When the Army Corps of Engineers removed a dam on the Monongahela River a couple of years ago, the water level dropped more than some businesses expected. Researchers are working on buoys that combat ...

Environmental groups are criticizing Nippon Steel’s recent investments in its Pittsburgh-area U.S. Steel mills for continuing the company’s reliance on coal to produce steel. As a result, they say, ...

“Cradle of Conservation” examines how people have interacted with the environment from pre-colonial days to now.

They say upgrades don’t incorporate newer technologies but instead are "stopgap things to make U.S. Steel profitable in the short term." ...

“Sustainability has always been a central tenet of the restaurant,” said Kate Lasky, co-owner of Apteka. “But in a way where we really try to take every decision we make seriously and ask, ‘What are ...

From spent grain and citrus peels to reusable containers and local sourcing, food establishments across Pittsburgh are redesigning systems one decision at a time.

This is the first installment of a series of fun, nature-based activities in western Pennsylvania. Check back for more in the coming weeks. Searching the shores of Lake Erie for beach glass is a ...

On a Saturday morning in March, a demolition crew took down the smokestacks at the Homer City Generating Station. The plant – first commissioned in 1969 – once employed hundreds of workers. In an ...

A 12-foot-tall slice into the dark gray core of a model nuclear microreactor looms on the shop floor of the new Westinghouse Electric Company factory in Etna. It’s dotted with blank holes missing the ...

A new rule finalized by the EPA last month will require U.S. Steel and other companies around the country to set up fenceline monitoring for air pollution around its coke plants.The rule means that ...

Hannah Hohman and Koa Reitz stood on an old bridge on a sunny afternoon, looking down at the confluence of two streams. Hohman glanced back and forth between the iced ...

A new report by Concerned Health Professionals of NY and Physicians for Social Responsibility concludes that fracking is a public health crisis. That’s not a surprise. It’s the 9th edition of the ...