Sustainability

After operating for more than a decade as a chartered public school, Penn Hills Charter now plans to share its expertise with other schools in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties that serve low-income areas.

The significant increase in spending on general population and military veteran health care in the United States is a multi-faceted and complex issue that deserves attention.

A new multimillion dollar loan fund aims to preserve local affordable housing that’s at risk of becoming market rate housing or where tenants are at risk of being displaced.

A new multimillion dollar loan fund aims to preserve local affordable housing that’s at risk of becoming market rate housing or where tenants are at risk of being displaced. 

Affordable housing remains an enormous problem in Pittsburgh. So are abandoned and blighted properties.

The Hill District Federal Credit Union is expanding, not only in its physical size, but in its financial offerings for its customers.

The Henry L. Hillman Foundation and The Heinz Endowments are partnering with UPMCfor You, a Medicaid-managed care plan, to create the fund.

UPMC subsidiary UPMC For You, the Henry L. Hillman Foundation and The Heinz Endowments on Monday unveiled a $11 million loan program to preserve affordable housing in Allegheny County.

UPMC For You, The Heinz Endowments, Henry L. Hillman Foundation, and Cinnaire Lending Partner to Preserve 1,200 Affordable Housing Units.

A building that formerly housed a Catholic elementary school in Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood now serves as a community hub.

Women for a Healthy Environment's Healthy Schools Pennsylvania program provides training and guidance to reduce the number of environmental stressors present in school facilities.

Pittsburgh Milliones 6-12 University Preparatory opened nearly 15 years ago with Ivy League ambition, but now faces tanking test scores and slumping graduation rates. Its principal aims for a new identity.

The Pittsburgh Promise on Wednesday said it has received more than $100,000 from over 330 donors to honor Franco Harris, its founding board chair who passed away unexpectedly at age 72 on December 20.

WaterNow is excited to announce a new Accelerator Project in Southwest Pennsylvania!

When it comes to addressing major social, economic and environmental problems, it’s easy to divide potential solutions between the public and private sectors. 

Chris DeCardy will become president of The Heinz Endowments in April.

Pittsburgh’s philanthropic foundations are powerhouse economic forces in the city. They pour millions of dollars into a variety of causes ranging from education and environmentalism to the arts and food insecurity. 

Former senior executive with major U.S. foundations appointed after national search.

A newly commissioned report is claiming that the success of Pittsburgh's future tech sector weighs heavily on the region's ability to increase its workforce and to ensure these employees come from diverse racial backgrounds. 

The nonprofit research organization enlisted the use of focus groups for the report, which was funded in part by the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Heinz Endowments, the Henry L. Hillman Foundation and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. 

The Heinz Endowments named Chris DeCardy as its new president on Monday, following a 10-month national search. 

The Heinz Endowments named Chris DeCardy as its president following a national search after Grant Oliphant stepped down in February 2022. 

The Heinz Endowments on Monday announced that Chris DeCardy is its new president and will begin in April. 

Heinz family ends 10-month national search to replace former president Grant Oliphant.

One of Pittsburgh’s most prominent philanthropies, The Heinz Endowments, announced on Monday that Chris DeCardy will be its new president. 

When I heard about the death of Franco Harris,so awfully sad and terribly premature, I began looking through every source I could find to read about this great sports hero and committed Pittsburgh community leader.   

There aren’t many people in Pittsburgh history instantly recognizable by their first name. Mario. Sophie. Roberto. Myron. 

Franco. 

There already was going to be much written about Franco Harris, the legendary Pittsburgh Steeler...

One of the blessings of the most recent months at the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health has been the ability to go back to in-person meetings and conferences between the local nonprofit and its membership. 

The Heinz Endowments on Thursday said its board has approved $267,500 in new grants directed to urban farming and food access projects.

Fresh funding for urban gardening, implementation of Greater Pittsburgh Food Action Plan increases food access commitment to $1.75 million over the past year.

The University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Sustainable Business celebrates its three-year anniversary in October 2022 with ongoing commitments from 12 global and regional companies, a coalition dedicated to cleaner energy in the Ohio Valley, and expanded opportunities

As a father of four, Tim Briggs considered it common sense that schools would test for radon.

Pittsburgh’s soil is contaminated in some areas by five toxic metals emitted by historic coking and smelting from the region’s now-diminished coal and steel industry, according to a new study by geologists at the University

A Westmoreland County company is asking the EPA to approve a second fracking waste injection well in the Pittsburgh suburb of Plum. It would be a few hundred feet from a controversial injection well the

Pittsburgh’s life sciences industry is getting a boost via a new biotech hub, backed by both local and national partners.

On July 12, 2022 the PFPC hosted Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding on a tour of four urban agriculture sites. This sixth annual visit occurred during Pennsylvania Urban Agriculture Week, which celebrates the importance

Ebony Luns-Ford, a former elementary school teacher, started the cooperative grocery store Farmer Girl Eb in 2020 because she lives in what she calls a “food apartheid” neighborhood.

