According to Pittsburgh Today’s Regional Environment Survey, nearly 79 percent of regional residents believe there is little or nothing they can do to solve environmental problems. In light of this finding, Pittsburgh Today is producing this Eco Tips series, intended to show steps citizens can take to improve the environment. More
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Conserving Water
According to Pittsburgh Today’s Regional Environment Survey, nearly 79 percent of regional residents believe there is little or nothing they can do to solve environmental problems. In light of this finding, Pittsburgh Today is producing this Eco Tips series, intended to show steps citizens can take to improve the environment. More
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Shale Gas and the Environment
For years the well pads, truck traffic and logos of energy companies large and small multiplied across counties like Washington and Greene as southwestern Pennsylvania became a poster child for the rush to extract natural gas trapped in the Marcellus Shale. More
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The Pittsburgh Regional Environment Survey
In May 2013, more than 800 men and women living in the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) were interviewed by telephone for a survey about the environment conducted by the University of Pittsburgh University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) and Pittsburgh Today. In order to better understand what's important to our region's... More
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What We Say (and do) About the Environment
More than 800 men and women living in the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) were interviewed for the phone survey conducted in May by the University of Pittsburgh University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) and Pittsburgh Today. More
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Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow 2013
The Pittsburgh Today annual report reveals how well the Pittsburgh region is doing compared to fourteen other benchmark regions in eleven categories. Each report includes in depth articles and thoughtful commentary provided by regional leaders. More
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Compliance, Finally
Southwestern Pennsylvania has quietly reached an environmental milestone. After exceeding the Clean Air Act pollution limit for nearly four decades, levels of unhealthy microscopic particles in the sky above the region have fallen to within federal air quality standards for the first time. More
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Of Two Minds
Aross the Greater Pittsburgh region, far more residents are convinced of the economic potential of Marcellus Shale natural gas than support drilling for it. And one likely reason more haven’t thrown their support behind the burgeoning industry is that more than half of them are worried that environmental damage and greater public health risks are... More