The Allegheny Front

Offshore wind project gets approval for Lake Erie, but has to protect birds, bats. Is Joe Biden's climate plan progressive enough? Wood smoke from backyard fires is bad for your health.

During the coronavirus shutdown, people are noticing a change in the air. Does this line up with pollution data? We talk with a self-described "Flour Ambassador" who says this ingredient can be local. Plus, state officials brace for throngs of campers at state parks. Four environmental issues to watch during the pandemic.

Could local wheat help feed the hunger for flour? We look at this final frontier in farm to table. The pandemic's impact on meatpackers and pig farmers. Plus, the Trump administration made a major change to a power plant regulation that already reduced toxic air pollution. Why?

Conservation research and activities are on hold due to the pandemic. Are changes to the federal stimulus program a "stealth bailout" for the oil and gas industry? An alliance in the Ohio River watershed is looking to get things like clean water projects funded, just like in the Great Lakes. 

Stories from the Good River series about the Ohio River watershed: plastic pellets from petrochemical plants, mercury pollution and removing dams in the Mahoning River. Plus, news about the Pa. food supply and a new injection well for fracking waste. 

Pennsylvania will have warmer, wetter weather and…more chicken farms? Many Americans will away move from climate-prone areas. How should cities prepare for these new climate migrants?  An invasive reed is being reconsidered as rising seas erode beaches. The pandemic pummels the coal industry.

Farmers and farm markets are rethinking how they get food to people. How to watch birds (and destress) during the pandemic. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, memories of the beginning of the modern environmental movement. Some construction at Shell's ethane cracker opens to workers.

Local food pioneers at Jamison Farm talk how they got started, how they're doing today. Why coronavirus is like climate change. Plus, a popular film festival about the outdoors won't be coming to a theater near you, but now anyone can watch online. It's okay to go outside, just don't go too far.

Interested in growing your own food this year? We have tips from an expert. The connection between lungs burdened with air pollution and Covid-19. US EPA relaxes some requirements amid the shutdown. Earth Day is virtual this April. Take the challenge.

Helping scientists with just your laptop. A new book looks at the role of industry in sowing doubt about science. The uncertain future of an Appalachia plastics hub. Mariner East pipeline construction is on during the coronavirus shut-down.