Shell’s ethane cracker will begin operations this summer. It will turn natural gas from fracking into 1.6 million metric tons of plastic. Built with a $1.65 billion state tax credit, the largest in state history, the

One of the first questions they ask callers to the Sewickley Township offices in Westmoreland County is, did you mean to call the other place? You know, Sewickley Borough, 40 miles west in Allegheny County,

EHS believes that equity work happens at the intersection of power and opportunity. We work with and within science and journalism to elevate power within communities and create opportunities so that race, gender, and/or ZIP

Shell plans to begin operations this summer at its new industrial complex along the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The plant will use ethane produced at the region’s natural gas wells to make tiny

Come the fall of 2024, Homewood will be “home” to a new, state-of-the-art, $20 million facility with pretty much any health-related service one would need.

Thanks to a combination of government support and pressure from investors, companies are trying to revive the dream of a hydrogen economy.

A new survey paints a bleak picture of life for hospital workers in Pittsburgh.

Radio DJ Kiki Brown was sitting in the conference room at Audacy’s Pittsburgh studios when she heard the news: The network was buying WAMO and restoring it as the city’s premier urban radio station.

On Friday evening at the Carnegie Museum of Art, April 1, 2022, The Advanced Leadership Institute (TALI) was pleased to present the first graduating class of its newest leadership development program – the Emerging Leaders

With the completion of the $32 million Frankie Pace Park, Pittsburgh has joined other cities where neighborhoods have been disconnected and the urban fabric disrupted by major freeway projects, and years later to stitched back

Freelance videographer and photographer Nick Childers already had planned to leave his home in Polish Hill for a reporting trip to Ukraine when Russia invaded on Feb 24.

After seven years known as Healthy Ride, Pittsburgh’s bike share revealed a rebrand on Wednesday that includes new station locations and a new fleet that will include some electric-assist bikes, also known as e-bikes.

Coming off of the most successful year in its seven-year history, Bike Share Pittsburgh is replacing all of its bikes, adding electric-assist bikes and completely revamping its system.

The hiring of a prestigious global firm to remake an old Hazelwood coke plant is another signal of the growing influence of tech in the region’s real estate development, experts say.

Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday approved two more appointments to city departments by Mayor Ed Gainey.

Like most newly elected chief executives, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey is entitled to a bit of a political honeymoon. 

Global real estate developer and owner of Rockefeller Center in New York City and Mission Rock in San Francisco to lead transformation of 178-acre former urban brownfield into a neighborhood centered on innovation, sustainability and

Global real estate developer and owner of Rockefeller Center in New York City and Mission Rock in San Francisco to lead transformation of 178-acre former urban brownfield into a neighborhood centered on innovation, sustainability and

Tishman Speyer has redeveloped part of the Bronx, Potsdamer Platz in Berlin and a steel mill in Beijing.  Now it will get its shot at an old coke plant in Hazelwood.

Last week, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey announced that he was putting an end to a controversial plan to build a shuttle link between Oakland and Hazelwood. 

The streets, trails and sidewalks of the 178-acre Hazelwood Green site in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood were completed in early 2020, and the area has since been awaiting finalized development plans to transform the former steel

Pittsburgh’s public safety bureaus face urgent equipment and staffing needs, according to a comprehensive report on the state of the city government. 

After the sudden death of John Heinz — a U.S. Senator and heir to the Heinz family’s food conglomerate fortune — his wife, Teresa Heinz, asked the senator’s press secretary to join the staff at

James Mellon Walton, who established five new galleries at Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and led one of the city’s major foundations, usually avoided the spotlight.

The new mayor will quickly face potential changes to landscapes in Oakland, Hazelwood and the Hill District while inheriting housing issues, initiatives and opportunities.

From the hulk of Mama Rene’s Restaurant to the freshly furnished tech spaces of Hazelwood Green to the woods encroaching on Sylvan Street, change laps at every corner of this neighborhood overlooking the Monongahela River.

Already a big force behind the transformation of the old LTV Coke Works in Hazelwood, the Regional Industrial Development Corporation is priming to do more.

Three finalists have been selected for the 2021 Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award.
 

The fiber-optic cable and related equipment arrives in boxes stacked on pallets and arranged under an awning beside an unassuming beige building in Greene County.

The Beltzhoover Elementary School revitalization project is full speed ahead.

Learning how to play golf, a sport that allows you to compete and socialize with your friends outdoors, can also be a way to instill good habits and values in youngsters, preparing them to succeed

A $500,000 state grant will help to boost key affordable housing initiatives in Hazelwood as part of an effort to prevent residents from being displaced as the neighborhood redevelops.

Mon Valley residents with asthma had trouble catching a breath as a direct result of the massive 2018 Christmas Eve fire that knocked out pollution controls at U.S. Steel Corp.’s Clairton Coke Works, according to

Pittsburgh’s bike share, aka Healthy Ride, has seen a lot of success over the years, with record-breaking ridership last year and an expanding network. But one thing that has always been an impediment for riders

It sounds like a perfect match — a new green-focused manufacturing plant and a 178-acre riverfront tract designed to be the most sustainable in the region.

Despite a 2012 Pennsylvania law creating a 500-foot setback from houses and other structures for new oil and gas wells, companies have drilled hundreds of wells within that 500-foot distance, a new study found. 

