A federal agency faulted U.S. Steel for a lack of safety procedures which caused the death of two workers at one if its plants last year. A new report from Pennsylvania environmental groups finds more ...

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 ...

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 ...

It has been updated to reflect the current status of the West Elizebeth Sanitary Authority permit renewal request. While air pollution in the Mon Valley has been the focus of environmental concerns ...

The Three Rivers Waterkeeper is collecting samples from Synthomer, a chemical plant, in its effort to understand water pollution in the Mon.

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 ...

This story was originally published on April 10, 2026. Carol Parenzan has had a long career in water. She’s an environmental engineer and an author, including children’s books. She founded the Middle ...

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.

Hannah Hohman and Koa Reitz stood on an old bridge on a sunny afternoon, looking down at the confluence of two streams. Hohman glanced back and forth between the iced ...

This story is the fourth in a series examining the aftermath of the Feb. 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, funded in part by the Fund for Investigative Journalism. It ...