Environment Feedhttps://www.post-gazette.comThis feed contains news/environment storiesTue, 19 Mar 2024 02:05:47 -0400PGERSO3 Atlantisenhourly1EPA outlaws asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades after a partial ban was enactedBy Matthew Daly / Associated Presshttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2024/03/18/asbestos-ban-epa-carcinogen-chrysotile-cancer/stories/202403180065Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:31:30 -0400https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2024/03/18/asbestos-ban-epa-carcinogen-chrysotile-cancer/stories/202403180065The final rule marks a major expansion of EPA regulation under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled regulations governing tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday products, from household cleaners to clothing and furniture.Long recovery ahead for some in path of deadly tornadoes in central U.S.Post-Gazette news serviceshttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/weather-news/2024/03/16/tornadoes-midwest-ohio-lakeview-logan-county-indiana-kentucky/stories/202403160079Sat, 16 Mar 2024 15:47:09 -0400https://www.post-gazette.com/news/weather-news/2024/03/16/tornadoes-midwest-ohio-lakeview-logan-county-indiana-kentucky/stories/202403160079Thursday night’s storms claimed three lives in the Indian Lake area of Ohio's Logan County, one of the hardest-hit regions, and about 40 people were injured and dozens of homes damaged in one Indiana community.Elon Musk visits a Tesla plant near Berlin as production resumes after a suspected arson attackThe Associated Presshttps://www.post-gazette.com/business/tech-news/2024/03/13/elon-musk-tesla-plant-berlin-asuspected-arson-attack/stories/202403130077Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:54:52 -0400https://www.post-gazette.com/business/tech-news/2024/03/13/elon-musk-tesla-plant-berlin-asuspected-arson-attack/stories/202403130077Gov. Shapiro calls for Pennsylvania carbon cap and trade market, plus higher clean energy requirementsBy Anya Litvak / Pittsburgh Post-Gazettehttps://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2024/03/13/gov-shapiro-carbon-cap-and-trade-market-pennsylvania-energy/stories/202403130065Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:43:05 -0400https://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2024/03/13/gov-shapiro-carbon-cap-and-trade-market-pennsylvania-energy/stories/202403130065Biden budget would restore expanded child tax creditBy Jonathan D. Salant / Pittsburgh Post-Gazettehttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2024/03/11/biden-budget-election-2024-child-tax-credit/stories/202403110102Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:55:36 -0400https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2024/03/11/biden-budget-election-2024-child-tax-credit/stories/202403110102Around 2.5 million parents and almost 2 million kids in Pennsylvania would benefit under President Joe Biden’s proposal to restore an expanded the child tax credit.A grid for all: How to assemble an army of energy soldiers through virtual powerplantsBy Anya Litvak / Pittsburgh Post-Gazettehttps://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2024/03/11/virtual-powerplants-puc-energy-solar-ev-grid/stories/202403100036Mon, 11 Mar 2024 06:04:23 -0400https://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2024/03/11/virtual-powerplants-puc-energy-solar-ev-grid/stories/202403100036Progressives who transformed Pennsylvania politics are set to be a decisive force in 2024By Jonathan D. Salant, Michael Korsh and Mike Wereschagin / Pittsburgh Post-Gazettehttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/election-2024/2024/03/10/pennsylvania-progressives-2024-election/stories/202403100076Sun, 10 Mar 2024 05:30:00 -0400https://www.post-gazette.com/news/election-2024/2024/03/10/pennsylvania-progressives-2024-election/stories/202403100076Spring starts early as winter across U.S. was warmest on recordBy Seth Borenstein / Associated Presshttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/weather-news/2024/03/08/winter-spring-us-winter-warm-vermont-maine-snow/stories/202403080089Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:23:16 -0500https://www.post-gazette.com/news/weather-news/2024/03/08/winter-spring-us-winter-warm-vermont-maine-snow/stories/202403080089For a wide swath of the country from Colorado to New Jersey, and Texas to the Carolinas, spring leaves are arriving three to four weeks earlier than the 1991-2020 average.Power lines ignited the largest wildfire in Texas history, officials sayBy Jamie Stengle / Associated Presshttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2024/03/07/power-lines-wildfire-texas-panhandle-smokehouse-creek/stories/202403070107Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:20:19 -0500https://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2024/03/07/power-lines-wildfire-texas-panhandle-smokehouse-creek/stories/202403070107The Texas A&M Forest Service said its investigators have concluded that power lines ignited both the historic Smokehouse Creek fire, has burned nearly 1,700 square miles and spilled into neighboring Oklahoma.Former VP Pence to speak at Grove City College conference on antisemitismby Jonathan D. Salant and Benjamin Kail / Pittsburgh Post-Gazettehttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2024/03/07/2020-election-pennsylvania-mike-pence-antisemitism-fetterman-boebert/stories/202403070099Thu, 07 Mar 2024 13:28:35 -0500https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2024/03/07/2020-election-pennsylvania-mike-pence-antisemitism-fetterman-boebert/stories/202403070099Former Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to speak at Grove City College next month to talk about fighting antisemitism. Mr. Pence will deliver the keynote address