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The Psychology of Littering - The Allegheny Front
Jan 8, 2016 · 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 into the alley behind her house.
$90M federal grant awarded for the largest solar project in …
Reid Frazier March 28, 2024. 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 ...
Here’s How to Tell if You Have Lead Pipes in Your Home
Mar 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.
The new tax credits for home solar and energy efficiency you …
Aug 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.
Judge approves $600 million settlement for East Palestine derailment
Sep 27, 2024 · A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $600 million settlement between Norfolk Southern and people who live near East Palestine, where the company’s train derailed last year and contaminated the community.. At the U.S. District Court in Youngstown, Ohio, Judge Benita Pearson ruled that the settlement of the class …
The Complicated History of the Kinzua Dam and How It Changed …
Feb 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 experienced catastrophic flooding.
Searching for the Pawpaw’s Indigenous Roots
Aug 16, 2024 · Searching for the Pawpaw’s Indigenous Roots. Brian Koscho August 16, 2024. Culture Food and Agriculture. This story comes from our partners at West Virginia Public Broadcastin g. It was first published on August 6, 2021. It was early August, a fresh summer afternoon in Jackson County, Ohio at the Leo Petroglyph, which is a huge rock carved ...
Real Sounds of the Eastern Screech Owl - The Allegheny Front
Jul 25, 2014 · LISTEN: “Real Sounds of the Eastern Screech Owl”. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. But if they are spied by a small bird, like a chickadee, an avian alarm will be sounded. This can draw a noisy mob of many kinds of birds who join together to scold the owl, fluttering and anxiously and hopping all around it.
Our Three Rivers - The Allegheny Front
Our 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 ...