A U.S. Steel worker walks by a series of coke ovens at the Clairton plant, in November, 2023. WESA's local, independent journalism is only possible because of financial support from readers like you.

Northwest Indiana residents may get a breath of fresh air after the federal government reversed course on delaying rules meant to curb hazardous air pollution from steel mills. The U.S. Environmental ...

Melanie Meade monitors plumes of pollution. Her hilltop home overlooks Clairton Coke Works, the largest coke-manufacturing facility in North America — and Allegheny County’s top source of air ...

A Birmingham-based environmental group is one of eight who sued the Trump administration in December, asking for the court to ...

Drive south on rural Highway 133 out of the small town of Carbondale and you’ll encounter a mysterious sight amidst the mountains and wilderness: large brick domes in a long line. Sheridan resident ...

US Steel's Clairton Coke Works. The Trump administration has reversed course again on a new air pollution rule for coke ovens. The White House is granting two-year waivers to coke oven plants for the ...

A federal judge signaled Thursday he will likely reject a bid to make the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency update pollution standards for coke ovens — coal-processing plants that emit dozens of ...

Efforts to restore and protect the historic Cardiff coke ovens in Glenwood Springs got a funding boost in the latest round of Garfield County Federal Mineral Lease District grants. That along with ...

Drive south on rural Highway 33 out of the small town of Carbondale and you’ll encounter a mysterious sight amid the ...