Residents who live near the Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock expressed their frustration at a U.S. Steel project to build a hot strip mill at the plant. A public environmental justice meeting over the ...

Air permit meeting for new hot strip mill in Braddock gets heated ...

Data centers compete with regular customers for energy, but the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a proposal that would have shielded them. PJM is the largest grid operator in the ...

A few dozen residents called on Allegheny County to deny a building plan for a proposed data center outside Pittsburgh at a hearing Wednesday night. The project in Springdale needs county approval on ...

FERC denied PJM’s proposal of temporarily shutting off power ⁠to data centers to avoid blackouts in times of high energy demand.

There is a steep rise in black lung disease cases among coal miners in Appalachia. Gov. Josh Shapiro and state Treasurer Stacy Garrity discussed data centers and other hot-button issues facing ...

Ben Kehoe, a park ranger for Allegheny County Parks, will be our guide for The Allegheny Front’s Owl Prowl at Hartwood Acres on October 21. The Allegheny Front’s Kara Holsopple met up with him to ...

Health department officials said their modeling showed the project wouldn’t cause Allegheny County to exceed federal air pollution limits.

Allegheny County Parks ranger Ben Kehoe shares his love of owls and facts about one of Pennsylvania's favorite raptors.

FERC denied PJM’s proposal of temporarily shutting off power ⁠to data centers to avoid blackouts in times of high energy demand.

One resident said that the community dealt with air pollution and dust from the former coal-fired power plant on the site. “Don't you think we've suffered enough? Give us a break.” ...

Shapiro joined a coalition of states challenging the EPA for eliminating Biden-era rules to limit greenhouse gas emissions at power plants.