How last year's fatal blast at the Clairton Coke Works has impacted the community there. A new study shows how many deaths ...

Six months after two deaths at the massive Clairton Coke Works, U.S. Steel’s new owner inherits the plant’s safety challenges and pollution violations. Nippon’s plans haven’t yet been released.

The rule for mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants will be rolled back to a 2012 standard. Mercury is a neurotoxin.

High levels of toxic 'forever chemicals' in the airport’s stormwater are being discharged into tributaries of Montour Run, a ...

The 2026 Pennsylvania River of the Year is the Conestoga River, in the southeastern part of the state. Its headwaters are in Berks County, and the river flows more than 61 miles, meeting the ...

President Trump announced Thurday that his administration would rescind the legal underpinning of the nation’s climate rules. From the White House, the President called it the largest deregulatory ...

Kathy Knauer has been the executive producer for The Allegheny Front since 1995. She is responsible for overseeing the news operations, developing collaborations with other news organizations and ...

February 3, 2026, marks three years since a massive train derailment and chemical burn in East Palestine, Ohio, released over a million pounds of vinyl chloride, used in making plastic, and other ...

We all watched the news in horror last January as acres of California burned. Wildfire is increasingly becoming a problem in the East, too. You might remember the fires in New York City’s Central and ...

Earlier this month the owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced they would end publication of the newspaper in May. The announcement followed a protracted labor struggle at the paper that ...

Water providers are removing toxic PFAS chemicals from drinking water, but current methods are energy intensive. Temple researchers are looking at alternative technologies. Scientists from Temple ...