A federal agency found that U.S. Steel had inadequate protocols for safety and building siting at its Clairton coke works, near Pittsburgh, leading to an explosion that killed two workers one year ago ...

We speak with the author of a collection of stories that has a furry recurring theme: bears. A reporter tags along into the woods with some birders to talk to barred owls. An environmental group is ...

I’ve been reading this book about owls – these mysterious birds of the night. In “ What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds ”, Jennifer Ackerman writes that owl calls ...

We’re on a mission to meet our membership. The Allegheny Front’s Reid, Julie, Kara and Kathy will all be hanging out at Rockin’ Cat coffee in Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze neighborhood on Friday, August ...

Conservationists are trying to stop the spread of the invasive wavyleaf basketgrass in Pennsylvania’s forests. A new exhibit of landscape paintings in Pittsburgh encourages rest and reflection.

A citizen group based in Westmoreland County hosted a webinar to share information about what they say is the report’s incomplete investigation of the potential harm to the Commonwealth. Experts are ...

U.S. Steel failed to follow industry guidelines that could have prevented or reduced the severity of the explosion, a federal agency found.

In Sherrie Flick's lastest short story collection, "I Have Not Considered Consequences," bears mingle with people in surprising and thought-provoking ways.

As home gardeners are cleaning up their spring flower beds and vegetable patches, they might notice signs of a relatively new invasive species that’s made its way across Pennsylvania. Though Asian ...

A new report by Concerned Health Professionals of NY and Physicians for Social Responsibility concludes that fracking is a public health crisis. That’s not a surprise. It’s the 9th edition of the ...

A new rule finalized by the EPA last month will require U.S. Steel and other companies around the country to set up fenceline monitoring for air pollution around its coke plants.The rule means that ...

Stacey Magda stands on the side of a country road in Westmoreland County, near the top of a ridge. Trucks whiz by. There’s an old cemetery a few steps away. “This is coal country. One of Henry Clay ...