Allegheny Front

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The Allegheny Front is an award-winning public radio program covering environmental issues in Pennsylvania. Allegheny Front reporters travel throughout the region, exploring environmental issues affecting the community through stories, interviews, news, and commentaries.

Largest solar project in Pa. to be built on former coal mine with $90M federal grant

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.
Some East Palestine residents want the EPA to test inside their homes. But the EPA says 'no'

Reid Frazier | Allegheny Front

The EPA has been testing outdoor air all year in East Palestine for volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, like the chemicals released in the derailment.