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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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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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Students, volunteers plant 200 saplings at Unity nature preserve, creating a forest in 10 years
On a sun-drenched late October afternoon, a group of Greater Latrobe High School students and FirstEnergy Corp. employee volunteers got their hands dirty planting about 200 saplings, which are expected to convert part of a former farm field in Unity into…
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Trump plans to loosen restrictions on methane emissions from oil drilling
BILLINGS, Mont. — President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans Tuesday to loosen a Biden-era rule that aimed to reduce planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling. Trump was to deliver the announcement as he campaigned in Texas,…
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