A University of Pittsburgh study recounts the health impact of the Christmas Eve 2018 fire that destroyed the pollution controls of U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works pollution controls. The study examines the impact on people

The massive 2018 Christmas Eve fire at U.S. Steel Corp.’s Clairton Coke Works caused nearby asthma sufferers to reach for their inhalers even if many didn’t know why, according to a new study by researchers

A public, virtual meeting was held Wednesday evening to present and discuss master design plans for the Hazelwood Green Riverfront project.

Imagine fishing from a piece of deck that was once part of an old mill coal loader. Or gazing out over the Mon from the top of a large mooring cell once used to tether

A 1.3-mile stretch along the Monongahela River in Hazelwood could become a destination for people to enjoy activities with a riverfront plaza, floating pool, boat docks, trails, play areas and more.

Pittsburgh officials and a community group are seeking a developer partner to renovate the historic Beltzhoover Elementary School into senior housing and a community center.

Unexplained nosebleeds, rashes and migraines are among the health problems reported by residents who live near fracking activity. Telling the story of some of their experiences of physical and mental strain is just one piece

Natural gas extraction has had little economic benefit in eight Pennsylvania counties where production has been most active over the last decade, according to a new report that was immediately dismissed by industry spokespeople.

Natural gas extraction has had little economic benefit in eight Pennsylvania counties where production has been most active over the last decade, according to a new report that was immediately dismissed by industry spokespeople.

A new report says air quality in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area has improved significantly, but the region doesn’t get the credit it deserves for reducing pollution levels.

In the last decade, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio produced a tsunami of natural gas that exceeded even the most optimistic projections. That wealth of gas was supposed to translate into newly thriving local economies.

Pittsburgh-area children living near steel mills, power plants and other large sources of pollution had “nearly triple” the national rate of childhood asthma, according to a new peer-reviewed study.

A peer-reviewed study conducted by Community Partners in Asthma Care Medical Director Dr. Deborah A. Gentile shows children in Allegheny County living near major pollution sources had nearly triple the prevalence of asthma as compared

A 133-year-old railroad roundhouse in Hazelwood is on its way to becoming the Pittsburgh location of a global entrepreneurship platform for economic development.

A recent study, led by researchers at the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State, is the first to examine the relationship between moral injury and social well-being over a long period of time.

Johnie Perryman, a 77-year-old Clairton resident recovering from recent major heart surgery, likes to sit on his front porch in the sunshine, but on most days he can’t because of the chronically bad air quality

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy members weren’t able to hold the signing ceremony they’d hoped for. Nonetheless, they were able to preserve nearly 30 acres of Westmoreland County farm land on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.

A chain and padlock bound the mayor’s office doors on a sweltering July 2009 afternoon. Inside was Luke Ravenstahl’s administration. Outside – chanting, but barred by the links from the city’s corridor of power –

A new report finds that a planned transit connection between Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood and Oakland neighborhoods would not meet the travel needs of existing residents nor future demand expected from continued redevelopment at the 178-acre Hazelwood

Compared to veterans of other wars, those who have served since 9/11 have the highest unemployment rate, particularly among young male veterans. Within the first three months of disconnecting from active duty service, more than

Can you imagine if the Ohio River and its tributaries had legal rights? While speculative, the idea isn't necessarily far-fetched.

Pittsburghers for Public Transit is recommending two corridors for Bus Rapid Transit-like improvements to provide better public transportation to the Monongahela Valley.

PAServes - Greater Pittsburgh, the local group created more than four years ago to connect returning veterans and their families with essential services that support their reintegration to civilian life, is outperforming its affiliate organizations

The Sustainability and Community Engagement Center is not only located in the heart of Sharpsburg. It has the potential to become the heart of the borough.

Research from Carnegie Mellon University, together with the Pittsburgh Department of City Planning, uses virtual reality and 3-D technology to help urban designers and other stakeholders better plan cities. 

Plans for the 50-acre former Shenango Coke Works site on Neville Island remain unclear — but property owner DTE Energy hopes to ink a deal with one or more developers by the end of this

The Sand County Foundation, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award and its $10,000 prize to a farmer or forester to recognize voluntary conservation

An old locomotive roundhouse at the former LTV Coke Works site in Hazelwood may go from serving trains to fueling tech.

Kids spend an average of 1,000 hours per year in schools. It’s second only to the time they spend in their own homes, says Kara Rubio of Women for a Healthy Environment (READ MORE

As much as 15 billion gallons of sewage-laced stormwater has overflowed the regional sewer system into the Pittsburgh region’s rivers in each of the last two years, according to Jordan Fischbach, a senior policy researcher

An old locomotive roundhouse dating back to the late 1800s could represent the next stage of development at the former LTV Coke Works in Hazelwood.

For the sixth consecutive year, Carnegie Mellon University's EarthTime platform will help leaders at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, visualize data on global challenges such as climate change, poverty and mental health.

A consultant that has been serving in an advisory capacity in the redevelopment of the former LTV Coke Works in Hazelwood is now in line to take a lead role in building out the 178-acre

Mt-Glen Farms has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award.

On January 10, the Sand County Foundation announced Mt-Glen Farms has been selected for the 2019 Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award.

