The Allegheny Front

On this week's Allegheny Front, stories from Gas Planet, our award-winning special that examines the impact the gas boom will have on the climate.  Is natural gas kicking coal to the curb?  We go inside a power plant and an uber-secure power grid command center to find out.  And we have a brief biography of methane, including a chapter on how natural gas is like a chuck roast.  Plus, one expert weighs in on how using natural gas to power our homes, factories and lives might impact climate.  All this, and more. http://media.alleghenyfront.org.s3.amazonaws.com/AF060813Show.mp3

On this week's Allegheny Front, stories from Gas Planet, our award-winning special that examines the impact the gas boom will have on the climate, including a heated debate among scientists that has both sides accusing one another of bias, advocacy, and practicing politics, not science.  Plus, we follow a researcher hot on the trail of methane gas leaks from the drilling industry. http://media.alleghenyfront.org.s3.amazonaws.com/AF060113Show_GP1.mp3

On this week's  Allegheny Front, nature-lovers and drilling companies square off over Marcellus wells in Loyalsock State Forest.  Plus, a trendy hair treatment--the Brazilian Blowout--is raising health concerns because of a carcinogenic ingredient . And, we check in with two hikers on a mission to be the first to complete the Great Eastern Trail. All this, and more. http://media.alleghenyfront.org.s3.amazonaws.com/AF052513Show.mp3

On this week's Allegheny Front, controversy in a city miles from gas wells about the influence of drilling on the community. A summer show at Phipps Conservatory features regional glass artists. A new Penn State program gives homeowners an energy efficiency scorecard. Plus, dangerous algal blooms in Lake Erie, two state Senate bills that increase access to natural gas, and more. http://media.alleghenyfront.org.s3.amazonaws.com/AF050413Show.mp3

On this week's Allegheny Front, there's a new rush in Pennsylvania. Colleges and universities are competing to attract money to study fracking. Plus, it's National Poetry Month. We visit several regional artists who share poems about nature. The closing of two more "gaps" brings the the so-called GAP trail, a 150-mile trek in Maryland and Pennsylvania, closer to completion. And more! http://media.alleghenyfront.org.s3.amazonaws.com/AF042713Show.mp3

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On this week's Allegheny Front, we follow the first through-hikers on the Great Eastern Trail, an 1,800-mile pathway running from Alabama to New York. We learn about the environmental impacts of white-tailed deer overpopulation in our forests. And a bat specialist gives us an update on white nose syndrome, a fungus that has killed nearly 99 percent of the state's hibernating bats. http://media.alleghenyfront.org.s3.amazonaws.com/AF041313Show.mp3

On this week's Allegheny Front, we have promising reports about animals who live deep in the woods and high up in the air--Jefferson salamanders and bald eagles. Both of these animals have suffered the consequences of habitat destruction, and are now making a comeback in Pennsylvania. Plus, we hear from one company in Montgomery County who is revving up to produce energy from algae. And we look back on the controversial tenure of Michael Krancer, who is leaving his post as DEP Secretary this month. http://www.alleghenyfront.org/sites/default/files/AF040613Show.mp3

On this week's Allegheny Front, we look at how some chefs and farmers are working to plug the gap in the sustainable food scene by bringing back locally-grown high-quality grains (from long ago). Plus, when spring rolls around, the maple tree juices flow. We visit Brady's Run County Park where syrup makers are hard at work collecting sap for 1,000 gallons of syrup this season. Plus, we speak with a veteran nature writer about her love of Pennsylvania's outdoors, and hear a commentary from a reluctant birder. http://www.alleghenyfront.org/sites/default/files/AF032313Show.mp3

On this week's Allegheny Front, the ancient sport of falconry is alive in Pennsylvania. We go on a hunt. We discuss President Obama's nominees for EPA and Department of Energy and their positions on climate and natural gas. A new report says wildlife in Pennsylvania are already feeling the effects of climate change. Our news partner, PublicSource uncovers a neglected law on curbing diesel emissions in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny Front's Ashley Murray explores sinkholes in Pennsylvania while the Organic Gardeners go for bare roots. http://www.alleghenyfront.org/sites/default/files/AF030913Show.mp3

On this week's Allegheny Front, we bring you new voices in today's environmental discussions.  With Bhutanese refugee families dealing with frosty Pittsburgh weather, we take a trip to one of their homes to see what they're doing to keep warm.  We travel with passengers on the imperiled train line stretching across Pennsylvania, and join in a Sierra Club watch party for the State of the Union address--but how clear was the President on details to mitigate climate change? Ann Murray analyzes the State of the Union address and the President's environmental agenda. http://www.alleghenyfront.org/sites/default/files/AF021613Show.mp3

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