A former secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection says the new leader will have his management skills tested at an agency that’s been constrained by a decade of underfunding. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Rachel McDevitt reports.
Pennsylvania natural gas drillers pulled even more gas from the ground in 2021 than they did the year before. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Rachel McDevitt reports it’s the latest in a pattern of annual record-setting for the industry.
As people gather for special meals around the holidays, consumer advocates are warning about the dangers of gas stoves. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Rachel McDevitt reports.
Pennsylvania utilities are monitoring for threats after an attack on two electric substations left thousands of people without power in North Carolina. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Rachel McDevitt reports.
On today’s episode of The Confluence: State environmental regulators held a vote to limit some oil and gas well emissions in order to meet a federal deadline and avoid sanctions; a new skill building and job training program based in Oakland has finished working with it’s first cohort of fellows and begun recruitment for the next; and the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is offering sensory-friendly performances of it’s holiday classic, ‘The Nutcracker.’ Today’s guests include: Rachel McDevitt, reporter for StateImpact Pennsylvania at WITF; Lindsay Powell, workforce strategies director at InnovatePGH; and Kathryn Gigler, acting executive director of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.