When then-Councilman Bill Peduto began talks years ago with local Latino leaders about creating a business resource center, Beechview was the obvious choice as a location.

A new study by Carnegie Mellon University finds that in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia region, the economic boost from shale gas drilling has been less than the cost of premature deaths caused by pollution from

A self-driving car company is the first private business to announce it will move into Hazelwood Green, a development taking shape at the site of a former LTV Steel mill along the Monongahela River in ...

Leaders of several refugee organizations from around the country spent several days in Pittsburgh recently helping Sloane Davidson formalize the Hello Neighbor Network.

M.J. Farkas credits the Industrial Arts Co-op with changing his life. Growing up poor in Appalachia, he welded old cars out of necessity, never thinking it could turn into a career.

In late September, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and University of Pittsburgh Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Ann E. Cudd were among local leaders who highlighted the region’s accomplishments in advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development

Climate change is a threat multiplier.

At a climate forum in Pittsburgh Wednesday, Mayor William Peduto said he opposes construction of any new petrochemical facilities in the region because of their long-term toll on climate, the environment, public health and even

Examining the reasons behind changes in our climate and finding solutions was the focus of a Climate Action Summit in Pittsburgh.

Pennsylvania’s ecosystem has already been permanently altered due to climate change, but it’s not too late to act before these changes become unmanageable, experts say.

The University of Pittsburgh announced today its Center for Sustainable Business will engage leading global and regional companies to integrate environmental and societal concerns into their business models.

Pittsburgh’s elected leaders should own up to historical barriers as well as persisting structural and institution-driven ones that contribute to the city’s drastic racial inequities and poverty-based segregation between whites and blacks, several residents told

A petrochemical company and three environmental groups have reached an agreement to increase air quality protections at a proposed ethane cracker plant in Belmont County, along the Ohio River.

The public is invited to attend an event titled the Sustainable Economic Development Summit III – Reinventing Rural America, sponsored by the Indiana County Sustainable Economic Development Task Force.

Allderdice High School biology teachers Angela Lindenfelser and Mariah Diehl stood in the sweltering heat of an August afternoon taking the temperatures of model frogs placed outside of Langley Hall at the University of Pittsburgh. 

On September 12, the Pittsburgh-based Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) announced the winners of the 2019 Michelle Madoff Environmental Excellence Awards-- Laura Nettleton, Thoughtful Balance; Eva Resnick-Day, Sierra Club Ready For 100; Patricia Himes,

Ryan Green describes himself as a “scrappy, hustle, business kind of guy,” who moved to Pittsburgh four years ago with little more than a new job in banking and a dream of starting his own

This past week, Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, celebrated the formal opening of its new headquarters at Mill 19 at Hazelwood Green in Pittsburgh. The public-private partnership is dedicated to increasing the global competitiveness

Three finalists have been selected for the 2019 Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award.

It was worth the wait. On Wednesday morning, leaders from Pittsburgh’s government, business and academic communities gathered with hundreds of guests at Hazelwood Green to celebrate the grand opening of Mill 19, a stunning research and

Construction of the $5.7 million Plaza at Hazelwood Green, the site’s first outdoor public space and civic heart of the 178-acre riverfront development, is now underway. This first phase of construction comprising the Lower Lawn

Federal and state lawmakers led a roundtable discussion Tuesday on suicide by military veterans as part of a series of panels held by state Sens. Mike Regan and Pam Iovino.

The five properties on Lanark Street that could become the Perry Hilltop and Fineview community land trust have a stunning view of Downtown that rivals the more-frequented overlooks in Pittsburgh.

Carnegie Mellon University has announced plans to invest further in Hazelwood Green by acquiring 8.3 acres of property.

Carnegie Mellon University is doubling down on Hazelwood Green. The university has acquired options for 8.3 acres of land in a bid to significantly expand its presence at the Hazelwood site, the location of the former

Local artist Ricardo Iamuuri Robinson will work to give veterans a voice with a new public art residency. 

The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency today approved $600,000 in funding to redevelop a building at 627 N. Homewood Avenue in Homewood. The property is located in a crucial commercial corridor in the heart

Pittsburgh’s technology sector continues to be one of the most prosperous and fast-growing parts of our local economy. But so far, the gains have not been equally shared.

A new mapping tool from Pittsburghers for Public Transit asks residents in the Monongahela Valley and eastern suburbs to design bus routes that would best serve them. 

Pittsburghers for Public Transit launched its interactive website, Beyond the East Busway, Tuesday to allow residents of the eastern suburbs and Monongahela Valley to design the type of public transit they need.

Young Voices for the Planet empowers kids to speak their minds about environmental issues. Thanks to a $90,000 grant from The Heinz Endowments, more people are hearing them.

Pittsburghers for Public Transit’s effort to design a cheaper alternative to expand public transit service in the eastern suburbs and Monongahela Valley begins in earnest this month.

