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What’s Next for Pittsburgh’s Fossil Fuel Divestment

With a distressed pension budget and a Trump presidency mere weeks away, what is the future of fossil fuel divestment for the City of Pittsburgh?

By Brian Conway
December 5, 2016
ActivismEnvironmentPolitics

If You Smell Something, Say Something: CMU Launches Mobile App Smell PGH

A project from CMU’s CREATE Lab, Smell PGH gives Pittsburghers a way to quickly and easily report unpleasant odors and keep track of local air quality.

By Adam Shuck
September 29, 2016
EnvironmentInterviewTech

Fracking Our Food: Particulate Matter and Bluebird Farm

Thirty years ago, Mick Luber bought an idyllic piece of land in Cadiz, Ohio. Now, fracking threatens the future of his organic Bluebird Farm.

By David Bernabo
September 20, 2016
ActivismEnvironmentFood & Drink

Oil and Gas and the Western Pennsylvania Farmer: A Conversation with Don Kretschmann

Large mineral rights payouts have provided a temporary lifeline to the region’s struggling farmers—but what are the costs?

By David Bernabo
June 16, 2016
EnvironmentFood & DrinkVideo

The Local Activists Pushing Pittsburgh’s Fossil Fuel Divestment

“It’s about collective action. We are not going to get ourselves out of this climate crisis by improving our own individual lifestyles. It is going to take collective action focused on the small group of organizations that hold most of the power over the climate crisis.”

By David Bernabo
May 19, 2016
ActivismEnvironment

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