Chemical leak in Toledo forces evacuations, shelter-in-place
A massive chemical leak in Toledo, Ohio, is forcing some people out of their homes while others have been told to shelter in place.
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A massive chemical leak in Toledo, Ohio, is forcing some people out of their homes while others have been told to shelter in place.
Residents near the Sherwin-Williams manufacturing plant in Rochester, Beaver County, said they finally have answers about the chemical smell they've been reporting for months.
The environmental group Three Rivers Waterkeeper intends to sue U.S. Steel over oil sheens in the Monongahela River.
The Boar's Head deli meat plant at the heart of a deadly food-poisoning outbreak is set to reopen in the coming months, but recent reports point to ongoing sanitation problems.
A federal judge ordered the Chemours Chemical Company to immediately stop discharging unlawful levels of cancer-causing chemicals into the Ohio River from the company's Washington Works plant in West Virginia.
Concerns came after the Allegheny County Health Department said repairs were being done inside the plant.
Pittsburgh is in the top 12 and top 16 for the two worst air quality categories (smog and soot related air quality), worse than last year's report.
The legacy toy company is increasing the certified renewable or recycled materials that go into its bricks in an effort to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.
U.S. Steel is trying to put people at ease about what a battery shutdown at its Clairton Coke Works could mean for the area.
One of the oldest parts of U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works has shut down for good.
A new study finds that county residents have a higher mortality rate from fine particulate pollution than other parts of the country, particularly in the poorer towns of the Mon Valley and parts of the city.
A new study finds that county residents have a higher mortality rate from fine particulate pollution than other parts of the country, particularly in the poorer towns of the Mon Valley and parts of the city. KDKA-TV's Andy Sheehan reports.
Gov. Josh Shapiro is unveiling a plan to fight climate change.
A court says Pennsylvania can't enforce a regulation to make power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
David K. Smith, 55, of Paducah, Kentucky, entered the plea in federal court in Huntington to discharge of refuse into navigable waters.
Efforts by the Biden administration to limit tailpipe pollution from automobiles face a crucial test as legal challenges brought by Republican-led states head to a federal appeals court.
Extreme temperatures and air pollution are associated with an increased risk of heart attacks that result in death.
A Pennsylvania nonprofit released a new report revealing the state’s largest climate polluters in 2021. KDKA's Briana Smith has more on the locations of these facilities and their impact on the environment.
Ohio will have until the end of June to finish a plan to aimed at combating toxic algae blooms that have flourished in Lake Erie since the late 1990s.
Young children, the elderly, and those with respiratory problems are advised to limit outdoor activities.
The Ohio train derailment is a "wake-up call" for the reality of vinyl chloride's role in human and environmental health, experts say.
Researchers say it's the equivalent of drinking a month's worth of water contaminated with toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.
Greenpeace USA blasted industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction."
The Allegheny County Health Department issued the alert Saturday morning.
Organizers said that 70 years ago, the rivers were comparable to an open sewer.