For the past 40 years, research has proven that people of color, low-income communities and ethnic minorities suffer the effects of environmental contamination more than other communities. The Flint, Mich., water crisis and the Dakota

A new collaboration among major employers in the region including Highmark, PNC Financial Services and the city of Pittsburgh will use hard data to better track recruitment and retention of military veterans and match their

Institute for Veteran and Military Families at Syracuse University and The Heinz Endowments join forces to empower veterans

Among the vacant structures along Braddock’s main drag is the Cuda Building. At various times, it has had life as an Italian market, a five-and-dime store and even a tea room during the decades when

Two hundred young fruit trees were planted Saturday on a site that, after embodying a half-century of public housing, is making the transition back to agriculture.

An agreement between a neighborhood nonprofit and a local landlord aims to keep 63 homes in redeveloping Hazelwood permanently affordable.

This year, the Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania (RIDC) turned over the keys for two floors of the first building at Mill 19 to Carnegie Mellon University, which is subleasing 94,000 sf for

Over the decades of Pittsburgh’s transformation from an industrial center to a hub of education, medicine and technology, the steel mills and associated plants that once crowded area riverbanks have mostly disappeared.

At Knotzland Bowtie Company, founder Nisha Blackwell and the team recently reached a new milestone. A member of the seamstress team surpassed Blackwell’s own record for the number of handcrafted bowties completed per hour.

Scary stats on the effects of environmental problems on human health can be hard to stomach. In a 2019 U.N. report, an international team of scientists called for “urgent” environmental action to slow the

Pittsburghers will now be able to access the long-in-development Hazelwood Green project.

The Hazelwood Green development site, where the LTV Steel mill once stood, officially opened to the public for the first time in more than a century on Monday morning.

Seventh Generation, a leading household and personal care products company and pioneer in the environmentally conscious products space, today announced a partnership with Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab to provide citizens in communities across the country with tools

When looking at the impact of economic development, economists and academics often look at metrics like new jobs and tax revenue to understand if a place is better off.

At a table in Arnold’s Tea on East Ohio Street, Mark Masterson weighed the outcomes of his organization’s recent success on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Community organizations here are finding traction after years of courting developers

Roger Randolph was on his way home to work on a paper when he cut through Oakland Avenue and happened upon a street party.

The city has lots of economic development tools at its disposal to help spur growth. But a bridge?

Construction of Shell’s ethane cracker plant in Beaver County is in full swing. The 97-mile Falcon pipeline has obtained the state permits it needs to feed ethane to the plant. And the state recently announced

Glenn Olcerst spent more than an hour explaining the dangers of increasing train traffic through Pittsburgh to about 50 residents in the Allegheny West neighborhood on a Monday evening in February.

Kylan Bjornson of Scenery Hill, Washington County, has a thing or two to say about fracking.

A new report suggests policy makers should create regulations around artificial intelligence to protect workers in the future. But researchers say not to worry – artificial intelligence isn't going to cause massive job displacement in

We hear the dire warnings: The rise of artificial intelligence could take an untold number of jobs away from American workers.

In 2016, the Mount Washington Community Development Corp. considered its future. Consultants suggested it close up shop, but the board didn’t consider it, said board president Alaina Davis: “That’s not where our hearts were.”

On January 11, the Sand County Foundation announced the DiFebo family’s Harvest Home Farms of Northampton County has been selected as the first recipient of the 2018 Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award.

The next plan for improving Port Authority service might not come from within the transit agency at all, but rather from a grassroots group that has fought against service cuts.

It was raining nonstop, but that didn’t seem to have any effect on Sarah Baxendell’s enthusiasm as she showed visitors the future site of the Hilltop Urban Farm in Pittsburgh’s St. Clair neighborhood.

From her front porch, Collette Williams can see the lights of US Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the largest coke plant in North America, between the houses across the street.

Rebecca Flora won’t say how many developers are ready to take a shot at redeveloping part of the former LTV Coke Works in Hazelwood. But she insists that she is happy with the response she

From her front porch, Collette Williams can see the lights of US Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the largest coke plant in North America, between the houses across the street.

Hazelwood Green, the 178-acre site that houses an economic development program several generations in the making, just signed a new tenant

The Heinz Endowments has launched a new digital media campaign that aims to help bridge the military-civilian gap of the United States’ 2.6 million Post-9/11 veterans, including approximately 50,000 who have settled in the Pittsburgh

An online mapping application is the latest tool the Allegheny Land Trust is using to help communities in the region protect land.

It’s been more than 15 years since The Heinz Endowments, Benedum Foundation and Richard King Mellon Foundation combined forces to purchase the 178-acre riverfront tract today known as Hazelwood Green, promising to rehabilitate the space “with the

Developers of a former LTV Steel plant site in Hazelwood have secured tenants for two buildings going up under the steel skeleton of a former rolling mill on the property and are pushing ahead with

For municipal leaders who want to plan their communities, environmental groups that want to track how fracking is impacting Allegheny County resources, or residents curious about the well pad next door — there ought to

It was 25 years ago that a small group of local environmentalists and engineers received funding from The Heinz Endowments to create the first nonprofit in the country to focus exclusively on greening a region’s commercial building sector.

