Should the federal government support a massive recycling plant …
WEBSep 23, 2024 · A company planning to build a huge plastics recycling facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, got a big boost this summer when the U.S. Department of Energy announced a conditional loan guarantee for the project of $182.6 million.. The facility would recycle some plastics for reuse and send other types to a steel plant in Indiana for use in the steelmaking process.
The Complicated History of the Kinzua Dam and How It Changed …
WEBFeb 12, 2020 · In 1956, plans for the Kinzua Dam — which for the previous two decades had been vague and nebulous — began to move forward. Twenty years earlier, in the infamous St. Patrick’s Day Flood, the entire Ohio River Basin had …
$90M federal grant awarded for the largest solar project in …
WEBMar 28, 2024 · Climate Change Energy. The Department of Energy is awarding $90 million to a company that has promised to build what would be the largest solar project in the state on a former coal mine in central Pennsylvania. The 402-megawatt solar farm would be the largest in the state. The award goes to Delaware-based Mineral Basin Solar LLC, a …
Our Three Rivers - The Allegheny Front
WEBOur Three Rivers. Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers define its geography and help shape its identity. Yet defining Pittsburghers own relationships to the Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio Rivers is an ever-shifting process. For over a century, the Three Rivers helped fuel Pittsburgh’s boom, creating a culture where residents saw their rivers as ...
The Psychology of Littering - The Allegheny Front
WEBJan 8, 2016 · The Psychology of Littering. Littering continues to be a big environmental problem in cities. And one Pittsburgher from the city’s North Side neighborhood is taking the problem personally. Meda Rago regularly picks up trash to keep her street clean. And she really isn’t kidding when she says she’s found some pretty weird things chucked ...
Here’s How to Tell if You Have Lead Pipes in Your Home
WEBMar 24, 2017 · 1) Flush the water. This is especially a good idea if you know the water has been sitting in your plumbing for six hours or more. The more the water runs, the less time it has to come into contact with any lead in your plumbing. To flush water from a faucet that might have lead, let the water run for 30 seconds or so.
DOE and Appalachia hydrogen hub reach an agreement for …
WEBAug 1, 2024 · The Department of Energy announced it has reached an agreement with a public-private consortium to build a hydrogen hub in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub, or ARCH 2, will get up to $925 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The agreement frees up $30 million in funding for the ...
The new tax credits for home solar and energy efficiency you …
WEBAug 23, 2024 · It’s been two years since the nation’s historic climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, was signed.The IRA is the biggest investment in clean energy projects in U.S. history, and many Americans don’t know about it even though some of its programs could directly benefit consumers, like the Residential Clean Energy Tax Credit.
Searching for the Pawpaw’s Indigenous Roots
WEBAug 16, 2024 · It was early August, a fresh summer afternoon in Jackson County, Ohio at the Leo Petroglyph, which is a huge rock carved with images of animals and humans. The sounds of insects in the dense woods combined with the sounds of a nearby creek. “These pawpaws are on the edge of the forest,” Chris Chmiel said …
U.S. Steel closing 3 coke batteries at its Clairton plant. Move is ...
WEBMar 14, 2023 · In a statement, the company said the closures would not only improve local air quality but also “support the company’s ambitious climate goals.” “The shutdown of the Clairton coke batteries is a milestone in our constant evolution and readiness to meet America’s challenges,” said Scott D. Buckiso, a company senior vice president and chief manufacturing officer, in the statement.