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Letter to the editor: Energy consumers deserve real choice
Anya Litvak’s Oct. 18 article (“What best serves electric consumers?”) highlights an important debate over electricity affordability...
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Fox Chapel aims to protect unique biodiversity of Salamander Park
Nearly three years ago, Fox Chapel Park Commission volunteers began the hardy task of plucking invasive privet and other woody species from Salamander Park to make way for native trees. The efforts, which included AP Environmental Science students from Fox…
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Matt Cleere: Who will own the robots? Pa. should decide now.
I have written software for flight simulators and surgical robots. I have used AI models for coding in C++. I know their capabilities. Big Tech is betting trillions that AI will replace most human work. If that bet pays off,…
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Meta delays new business terms after outcry over potential web scraping of news sites
Meta said it was postponing the rollout of new terms for its business accounts after an outcry from media companies and open-web advocates who said the...
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Supermarket freezers in several European countries hit by apparent cyberattacks
STOCKHOLM — Supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland and Estonia were hit Monday by problems with freezers and fridges that apparently...
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PennFuture unveils stream ordinance as warehouses, data centers transform Pa. land
With warehouse development expanding and massive hyperscale data centers looming on the horizon, environmental group PennFuture has released a model ordinance for “green” stream buffers to help Pennsylvania municipalities stay ahead of rising stormwater impacts. Each of these large-scale projects…
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Letter to the editor: We can’t afford polluted air
In the Sep. 14 article “EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants,” the EPA said, “Revoking...
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Tacony and Frankford Creeks Still Take Billions of Gallons of Sewage Overflow as Water Department Studies a Deep Tunnel
One sewer outfall on Tacony Creek sends an average of 1.4 billion gallons of combined sewage and stormwater into the creek each year, and one on Frankford Creek sends 878 million gallons, WHYY reported Monday. Both creeks, which run along and through…
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First batch of radioactive materials hauled from Parks Township dump site
The first shipments of contaminated soil have left a former nuclear waste dump in Parks Township, headed eventually for permanent disposal in Utah. The announcement by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week marks a milestone in the decadeslong saga…
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Pennsylvania fall turkey season set to open with improved population numbers
Pennsylvania's fall turkey season opens Saturday, Oct. 31, in 20 of the state's 22 Wildlife Management Units. Due to continuing population concerns, the season remains closed in the Lehigh Valley's WMU 5C and in metropolitan Philadelphia's 5D. "Last year, fall turkey hunters gained some additional…
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