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网页4 天之前 · The Allegheny Front October 4, 2024. Even though a president couldn't ban fracking in Pennsylvania, it's still being talked about this campaign season. We fact-check what's being said. In light of the East Palestine train derailment, advocates are pushing for more inclusion in disaster planning for people with disabilities.
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网页The Allegheny Front September 27, 2024. A judge signed off on a 600 million dollar settlement between Norfolk Southern and people who live near the East Palestine train derailment. But many are unhappy with the outcome. A new study looks at the influence of oil and gas industry donations on university research.
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网页The Allegheny Front September 27, 2024. A judge signed off on a 600 million dollar settlement between Norfolk Southern and people who live near the East Palestine train derailment. But many are unhappy with the outcome. A new study looks at the influence of oil and gas industry donations on university research.
Episode for October 4, 2024 - The Allegheny Front
网页4 天之前 · The Allegheny Front October 4, 2024. Even though a president couldn’t ban fracking in Pennsylvania, it’s still being talked about this campaign season. We fact-check what’s being said. In light of the East Palestine train derailment, advocates are pushing for more inclusion in disaster planning for people with disabilities.
Hydrogen is coming to Pennsylvania. Now what?
网页2023年10月23日 · 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.
Fracking in Pennsylvania hasn’t gone as well as some may think
网页6 天之前 · One of the first job creation reports painted a rosy picture. Published in 2010 by Penn State University and paid for by the industry, it predicted fracking the Marcellus Shale formation would support 200,000 jobs by 2020.Six years later, another Penn State study with different authors reported about 26,000 direct jobs in the industry, half of which were filled by out-of-state residents.
About Us - The Allegheny Front
网页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 …
Philly region to try out hydrogen fuel cell buses as early as this fall
网页4 天之前 · The bus is one of 10 hydrogen fuel cell buses that SEPTA plans to roll out this fall in a pilot program to help determine what role hydrogen could play in a future zero-emissions fleet. “We’re going to see what it’s going to be like actually operating the buses,” said Donzell Dunston, project manager of SEPTA’s power department.
Episode for October 15, 2021 - The Allegheny Front
网页2021年10月15日 · Researchers say too many deer and invasive plants are threatening the long-term survival of Pa.'s forests. A filmmaker of a new documentary about a massive effort to clean up a Western Pa. river says it's a hopeful story. The author of a book about individual liberty and private property rights argues that signing a …
Episode for March 29, 2024 - The Allegheny Front
网页The Allegheny Front March 29, 2024. The Lackawanna River in northeastern Pennsylvania was once polluted from mining and sewage. We profile the longtime leader of a conservation group who spearheaded its cleanup. Chemical recycling plants that turn plastic into fuels and other materials have been proposed in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.