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The Allegheny Front

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Every week, our 29-minute podcast brings you all the environmental news and stories to keep you in the know in Pennsylvania and beyond.Copyright 2021 Allegheny Front Natural History Nature & Ecology Politics & Government Science
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  • Episode for June 27, 2025: More energy, faster
    Jun 27 2025

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    Pennsylvania leaders say the state needs more energy, so there’s a plan to create a board to streamline the siting of new power projects. Environmental groups and others are split on the idea. Environmental groups in Western Pennsylvania want to meet with officials from Nippon Steel to discuss how it plans to clean up its newly acquired U.S. Steel plants in the region. Residents who live along the Mountain Valley gas pipeline are still worried a year later about their health and safety. A new exhibit at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden plays with the idea of movement.

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    29 mins
  • Episode for June 20, 2025: Future of EVs and a plan for the Ohio River
    Jun 20 2025

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    The Ohio River Basin provides millions of people with water, but it's one of the most polluted river systems in America. A plan to clean up the Ohio River goes public. Are President Trump and congressional Republicans going to tank America's EV industry before it can get off the ground? An effort to make buildings in Pittsburgh more efficient meets a milestone. A portion of land in Somerset County, Pa., part of a critical ecosystem, has been protected through a recent land acquisition.

    We’re independent and non-profit, and we don’t get money from WESA, WPSU or any other radio station. So we must turn to you, our listeners, for support.

    Take action today so we can continue to keep you informed.

    Donate today.

    Or send us a check to: The Allegheny Front, 67 Bedford Square, Pittsburgh, 15203.

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    29 mins
  • Episode for June 13, 2025: Coal mine expansion, cuts to mine safety, cicadas
    Jun 13 2025

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    This week, the approval of a coal mine expansion in Western Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands has residents worried. Also, more than 100 mine researchers and engineers at a federal office in Allegheny County are slated for termination. We talk with Pittsburgh journalists who were asked by Australians to report about Alcoa’s mining operations near an ancient forest there. Cicadas make their 17-year appearance in central Pa.

    We have news about rollbacks to power plant rules, cuts to solar tax credits, a new state energy siting board and menstrual products in state parks.

    We’re independent and non-profit, and we don’t get money from WESA, WPSU or any other radio station. So we must turn to you, our listeners, for support.

    Take action today so we can continue to keep you informed.

    Donate today.

    Or send us a check to: The Allegheny Front, 67 Bedford Square, Pittsburgh, 15203.

    And thanks!

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    29 mins
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