Reid Frazier | Allegheny Front

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 Clearfield County.

A team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found children living near shale gas activities in Southwest Pennsylvania had a higher risk of developing lymphoma. But the group found no association between oil and gas activity and other childhood cancers, including Ewing’s sarcoma.

A new study found higher levels of radioactive materials in rivers and streams near municipal wastewater treatment plants that handled runoff from landfills that accept fracking waste from Pennsylvania.