Pittsburgh, PA…September 13, 2018…The Office of Public Art, in collaboration with Rethink Vets and The Heinz Endowments, will bring back the exhibition Rethink Perception for ten days beginning on September 21, and concluding on

The Pittsburgh Collaboratory for Water Research, Education and Outreach will hold a Let’s Talk About Water - Steel to Sustainable Program on September 6 at the Frick Fine Arts Building at the University of Pittsburgh

When Rich Lunak first came to Innovation Works in 2005, fewer than 100 startups per year would approach the organization for help. Now marking its 20th anniversary, the seed investment engine has blown past those

In a presentation to the Pittsburgh Planning Commission this week, the project manager for Hazelwood Green said the 178-acre development could be transformative for Pittsburgh. 

The owners of a former steel mill property in Pittsburgh have submitted a design that they hope will lure residents and businesses by offering amenities that reflect future urban trends.

Foundations are working with the community, but the fate of low-income residents is the ‘thing that’s keeping everybody up at night’

In each room of Braddock’s new incubator, you’ll find another woman-powered business ready to thrive.

This slideshow highlights the military service and achievements of these 16 women from Pennsylvania. They hail from various sections of the state and possess a variety of backgrounds and a multitude of tours. Their time

The owners of a former steel mill property in Hazelwood have selected a Seattle firm that designed the grounds of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington to create plans for

Hazelwood Green, a former steel mill site that is the City of Pittsburgh’s largest riverfront redevelopment project, Monday announced the design firm Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) has been selected to create the first public plaza

On May 15 through 17, a diverse group of policymakers, artificial-intelligence practitioners, researchers, industry representatives and domain experts from over 60 countries gathered in Geneva, Switzerland for the second annual AI for Good Global Summit.

Carnegie Mellon University is expanding its network of air pollution monitoring cameras to the Mon Valley.

Karen Abrams visited Erie a few weeks ago to see the city and get a feel for what is happening here in preparation for a lecture she presented Thursday night titled “Addressing Inequity and Inequality:

PGH Lab’s third class of startups included a farming software company, a lower-cost internet provider, a “compost cooperative” and a company that makes AI-powered sensors.

Pennsylvania is joining 14 states to offer the prestigious Leopold award to the state's farmers.

Stefani Pashman does not want this article to be about her. Ms. Pashman’s professed discomfort with a recent interview focused on her — “I’m so glad you didn’t ask me my favorite movie and favorite food,”

Sharpsburg Council wants to save money and energy by installing solar panels on Sharpsburg Community Library along Main Street.

Frick Environmental Center on Friday will celebrate its distinction as the first Living Building in the U.S. that is municipally owned and free to the public.

“Power comes from not knowing what comes of our actions, but having faith that something will.” That was Grant Oliphant speaking to some 800 people, 720 of them based in Pittsburgh, at the start of p4

A Murrysville native will join a group of environmental photography students from Point Park University as they document clean-up efforts at the largest Superfund site in America.

Four years after Pittsburgh’s first Circles chapter formed in East Liberty, Circles of Greater Pittsburgh has helped participants nearly triple their assets and shed more than $5,000 of debt on average, according to a 2017

A new Franklin & Marshall College and StateImpact Pennsylvania poll on climate change and shale gas surveyed 423 Pennsylvanians – all registered voters, equally distributed across the state. The mix of party affiliations – Democrats,

WITF this week premiered another in its series of PA Conservation Heritage documentaries-- Rachel Carson - Voice Of Nature. This program focuses on Rachel Carson’s connection to Pennsylvania and the impact her work has had

Harrisburg, PA - First Lady Frances Wolf and Major General Anthony Carrelli, Pennsylvania's Adjutant General, today joined the Pennsylvania Commission for Women to host the third annual Female Veterans Day Ceremony in celebration of Women's

The people have voted-- for the Pittsburgh-based nonprofit Landforce which polled more online votes than three other groups to win the second round of the  Google Impact Challenge Pittsburgh and $50,000...(Read more)

There is nothing older than yesterday’s newspaper. That’s an old saying in more than one language, but there is something even older: a government report. Generally, they get churned out only so politicians have something for their

Pittsburgh’s air was once so soot-filled that Downtown office workers would bring a second shirt to work each day, changing midday so they wouldn’t be walking around with a fine dusting of ash on their

Pittsburgh’s outdoor amenities and green spaces have been touted by everyone from National Geographic to The New York Times, but how can the region ensure that our environmental assets are protected, preserved and accessible to

PITTSBURGH — It’s Sunday morning and the Strip District sizzles with tourists hitting up President Obama’s favorite breakfast spot. Others duck into one of the many immigrant-owned markets along Penn Avenue or grab some Steelers

Real estate speculators have been turning up the heat in Hazelwood as rumors fly that the online giant Amazon could relocate its second headquarters there.

If you believe the experts, regularly eating dark chocolate can help lower your blood pressure, make you smarter, and help you lose weight. Also, say the experts: Chocolate can contribute to obesity and diabetes and

InnovatePGH was born from the 2017 Brookings Institution study: “Capturing the next economy: Pittsburgh’s rise as a global innovation city,” which was funded by the Heinz Endowments and the Hillman Foundation. Formed to implement key

We catch up with Karen Abrams two months after she started her new position as Program Director for Equitable Development at The Heinz Endowments. An avid hiker, urban planner and equity advocate, Karen previously served as manager

InnovatePGH, launched yesterday as a “public-private partnership conceived to accelerate Pittsburgh’s growth as a global destination for technology-based economic activity,” is rebranding Oakland and its surroundings as an “innovation district.” The new initiative aims to “implement recommendations

Regional leaders announced a new public-private partnership called InnovatePGH, meant to accelerate Pittsburgh’s global innovation city status...

