Why is the Green Building Alliance honoring a steel company?
Where other companies have to be sued and organized against to adopt the most basic pollution controls, Epic Metals has gone a different route.
09 Sep 2021
Pick a new color for Kennywood’s Phantom’s Revenge, safely dump your household chemicals, and more in ETC.
Hurry to vote on whether the coaster should be Petrifying Purple or Terrifying Teal.
08 Sep 2021
Iron City branching out to make whiskey, turn out lights to help birds and more in ETC.
Pittsburgh Brewing plans to produce rye whiskeys, bourbon and other spirits under the brand Iron City Distilling.
02 Sep 2021
Forget pickles with your Primanti sandwich and try East End Brewing Pickle Beer, and more in ETC
Powdermill Nature Reserve has banded its 800,000th bird.
10 Aug 2021
Pittsburgh International Airport now creates all of its own energy with first-of-its-kind microgrid
Not only does the microgrid make the airport immune to problems with the greater power grid, it will create a savings on electricity for the airport and its tenants.
15 Jul 2021
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia move ahead with plastic bag bans
The Republican-controlled legislature did not renew a statewide preemption on single-use plastics, opening the door for cities and municipalities to institute their own bans.
01 Jul 2021
How will Pittsburgh spend $335 million from the American Rescue Plan?
Pittsburgh plans to spend $20 million to remove lead from water lines and paint throughout the city.
29 Jun 2021
Young architects from across the globe find a place at the Carnegie Museum of Art
The generation of young architects shares a commitment to addressing social issues and political issues through architecture.
21 Jun 2021
Top 10 toxic polluters in Pittsburgh. Meet the new #1
On a positive note, the list shows that progress is possible. The McConway & Torley Foundry in Lawrenceville has reduced emissions of chromium compounds by 90% and nickel compounds by 97%, and dropped out of the Toxic Ten this year.
15 Jun 2021
You can help name Westmoreland County’s new 96-acre nature and art park
“It’s an incredibly scenic 96-acre farm with beautiful rolling topography."
11 May 2021