Reid Frazier
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In parts of Western Pennsylvania, steel plants are big employers – and big polluters. This summer, the Trump administration paused regulations that would have forced steel mills to curb air pollution.
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Steel production is a major contributor to climate change globally. A new project in Sweden hopes to prove that can change.
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The Environmental Protection Agency says Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $310 million in damages for the train derailment that occurred in East Palestine, Ohio in 2023.
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A fleet of new plastics plants in the U.S. often release illegal levels of air pollution, even while receiving big tax breaks from state and local governments, the report found. -
Shell's plastics plant outside Pittsburgh, which was built with over a billion dollars in tax credits from the state, has violated clean air laws 19 times since it began operating two years ago.
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A year after the fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, experts and others are still concerned about toxins and their aftereffects.
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The Biden administration recently announced $7 billion for regional hubs meant to develop and increase the use of hydrogen. Pennsylvania has ended up with two of the hubs.
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Around the country, health care workers continue to grapple with their industry's massive carbon footprint. In Pittsburgh, doctors formed Clinicians for Climate Action to address the problem. -
Shell has agreed to pay $10 million to Pennsylvania for numerous air quality violations at its Beaver County ethane cracker. The Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier reports. -
Federal investigators held a multi-day hearing on the causes of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment and fire that spewed toxic chemicals into the air.