A public-private partnership has been formed to accelerate Pittsburgh’s growing tech economy, with Oakland serving as the hub...

Hazelwood Green, a former steel mill site that is the City of Pittsburgh’s largest riverfront redevelopment project and last urban brownfield, Monday announced the names of eight design teams that will vie for the

Carnegie Mellon University has hit on an interesting strategy for predicting which industries are most likely to be affected by artificial intelligence in coming years — knowledge that has the potential to affect government policy,

St. Francis University’s Institute for Energy has finished a comprehensive review on energy development on Pennsylvania’s public lands. 

As of Jan. 1, it is mandatory for children residing within Allegheny County to undergo blood screenings between 9 and 12 months old and again at 2 years of age to detect lead exposure...

A local nonprofit is offering free water filters to Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority customers, while working to educate Pittsburgh-area residents on preventing lead exposure...

Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday that the state will pitch in $15 million in tax credits to expedite construction at Hazelwood Green — the site of a massive abandoned steel mill that a group of

The Heinz Endowments has appointed Karen Abrams program director for equitable development. Abrams, who most recently was manager of diversity and community affairs for the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, starts her new post at the

Congress needs less partisanship and more earnest problem-solvers. That means calling in the Marines, along with the Army, Navy and Air Force, according to one newly launched political action committee...

The Heinz Endowments today announced the appointment of Karen Abrams as program officer for equitable development. Ms. Abrams joins the Endowments Dec. 7 and will focus on infusing equity into the Endowments’ redevelopment funding

The grizzled military veterans stood sentry in a line that started around 9:30 a.m. Saturday and grew longer by the minute. Many had beaming families by their side, children and grandchildren in tow.

For several months, Diana Nelson Jones has been listening to the stories of war veterans over coffee, at their workplaces, in lunch booths, at conferences and at gatherings of the Veterans Breakfast Club. Each one

At least 50 organizations in the Pittsburgh region have declared a mission to serve veterans in some capacity, from housing assistance to education to social services. For one of the most basic — getting a job

Google officially launched a $250,000 challenge that will provide funding to Pittsburgh-area nonprofits with ideas on how to grow the local economy.

The League of Women Voters of PA and University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health will host the 2017 Shale and Public Health Conference on November 13 at the Pitt University Club, 123 University

PITTSBURGH, Pa., Oct. 26, 2017 – The Breathe Project, a web and social media platform developed by The Heinz Endowments to increase community awareness about Pittsburgh’s poor air quality, has completed its transfer to local

This week in Pittsburgh, about 1300 people are in training to become climate leaders in their communities. That means convincing other people to make changes to their lives. But how? Ken Berlin is the president ...

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Al Gore says he’s optimistic the U.S. will break its political standoff over climate change, and that the U.S. is “not that far” from a bipartisan consensus on climate change.

“How do we preserve the tomorrows of our kids?” asked Flint, Mich., pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha at an event Wednesday sharing her ongoing advocacy for eliminating lead exposure in children, first sparked by her city’s water

Al Gore stood on a stage at Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center showing a crowd of 1300 would-be climate activists what is by now his signature visual aide: his slide show.

With key infrastructure elements and land remediation at or near completion at the 178-acre Almono site in Hazelwood, Allegheny County elected officials, community leaders and Almono LLC Project Director Rebecca Flora gathered October 13 to

Just days after the Trump administration signaled its continued retreat from Obama-era climate change policies, former Vice President Al Gore will open his latest Climate Reality Leadership Corps training program in Pittsburgh this week.

The owners of Pittsburgh's last major industrial property rechristened the 178 acres along the Monongahela River on Friday after its host neighborhood: Hazelwood Green.

Al Gore will be in Pittsburgh next week headlining a three-day climate change workshop for more than 1,000 environmentally minded activists, scientists and community leaders.

A recent Veterans Leadership Forum (VLF), hosted by the Pittsburgh chapter of BNY Mellon's VETNET employee resource group, brought together senior BNY Mellon executives and talent professionals, members of the broader Pittsburgh nonprofit and academic

Pittsburgh is usually ahead of its time. Occasionally we get reminded of this in surprising and satisfying ways.

Pittsburgh talks a lot about its great universities, hospitals and their draw for businesses, but the region isn’t really exploiting the assets that have been so attractive to so many tech giants, among others, according

Pittsburgh will translate messaging from its public safety departments into Arabic, Chinese, Nepalese, Spanish and Swahili as part of an effort to ensure that immigrants and refugees can access city services.

Pittsburgh's Public Safety department is angling to strengthen ties — and trust — with refugee and immigrant communities through a multicultural program.

