted with thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals in 2020, new report says
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Jim Watson
This is what NASA’s spacecraft saw just seconds before slamming into an asteroid
It’s the high point of a NASA project known as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, aka DART.
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Federal money is now headed to Pennsylvania, other states, for building up fast EV chargers on highways
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Reid R. Frazier
Joe Manchin, at clean energy event in Pittsburgh, says U.S. needs permitting reform to compete
The West Virginia Democrat’s bill would benefit oil and gas pipeline projects, by making it harder for states, citizens, and environmental groups to slow them down in courts.
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8 climate change activists arrested at Vanguard headquarters in suburban Philadelphia
The activists say Vanguard should be using more of its economic muscle to actively disinvest in companies contributing to global warming.
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Ted Shaffrey
Spotted lanternflies are laying their eggs throughout Pennsylvania. Here’s how to stop the invasive insect’s spread
“They will lay their eggs on darn near anything — rocks, trees, they’re not really fussy.”
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Reid R. Frazier
In Pittsburgh, John Kerry says climate change solutions will be driven by private sector
The U.S. special envoy for climate touted the Inflation Reduction Act at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum.
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Kirk Siegler
Where the Colorado River crisis is hitting home
Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, is so low it’s getting perilously close to what’s known as “deadpool,” the level where the dam’s hydropower turbines would be shut off for the first time in its 86 year history.
By Kirk Sigler/NPR
