pollution reduction

Brady Pieper

Pennsylvania receives $244 million in grants to reclaim abandoned mine lands

This funding will help to reduce pollution, create local jobs for displaced workers and revitalize air and water quality in communities once powered by the coal industry.

Miles Smith

EPA awarding $125 million to replace diesel engines with cleaner alternatives

Pollutants from diesel engines are linked to a range of serious health problems including asthma, lung and heart disease, other respiratory ailments and premature death

Keaton Peters

$800 million available for projects utilizing green highway construction materials

Funding is designed to support the use of materials in highway construction that produce less pollution and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Gracie Warhurst

EPA says chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions

Rule targets about 200 plants that produce synthetic chemicals, polymers and resins