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Toxic Car Seats
Is your child’s car seat toxic? A new study says more than half of children’s car seats sold in the United States contain hazardous chemicals. The environmental group Ecology Center tested more than...
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EPA Rules Threaten Coal-Fired Plants
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — New federal rules on air pollution are being hailed as the most significant in 20 years. As KDKA Investigator Andy Sheehan reports the impact may be great right here in Western...
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Property Owners Who Fail Dye Test Could End Up Paying A Bundle
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s a problem you may not know you have, but it could end up costing you a bundle. Thousands of properties around Allegheny County have failed a dye test; and if you own one of...
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Orie Melvin State Supreme Court Vacancy Has Impact On Drilling
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The impact of the conviction and resignation of former Justice Joan Orie Melvin is already being felt with a stalled decision on a matter of vital importance. “This effect the...
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Local Effects Of Heritage Destruction & Fracking
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Chris Moore was joined by Linda Three Crows Meadowcroft, Edie Ehlert, Wanda Guthrie, and Melinda Troutman to talk about the negative effects of fracking on Sunday....
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New Study Shows Possible Link Between Air Pollution, Autism
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Gleny Duran wants to know why her 8-year-old son Angel has autism. “Is it something that I’m eating, is it the air? Is it genetic?” she asks. Doctors don’t know exactly what causes...
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Region’s First Energy Center To Open Next Week
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Gas stations are easy to find to fill up your car or truck, but public places to refuel vehicles that run on compressed natural gas — or CNG — are often hard to locate. An EQT...
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DEP Cites Deficiencies In FirstEnergy’s Plan To Clean Up Little Blue Run
HOOKSTOWN (KDKA) — From the air it might look like an inviting lake, but Little Blue Run is filled with fly ash and calcium sulfate trapped at FirstEnergy’s Bruce Manfield Plant seven miles away. It’s...
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KD Investigates: Sewer Fixes Could Bankrupt Homeowners
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s a requirement aimed at cleaning up our waterway, but for some homeowners, like Dale Redpath, it could mean bankruptcy. “This was my retirement money,” says Redpath. “Now, I...
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State Orders Ash Waste Dump Shut Down
HOOKSTOWN (KDKA) — Little Blue is a two-square mile lagoon containing untold tons of coal combustion waste, and folks who live nearby say it’s made their lives a misery. “You’re homes are worth...
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Drilling Under Schools, Parks Working In Parts Of Washington Co.
AVELLA (KDKA) — When the Mars School Board voted the idea down, it drew applause. “As a parent of a child of this school district, it mattered a lot that they said no to protect the health and welfare...
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Local Students Learn Important Lessons While Raising, Releasing Trout
SOUTH PARK (KDKA) — The waters of Peters Creek pass through a quiet corner of South Park as four Baldwin-Whitehall school buses roll into a nearby parking lot. Sixth graders from Harrison Middle School...
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New Roofing Material On Pitt Building Will ‘Eat’ Pollution
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Roofs — they are all around us, keeping out the elements. Yet roofs are invisible especially on tall buildings that dot the landscape. Now the University of Pittsburgh is...
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Beaver County Braces For Shale Gas Infrastructure
NEW SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Don Kretschmann loves being an organic farmer in Beaver County, but now he says that way of life is under threat. “It’s not the occasional random well. When it starts,...
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Shale Gas Compressor Proposal Reveals Town’s Divide
NEW SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Marcellus drilling rigs and other shale gas infrastructure is dividing the residents of New Sewickley, Beaver County. About 200 people turned out Wednesday night to a...
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Power Plant In Shippingport Could See Temporary Shut Down
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The battle lines have been drawn over coal, and the carbon emissions at coal-fired power plants like the one in Homer City have become the focus. Miners and power plant workers say...
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Struggling North Braddock Looks To Shale Gas Drilling
NORTH BRADDOCK (KDKA) — North Braddock got dealt a mighty blow with the death of big steel, and it has never regained its footing. “We’re down to below 5,000 residents,” said Mayor Tom Whyel. “This was...
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Pittsburgh Holds Variety Of Activities To Mark Earth Day
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Today is Earth Day and Pittsburgh has made huge strides in becoming more environmentally-conscious over the last few years. The morning rain didn’t stop volunteers from donating...
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Clairton Residents Seeing Their Sewage Bills Increase Drastically
CLAIRTON (KDKA) — People who live in Clairton say they have a big problem. Their sewage bills have been going up over the past three years – drastically. Many have seen their sewage bills increase from...
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Mt. Lebanon Considers Shifting Cost Of Trash Hauling To Individual Homeowner
MOUNT LEBANON (KDKA) — Trash — Americans generate a lot of it — and in suburban areas it’s a basic municipal responsibility, getting rid of the household trash for their residents. “I’ve gotten more...
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