Adriana Delagarza | StateImpact Pennsylvania

A Latino community in Las Vegas is getting funding from the Environmental Protection Agency to install air quality monitors in public spaces to alert people to harmful levels of pollution.

Pennsylvania says its final plan to reduce nutrient pollution in the Chesapeake Bay gives a “reasonable assurance” that the state will meet its federally mandated goals. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Adriana Delagarza reports how the state will fund its plan to help clean up Bay waters by 2025.

Cement production is responsible for 8% of the world’s carbon dioxide pollution. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Adriana Delagarza reports, replacing aging coal- and natural-gas-fired kilns with ones that run on oxygen or electricity could be a way to cut emissions.

Severe droughts and heat waves are leading to more wildfires across the country, sometimes during unusual times of year. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Adriana Delagarza reports on the possibility climate change is responsible for slight shifts in Pennsylvania.

Natural gas companies in Pennsylvania are paying hundreds of millions of dollars in impact fees for drilling wells in 2021. That’s the highest amount since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Adriana Delagarza reports, that money goes to communities where most drilling is taking place.