Kayak tour allows Pittsburghers to transform trash into art
WEBAug 9, 2024 · As a mixed-media artist, she designed a kayak tour on the Allegheny River this summer where participants created sculptural art using trash and natural materials found on the river’s shoreline. A full-time K-12 art teacher, Cervone McElwain is also part of the Pittsburgh Creative Corps with Shiftworks Community + Public Arts, the nonprofit ...
The new tax credits for home solar and energy efficiency you …
WEBAug 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.
$90M federal grant awarded for the largest solar project in …
WEBReid 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 ...
NTSB set to vote on investigation of Ohio train derailment
WEBJun 21, 2024 · Julie loves covering agricultural issues for the Allegheny Front—exploring what we eat, who produces it and how it’s related to the natural environment. On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board will vote on the findings of its investigation. The decision to ‘vent and burn’ vinyl chloride is among the issues.
“Big Bugs” land at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
WEBJun 26, 2024 · But an eight-legged specimen at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden near Settler’s Cabin Park, west of the city, is about 12 feet tall. It’s part of a large-scale sculpture exhibit that highlights the importance of pollinators and insects. David Rogers’ Big Bugs + Pollinators features 10 pieces by the Long Island artist who works with native ...
Our Three Rivers - The Allegheny Front
WEBOur 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 ...
The Psychology of Littering - The Allegheny Front
WEBJan 8, 2016 · The Psychology of Littering. 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 ...
A Western Pa. town navigates an uncertain future after its coal …
WEBJul 12, 2024 · Reid is currently contributing to StateImpact Pennsylvania, a collaboration among The Allegheny Front, WESA, WITF and WHYY covering the Commonwealth's energy economy. It’s been a year since Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired power plant in Homer City shut down because of competition from natural gas and renewables.
Wondering when to plant? There’s a map for that
WEBMar 15, 2024 · In early spring, many gardeners are thinking about what they’ll grow in their vegetable and flower gardens. According to the USDA, 80 million American gardeners and growers use its Plant Hardiness Zone Map as a guide for planning and planting. Last November it was updated from the 2012 version using data collected at weather stations …
The Complicated History of the Kinzua Dam and How It Changed …
WEBFeb 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 …