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How 10 Western Cities Are Dealing with Water Scarcity and Drought

This summer, much of the American West is in drought. And climate change in the American West is expected to bring longer droughts, increased wildfire risk, and diminished water supplies. The region ...
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In Washington state, coal plant shutdown came with a deal setting up a town for what’s next. Pennsylvania hasn’t seen ideas like this

Centralia, Washington’s coal-fired power plant is closing by the end of 2025. Pennsylvania’s robust fossil-fuel economy intersects with the drive to cut carbon emissions that fuel climate change.
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What A Florida Middle School Has Learned So Far Teaching Common Core Standards

This story is part of a series from The Hechinger Report and StateImpact Florida looking at how Florida schools are getting ready for Common Core standards. Read — and listen to — the first story here ...
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How Pennsylvania churches are addressing climate change by tapping the power of the sun

This story was produced as part of Climate Solutions, a collaboration focused on community engagement and solutions-based reporting to help Central Pennsylvania move toward climate literacy, ...
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Josh Shapiro proposes state climate program to replace RGGI, and asks for new renewable energy goals

Gov. Josh Shapiro is offering his own version of a controversial program to limit climate-warming pollution from power plants, and is setting new goals for how much energy Pennsylvania gets from ...
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An ethane cracker in western Pa. will soon start up. We answered your questions about it

Shell’s ethane cracker is scheduled to come online soon, producing up to 1.6 million metric tons of plastic pellets a year. The plant will produce this plastic by processing ethane, a component of the ...
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John Fetterman’s evolution on climate change, fracking and the environment

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here. The ad opens in Braddock, Pennsylvania with the kind of eerie industrial ...
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Special report: How the U.S. government hid fracking’s risks to drinking water

Most mornings, when his 7-year-old son Ryan gets up for school at 6:55, Bryan Latkanich is still awake from the night before, looking online for another home in some part of Pennsylvania with good ...
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What does school choice look like in rural Oklahoma?

School choice was just about the last thing on Nash Williamson’s mind. It’s a hot button issue in Oklahoma City – where he was visiting to participate in the Oklahoma Youth Expo – a livestock show – ...
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Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal includes Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed budget assumes Pennsylvania will charge power plants for their carbon dioxide pollution and raise more than $600 million in the next year. Former Gov. Tom Wolf’s ...
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Following fracking scandal, state Rep. Jesse White loses House seat

A Pittsburgh area Democrat and vocal fracking critic lost his state House seat last night. Rep. Jesse White (D- Allegheny) was caught last year in an online bullying scandal by Pittsburgh’s local CBS ...
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Fatigue Linked To Dozens Of Fatal Crashes Involving Oilfield Workers

State Highway 72 cuts through the heart of the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. The two-lane artery links oil boomtowns like Kenedy and Tilden to the Three Rivers Valero refinery. Local residents call ...