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35 vintage photos taken by the EPA reveal what American cities looked like before pollution was...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSmog over Denver in 1974.Bill Wunsch / The Denver Post / Getty Before President Nixon created the...
Film screening next in 75th anniversary observance of deadly Donora smog disaster
Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa. via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOct. 27—It was 75 years ago when a deadly smog settled over the Washington County mill town of Donora. Over five days — Oct. 27-31, 1948 — the heavy smog killed 20 people in Donora and in nearby ...
Unfriendly Skies: A history of smoke in the air
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 11 months agoRed sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in the morning, Canada is having wildfires. I might have changed the words slightly to this ditty as we live...
Tiny blue catfish, able to grow near 100 pounds, were reintroduced to the Ohio River in PA
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPITTSBURGH ― Imagine hooking into a fish that weighs as much as 100 pounds. Imagine doing it in a...
How much of Pennsylvania is covered in water?
WHTM via Yahoo News· 5 months ago(WHTM) – Pennsylvania is covered by 86 percent of woodland and farmland, but how much of the Keystone State is covered in water? According to Penn State,...
Westover, MUB contemplate future of city's municipal sewer system
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 28—The city of Westover is taking a long, hard look at the future of its sanitary sewer system. The Morgantown Utility Board is going to be part of that future. The question is, to what ...
Ohio River cited as second most endangered river in America
The Evening News and The Tribune, Jeffersonville, Ind. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 25—SOUTHERN INDIANA — A report by American Rivers has found that the Ohio River is the second most endangered river in America. The Ohio River begins at the merging of the Allegheny and ...
'Forever chemicals’ found in 76% of sampled Pa. streams, including one that's near you
Erie Times News via Yahoo Sports· 9 months agoSubstances knowns as forever chemicals have been found in 122 of 161 Pennsylvania rivers and streams tested for them. Water samples collected in 2019 were tested for 33 different per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...
Fixing Pa. water systems will cost billions, let local governments tap private capital
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSummer at last! We see children running through sprinklers, friends tubing down one of Pennsylvania's scenic rivers, and families casting fishing lines in their favorite creek. But summer also ...
Refurbished tech market growing as a way to save cash, and help the environment
WPXI via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs various factors behind inflation continue to raise prices, consumer groups say more people are buying secondhand tech this holiday season. In its latest report, national consumer group U.S ...
