Reid Frazier

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A year after the Ohio train derailment, experts still worry about toxins it released

Saturday, February 03, 2024

A year after the fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, experts and others are still concerned about toxins and their aftereffects.

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Hydrogen hubs in Pennsylvania would help pave the way for decarbonization in the state

Sunday, October 29, 2023

The Biden administration recently announced $7 billion for regional hubs meant to develop and increase the use of hydrogen. Pennsylvania has ended up with two of the hubs.

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Health care has a massive carbon footprint. These doctors are trying to change that

Monday, October 02, 2023

Around the country, health care workers continue to grapple with their industry's massive carbon footprint. In Pittsburgh, doctors formed Clinicians for Climate Action to address the problem.

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A federal hearing on the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio revealed new details

Saturday, June 24, 2023

Federal investigators held a multi-day hearing on the causes of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment and fire that spewed toxic chemicals into the air.

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Norfolk Southern continues to clean up from its February derailment in Ohio

Monday, May 15, 2023

Norfolk Southern Railway has removed a small mountain of soil laced with toxins since the February train derailment in East Palestine. What happens to the waste that hazmat teams collect?

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EPA will take control of the East Palestine train derailment cleanup

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

In East Palestine, Ohio, federal environmental regulators have taken charge of the cleanup from the train derailment and chemical burn, and ordered Norfolk Southern to foot the bill.

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South Africa's transition from coal could be a model for other countries

Friday, November 04, 2022

A plan for Western countries to help fund South Africa's transition from coal was difficult to reach, but parties announced an agreement Friday. It could be a model for other countries.

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Global leaders meet in Pittsburgh for climate talks

Friday, September 23, 2022

Officials from around the world are meeting in Pittsburgh to discuss global climate change efforts. The event comes as leaders prepare to meet this fall for the next U.N. climate summit in Egypt.

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A Shell chemical plant stirs economic hope and environmental fears in Western Pa.

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Oil giant Shell will soon open a chemical plant near Pittsburgh that will turn gas from fracking into plastic. The project is creating hundreds of jobs but some residents worry about the air quality

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Hydrogen may be a climate solution. There's debate over how clean it will truly be

Friday, May 27, 2022

The federal government plans to build several hydrogen hubs around the country. The goal is to find a cleaner replacement for fossil fuels. But there are challenges in how hydrogen is produced.

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Infrastructure money makes it a good time to be in the well plugging business

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Across the country, some 2 million abandoned oil and gas wells are leaking methane, a potent climate-warming gas. Now billions of dollars from the infrastructure law will be spent to cap them.

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Biden Says His Climate Plan Means Jobs. Some Union Members Are Skeptical

Thursday, April 15, 2021

President Biden has repeatedly promised the shift to clean energy will create "good-paying union jobs." But the wind and solar industries generally pay less, are not unionized, and need fewer people.

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Appalachian Town Must 'Wait And Wait' As Pandemic Puts Plastics Plant On Hold

Saturday, October 17, 2020

For a decade, growing American gas production has fueled a petrochemical boom. There are big plans for more plants in Appalachia, but the pandemic — and an oversupply of plastics — may crush them.

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Pandemic Shutdown Is Speeding Up The Collapse Of Coal

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Coal use has plummeted in part because it's more expensive than natural gas or renewable energy. Mines are shutting down, and some power plants may run out of places to stockpile coal.

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Democrats Must Assess How To Campaign In Oil And Gas States

Sunday, March 01, 2020

Climate change has become a key issue in the Democratic primaries, but voters are split in the swing state of Pennsylvania — where the fracking boom has boosted the economy.

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The U.S. Natural Gas Boom Is Fueling A Global Plastics Boom

Friday, November 15, 2019

America is now the world's biggest exporter of ethane, a part of natural gas that's a building block for making plastics. That's helping fuel the fast-growing global plastics industry.

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Ethane And The Plastics Boom

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

America's natural gas boom has also made it the world's biggest exporter of ethane. It's a building block for plastics, and U.S. gas is helping fuel the global plastics industry.

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Trump Administration Proposes Relaxing Rules On Waste From Coal Plants

Monday, November 04, 2019

The Environmental Protection Agency would give coal plants more time to close unlined coal ash ponds, and ease rules on wastewater. Opponents say that prolongs the risk of toxic spills.

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$3 Million Settlement Revealed In High-Profile Fracking Case

Tuesday, June 04, 2019

The settlement is now public because of computer error. Pennsylvania families, whose ordeal was detailed in a Pulitzer-winning book, claimed air, groundwater and soil contamination.

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One Town's Decades Long Struggle For Cleaner Air

Friday, January 04, 2019

The air has been getting dirtier around the country's largest coke fuel plant near Pittsburgh. The push to clean up pollution is complicated when residents depend on the industry that's causing it.

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