at the college’s Institute for Faith & Freedom’s 2024 conference on April 11. As vice president, he spoke at the college’s commencement ceremony in 2017.Nearly half of U.S. states join GOP lawsuit challenging new EPA rule on deadly soot pollutionBy Matthew Daly / Associated Presshttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2024/03/06/us-states-gop-lawsuit-epa-soot-pollution-biden/stories/202403060110Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:59:17 -0500https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2024/03/06/us-states-gop-lawsuit-epa-soot-pollution-biden/stories/202403060110Republicans, led by attorneys general from Kentucky and West Virginia, say the new Environmental Protection Agency rule would raise costs for manufacturers, utilities and families and could block new manufacturing plants and infrastructure such as roads and bridges.Influx of firefighters, cooler weather in Texas Panhandle helps keep wildfires in checkBy Valerie Gonzalez / Associated Presshttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment/2024/03/04/texas-wildfires-panhandle-weather-firefighters/stories/202403040059Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:45:00 -0500https://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment/2024/03/04/texas-wildfires-panhandle-weather-firefighters/stories/202403040059Cleanup, investigation continue after Norfolk Southern train derailment near Bethlehem By Leif Greiss / Al­len­town Morn­ing Call https://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2024/03/03/norfolk-southern-train-derailment-bethlehem-pennsylvania/stories/202403040028Sun, 03 Mar 2024 19:48:48 -0500https://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2024/03/03/norfolk-southern-train-derailment-bethlehem-pennsylvania/stories/202403040028Oil spill, fertilizer leak from sinking of cargo ship highlight risks to Red Sea from Houthi attacksBy Joshua Goodman / Associated Presshttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment/2024/03/03/oil-spill-environment-red-sea-houthi-attacks/stories/202403030129Sun, 03 Mar 2024 16:15:38 -0500https://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment/2024/03/03/oil-spill-environment-red-sea-houthi-attacks/stories/202403030129Green Party’s Stein slams government, railroad during town hall meetingBy Mary Ann Thomas / Pittsburgh Post-Gazettehttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/election-2024/2024/03/02/green-party-jill-stein-slams-government-railroad-east-palestine/stories/202403020089Sat, 02 Mar 2024 20:38:44 -0500https://www.post-gazette.com/news/election-2024/2024/03/02/green-party-jill-stein-slams-government-railroad-east-palestine/stories/202403020089Massive blizzard howls in the Sierra Nevada, as high winds and heavy snow close roads and ski resortsBy Brooke Hess and Ken Ritter / Associated Presshttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2024/03/02/blizzard-sierra-nevada-truckee-california-snow-wind/stories/202403020087Sat, 02 Mar 2024 16:34:30 -0500https://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2024/03/02/blizzard-sierra-nevada-truckee-california-snow-wind/stories/202403020087More than 10 feet of snow was expected at higher elevations, National Weather Service meteorologist William Churchill said Saturday, creating a “life-threatening concern” for residents near Lake Tahoe and blocking travel on the key east-west freeway.Lobster catch dips to lowest level since 2009 as fishers grapple with climate change, whale rulesBy Patrick Whittle / Associated Presshttps://www.post-gazette.com/business/2024/03/02/lobster-catch-maine-fishers-climate-change-whale-rules/stories/202403020086Sat, 02 Mar 2024 16:00:55 -0500https://www.post-gazette.com/business/2024/03/02/lobster-catch-maine-fishers-climate-change-whale-rules/stories/202403020086Maine fishermen's catch in 2023 fell more than 5% from the year that preceded it, and the total of 93.7 million pounds of lobsters caught was the lowest figure since 2009, according to data released Friday by the Maine Department of Marine Resources.Firefighters face difficult weather conditions as they battle the largest wildfire in Texas historyBy Sean Murphy, Jim Vertuno and Ken Miller / Associated Presshttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2024/03/02/firefighters-wildfire-texas-stinnett-governor-abbott-panhandle-oklahjoma/stories/202403020083Sat, 02 Mar 2024 15:32:38 -0500https://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2024/03/02/firefighters-wildfire-texas-stinnett-governor-abbott-panhandle-oklahjoma/stories/202403020083Firefighters were focused on containing the fire along its northern and eastern perimeter, where aggressive gusts from the southwest threatened to spread the flames and consume more acreage.Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas wildfires may have destroyed up to 500 structuresBy Sean Murphy and Jim Vertuno / Associated Presshttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2024/03/01/governor-greg-abbott-texas-wildfires-structures-stinnett/stories/202403010091Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:22:28 -0500https://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2024/03/01/governor-greg-abbott-texas-wildfires-structures-stinnett/stories/202403010091The Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest blaze in state history hat began Monday, has burned about 1,700 square miles in Texas and killed two people.It's 'Groundhog Day' for DEP permitting reform in PennsylvaniaBy Anthony Hennen / The Center Squarehttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2024/03/01/environment-protection-dep-permitting-reform-pennsylvania/stories/202403010072Fri, 01 Mar 2024 13:01:57 -0500https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2024/03/01/environment-protection-dep-permitting-reform-pennsylvania/stories/202403010072