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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Penn Township fracking dispute heads to court, with state’s Environmental Rights Amendment at center of lawsuit

A dispute over a local law that opens up much of a Pittsburgh suburb to oil and gas drilling has made it to a Westmoreland County courtroom.

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An aerial image of Mountaire's Millsboro facility is included in the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays report about water contamination caused by the facility. (Courtesy Delaware Center for the Inland Bays)
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Report: Chicken plant's chronic violations, lax state enforcement led to water contamination

A report issued by the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays claims violation at Mountaire's Millsboro facility were part of a chronic problem that led to water pollution.

7 years ago

A coal-fired power plant on outside Huntington, Utah
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Politics & Policy

Trump touts Pruitt’s ‘great job,’ but EPA rollbacks have a long road ahead

As allegations mount of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt violating ethics policies and misusing taxpayer money, President Trump has repeatedly defended him.

7 years ago

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a meeting with state and local officials and President Donald Trump about infrastructure in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Politics & Policy

Scott Pruitt’s tenure at the EPA and the mounting scandal

Guest: Lisa Friedman Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt has come under fire for a number of ethics ...

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing investigations into his use of taxpayer funds for security and travel along with scrutiny of his ties to industry lobbyists.
Money

AP reports EPA’s Pruitt spent millions on security, travel

The agency spent millions of dollars for a 20-member full-time detail.

7 years ago

Albatross birds are among the largest sea birds. (Image from Albatross documentary)
Arts & Entertainment

Documentary ‘Albatross’ shows how our obsession with plastic is killing this bird

The film, screening April 14, will be a featured selection of this year’s Princeton Environmental Film Festival.

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Across Europe, laws on fracking vary. In 2016, after years of debate over environmental concerns and economic interests around fracking, Germany banned some forms of it. Environmentalists are calling for a total ban. (Robin Wood/flickr)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

‘The Shale Dilemma’ goes global: Author discusses shale gas development across the world

Shanti Gamper-Rabindran a University of Pittsburgh professor and editor of The Shale Dilemma, sat down for an interview about the topic.

7 years ago

United States Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks at an offshore winds energy forum Friday, April 6, 2018, in Plainsboro, New Jersey. The secretary noted there is
Politics & Policy

Interior secretary: ‘Opposition’ to offshore drill plan

"There is a lot of opposition, particularly off the East Coast and the West Coast, on oil and gas," Zinke said.

7 years ago

Scientists have been studying the link between climate change and extreme weather events such as Hurricane Sandy, which left more than 1.3 million Pennsylvanians in the dark in 2012. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Poll: Climate change causing problems for significant number of Pennsylvanians

Across Pennsylvania, four in 10 registered voters say they have personally experienced problems related to climate change.

7 years ago

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PlanPhilly
Community

City failing to deliver on community garden promises

“We’re on a crisis right now,” said Lan Dihn, a member of Philadelphia’s Food Policy Council’s urban agriculture subcommittee and farm director at VietLead

7 years ago

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing investigations into his use of taxpayer funds for security and travel along with scrutiny of his ties to industry lobbyists.
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Politics & Policy

EPA chief Pruitt faces mounting scrutiny for ethics violations

7 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

While legislation stalls in Pennsylvania, West Virginia acts on natural gas royalties

7 years ago

In this June 2, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo, file)
PBS
Politics & Policy

Trump tells embattled EPA head: ‘We’ve got your back’

7 years ago

In this April 23, 2010 photo, a Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site is seen near Burlington, Pa., in Bradford County. (Ralph Wilson/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Poll: Public concern grows over natural gas industry’s environmental impact

7 years ago

Gas is pumped into vehicles at a BP gas station in Hoboken, N.J. in 2016.The Obama administration moved to nearly double fuel-economy standards by 2025, but the EPA now is moving to weaken them.
NPR
Politics & Policy

EPA moves to weaken landmark fuel efficiency rules

The Trump Administration today moved to weaken fuel economy standards for automobiles, saying the current ones are inappropriate and wrong.

7 years ago

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