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Oct 17, 2024 · Homes built before the 1978 national ban can have lead paint on the interior and exterior surfaces. Kids can be exposed by inhaling lead dust when paint chips are disturbed, eating paint chips or by touching their mouths after coming in contact with lead.

Dec 12, 2024 · The trends with common birds in Pennsylvania, “are generally stable,” according to Shema. On average, volunteers in the 15-mile radius of the Pittsburgh count circle spot about 75 species of birds.

Oct 23, 2024 · After the Norfolk Southern train derailed along the Pennsylvania-Ohio border last year, releasing 1.1 million pounds of vinyl chloride and other chemicals into the environment, the National Science Foundation responded quickly. The independent, federal agency funded university-based research, including a study by Andrew Whelton, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering at ...

Oct 18, 2024 · Yellow Creek State Park is bustling with swimmers, boaters, and fishermen on a warm Sunday afternoon. The park and lake in Indiana County attract people from nearby and vacationers from up to a few hours away, said Rebecca Beppler, who owns a boating rental company with her husband.. She hopes to grow the business, beyond the lake.

Mar 28, 2024 · “Projects such as this obviously attract additional future investment from other companies that want to take advantage of it,” he said. About $20 million of the project will go toward local initiatives, like worker training and funding local fire departments.

Jan 3, 2025 · Sedimentation fills in the spaces between small rocks beneath the water young hellbenders, and the insects they eat, live in. Sedimentation can also cover large boulders adult hellbenders use for shelter and for reproduction.. Ted Evgeniadis, executive director of the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association, said he was pleasantly surprised by the recent proposal.

Dec 13, 2024 · Pei says SSAB helped start the HYBRIT plant to respond to the growing demand for climate action. These include policies like the European Union’s emissions trading system, which will raise the price of carbon emissions for steel producers in the next few years. “We saw this quite clearly as a company that the society will now focus more on the drive to reduce emissions due to understanding ...

Oct 16, 2024 · By Alayna Hutchinson | 90.5 WESA. Pittsburgh is one of 10 U.S. cities to receive part of a $9 million federal investment in urban agriculture. The Allegheny County Conservation District (ACCD), an urban conservation organization, was awarded $894,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency to support urban farming in the county through outreach, education and technical ...

Nov 15, 2024 · “If they don’t have enough time to get out in the woods, they’re less likely to buy a license,” Lau said. “And over the years, that is a factor, most likely, in the long term loss in hunters that we’re seeing, not only here in Pennsylvania but across the nation.”