Episode for August 30, 2024: Flood insurance, greenspace and energy workers
Release Date: 08/30/2024
Episode for December 26, 2025: Here comes the sun
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Episode for December 19, 2025: Bears!
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Episode for December 12, 2025: A safe place for hellbender salamanders
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Episode for December 5, 2025: Fracking waste in landfills
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Episode for November 28, 2025: Apples, chestnuts and eggs
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Episode for November 21, 2025: Ohio River plan, trash instruments and Three Mile Island
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Episode for November 14, 2025: Expanding coal mining in Pa.
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Episode for November 7, 2025: Saving bats, hunting microplastics & "litterbugs"
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Episode for October 31, 2025: Invasive fish exchange
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Episode for October 24, 2025: Fire as a conservation tool
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info_outlineThis week on The Allegheny Front, during the COVID pandemic, a coal-fired power plant that was a way of life for many in one community closed. We traveled there to learn how they memorialized it. As more severe storms cause downed trees and dump water on Pennsylvania, insurance premiums could rise. A Pennsylvania task force charged with figuring out how to get more homes in the state covered by flood insurance released its recommendations this summer. Plus, a study shows a racist government policy enacted decades ago has led to fewer green spaces in many communities across the country. Also, will fossil fuel workers be able to take advantage of jobs in green energy?