Episode for November 4, 2022




The Allegheny Front show

Summary: One company is mining Bitcoin to keep two waste coal power plants in Pennsylvania running. But what's the climate impact? A new report concludes that coal plants aren't doing enough to clean up coal ash disposal sites that are contaminating groundwater. Plus, an urban farmer in Pittsburgh had to overcome significant challenges to clean up her property to start her enterprise. We have news about microplastics in Pennsylvania waterways and federal funding to help coal communities.