Allegheny Front

09/12/2025

Pittsburgh offers a composting drop-off for food waste at its four Citiparks farmers markets. Bring veggie scraps, but no meat or dairy.

"The hassle of saving your food scraps and then dropping them off at [the farmers] market, it’s a small one. It makes a big difference from an ecological perspective.”

https://www.alleghenyfront.org/pittsburgh-farmers-market-compost-dropoff/

09/05/2025

Two studies show that ER visits for pediatric asthma and cardiovascular disease plummeted after the Shenango coke plant on Neville Island closed in 2016.

https://www.alleghenyfront.org/neville-island-shenango-coke-plant-closure-health-benefits/

08/28/2025

Three Rivers Waterkeeper issued a formal notice of intent to sue on Wednesday to affiliates of Sunoco and BP, as well as UPMC Children's Hospital and other companies, claiming that they continue to pollute the Allegheny River near 57th Street in Lawrenceville with oil and tar. https://www.alleghenyfront.org/three-rivers-waterkeeper-allegheny-river-oil-pollution-intent-to-sue/

08/22/2025

New rules for steel plants including the Clairton Coke Works have been paused for at least two years. The rule would have limited leaks and emissions of pollutants like mercury and arsenic and required fenceline monitoring around plants for carcinogens like benzene. https://www.alleghenyfront.org/trump-rollbacks-iron-steel-air-quality-rules/

08/15/2025

Following months of closure and uncertainty, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reopening of the campgrounds at Raystown Lake. Susquehannock and Nancy's Boat-to-Shore Campgrounds will open Friday, August 15, followed by Seven Points Campground on Friday, September 5. https://www.alleghenyfront.org/campgrounds-raystown-lake-reopening/

08/13/2025

The Clairton Coke Works has a history of maintenance issues, explosions and air quality violations. U.S. Steel officials said the plant was operating normally before Monday's explosion.

https://www.alleghenyfront.org/us-steel-clairton-coke-works-explosion-violations/

08/11/2025

One person was killed, two others were missing, and still more were injured Monday morning after an explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works that city officials said could be felt at least two miles away, and a rescue operation was underway to rescue trapped workers at the sprawling Mon Valley complex. Check back for updates: https://www.alleghenyfront.org/injuries-explosion-u-s-steel-clairton-coke-works/

06/20/2025

Listen to our latest podcast episode:
https://www.alleghenyfront.org/episode-for-june-20-2025/

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.

Land in Somerset County, part of a critical ecosystem, has been protected through a recent land acquisition.

Water utilities are under another federal deadline to replace lead service lines, and the difficulties in removing PFAS chemicals from public drinking water.

Nippon Steel is buying US Steel for $15 billion.

06/16/2025

A new mine expansion in Donegal, Westmoreland County, has neighbors worried about more subsidence causing damage to their houses and well water. The expansion will go under the Pennsylvania Turnpike. https://www.alleghenyfront.org/donegal-pennsylvania-coal-mine-expansion-rustic-ridge-well-water/

06/06/2025

DEP said benzene and another hazardous air pollutant could have been released during an explosion at Shell’s ethane cracker Wednesday afternoon. Shell is expected to calculate the amount of these emissions, if any, and report its findings to the agency.

https://www.alleghenyfront.org/shell-beaver-county-ethane-cracker-explosion-smoke/

05/28/2025

A roughly 100-person team at a NIOSH facility in Allegheny County are set to lose their jobs in June. They study the best ways to prevent injuries, illnesses and death in coal mines.

About 100 people who study ways to prevent injuries, illnesses and death in coal mines are set to lose their jobs in June.

05/19/2025

Lake Pleasant in northwestern Pennsylvania was created more than 15-thousand years ago when a glacier retreated and is home to rare plants and birds like osprey. Now a team is working to reforest an area owned by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy that was once mined, as part of an effort to restore hundreds of acres of mine land across the region.

The 100-acre site in Erie County is being reforested through a partnership between the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and the nonprofit Bosland Growth.