The Allegheny Front
Summary: Each week, The Allegheny Front, an award-winning public radio program hosted by Matthew Craig, explores environmental issues and the natural history of Western Pennsylvania and beyond with interviews, feature stories and commentary.
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Podcasts:
In this episode, we dig into where food safety rules might be headed under Trump and check out how some Pittsburgh homeowners are testing the waters of home gray water systems.
In this episode, we dig into what big cuts at the EPA could mean for Pennsylvania and explore how one major environmental group is emerging as a key opponent of the Trump administration.
In this episode, we dig into President Trump's efforts to roll back a controversial expansion of the Clean Water Act and explore the psychological impacts of climate change.
In this episode, we drop in on a Pittsburgh t-shirt shop that's become an outfitter for the Trump resistance and reflect on takeaways from the historic protest at Standing Rock.
In this episode, we explore Pennsylvania's big push to remove old dams and dig into why the controversy over an update to the Clean Water Act is not likely to end under the Trump administration.
In this episode, we dig deeper into Pennsylvania's growing problem enforcing safe drinking water standards and check out a fish stocking project that's boosting the recreation economy in small towns near Lake Erie.
In this episode, we dig into a new report about citizen complaints over gas drilling in Pennsylvania and explore why some are crying foul over Shell's latest permit request for its ethane cracker facility.
In this episode, we explore an effort by scientists to backup critical government climate data and chat with former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman about a wild week of changes— and turmoil — under the Trump administration.
In this episode, we explore just what President Trump can and can't do to environmental regulations and preview a new PBS documentary about famed environmentalist Rachel Carson.
In this episode, we check out how Pittsburgh is investing big in green infrastructure in 2017 and explore whether the city's air quality could be a liability when it comes to attracting new residents.
In this episode, we explore why Black Lung disease is surging among Appalachian miners and check out a Pittsburgh group that is pioneering the 'Uber of food recovery.'
In this episode, we listen back to some highlights from our 2016 series exploring the health and environmental impacts of the region's expanding natural gas infrastructure.
In this episode, we listen back to some of our favorite stories from 2016, including a look at why our brains function better when we hear the sounds of nature.
In this episode, we check out how the recreation economy could help revitalize small towns on the Ohio River and explore a push by activists to get a solar farm at the old Shenango Coke Works site.
In this episode, we explore how a hydropower boom could be coming to the Three Rivers and dig into what you need to know about Trump's pick for EPA chief.