The big piles of dirt move, sometimes. So far, one might think that’s the extent of the excitement at the long-awaited Almono development in Hazelwood. As much as $1 billion in development has been mapped

Ronald Joseph recalled waking up anxious every Friday for two months straight. The chief technology officer of Pennsylvania's second-largest school district described having "a hold-your-breath moment" each week during summer 2016 as he met with

"First ribbon-cutting for a farm in probably 100 years in the City of Pittsburgh,” quipped Mayor Bill Peduto at the future site of Hilltop Urban Farm, a 107-acre property in the city’s tiny St. Clair

Aimee Mangham has found shoes, dolls, baby booties and jump ropes in the soil as she plows around the horseshoe that used to be Bonifay Street. With her husband James, she co-owns Go Supreme, a

Rev. Maurice C. Trent Jr. remembers walking the streets of St. Clair Village when the former Pittsburgh housing project was a notorious haven for drug dealers, gang activity and murder.

It took nearly 25 years, but Millvale is finally getting its Tazza d’Oro.

“The first thing we say is, ‘Welcome home,’” says Tiffany Landis, director of family services for the newly-launched Pittsburgh branch of No One Left Behind. “That’s when the real work begins.”

Carnegie Mellon University's Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Institute will be the first anchor tenant to set up shop in a former Hazelwood steel mill, officials said Monday.

Want to do something about climate change but don’t know where to start? What better way to learn than through an event organized by one of the world’s most famous environmental activists: former Vice President

Joe Reich surveys the aisles of his pharmacy as he walks toward the front, winding his way around a cart with dry goods an employee has parked by the food shelves. He exchanges warm hellos

Al Gore, former vice president of the United States and climate change crusader, is bringing his Climate Reality Leadership Corps training program to Pittsburgh in October.

Smell PGH—a mobile app built by Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab—has provided residents with a tool to sniff out the sources behind noxious, and possibly dangerous odors in their neighborhoods. And in Pittsburgh, a city

Stephanie Fello, a prepared-foods clerk at the South Side Giant Eagle, rose through the ranks of the union representing workers during her nearly six years with the O’Hara-based grocer.

The city of Pittsburgh plans to spend more than $5 million in a bid to simplify and speed up its system for approving permits, an issue that has been the topic of growing complaints from

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab are rolling out new features in Smell PGH, a smartphone app that helps Pittsburgh area residents collectively report foul odors and alert each other to suspicious smells that

Randy Bondi had never given solar energy much thought until he noticed a serendipitous advertisement. One day in the fall of 2015, he saw an item in Etna’s borough newsletter about a campaign launching to

The Heinz Endowments’ new campaign to promote the hiring of veterans is about more than putting people in jobs. It’s about getting employers to understand the sophisticated skills veterans bring to the table and matching

As a maintenance officer in Iraq during the Second Gulf War, Megan Andros commanded more than 100 troops in a heavy brigade combat team, and oversaw millions of dollars worth of weapons and other equipment.

The Heinz Endowments has unveiled a national campaign to help veterans re-enter the civilian workforce.

A major public campaign was today launched in the Pittsburgh region in efforts to help create a true understanding of the challenges faced by veterans seeking to re-integrate into the community after returning from active

Etna has received two grants to revitalize its business district for commercial and residential use, according to borough Manager Mary Ellen Ramage.

Fragmentation of ecologically important core forests within the northern Appalachians — driven by pipeline and access road construction — is the major threat posed by shale-gas development, according to researchers, who recommend a change in

Two nonprofits are launching a program to help Pittsburgh-area schools and child care centers get rid of lead and radon hazards.

Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE) and the Green Building Alliance (GBA) announced at a joint press conference Thursday a new initiative, 1,000 Hours a Year, that will provide funding to local schools and early

Children spend an estimated 1,000 hours every year in schools, early-education centers and after-school programs. While parents can work to protect their children from environmental hazards like lead and radon at home, they have little

Superintendent Patrick Graczyk didn’t sleep for 48 hours after he had received his school district's lead testing results.

Pittsburgh has chosen a Maryland-based infrastructure consulting firm to manage a possible restructuring of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority.

Bob Gradeck can’t stand the term “data-driven.” It might seem odd that the project director of the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center would recoil at a data-centric phrase, but Gradeck sees data as tools and

In 2015, communities near Neville Island rejoiced when it was announced that the Shenango Coke Works, a plant blamed for pumping out noxious pollution, would shut down. In the months since it officially closed, organizations

Fragmentation of ecologically important core forests within the northern Appalachians -- driven by pipeline and access road construction -- is the major threat posed by shale-gas development, according to researchers, who recommend a change in

The blighted town of Braddock is poised for a jolt of caffeine from a brand-name coffeehouse that could open this fall if financing comes through.

A group of incredibly impressive kids and their passionate, dedicated teacher at Brownsville Area High School in Fayette County, are getting national recognition for helping jumpstart redevelopment in their boarded up downtown.
 

According to a new report from the group PennEnvironment, only 17 percent of environmental or health violations by fracking companies in Pennsylvania resulted in fines. And when companies did get fined, the penalties were relatively

Second Avenue in Hazelwood is smelling much sweeter these days as French bakery La Gourmandine prepares to open its third Pittsburgh location on Monday. The artisan bakery is a key part of the area’s revitalization

The Heinz Endowments is hosting three special meetings in February for area veterans and military servicemen and servicewomen to share their thoughts on improving veteran services and programs in southwestern Pennsylvania.