Reid Frazier

1 week ago | alleghenyfront.org | Reid Frazier

More than 30 million people across 14 states rely on the Ohio River watershed for drinking water, recreation, and for their local economies. But the river and its many tributaries receive millions of pounds of pollution every year from abandoned mines, industry, agriculture and sewage systems. The Ohio River Basin Alliance, a group of agencies, research institutions and nonprofits, has been working on a restoration plan to improve water quality in the Ohio River basin.

1 week ago | wesa.fm | Reid Frazier

Jim Miller stands in front of the log home he and his wife built nearly 20 years ago in the woody hills of Westmoreland County. He points to a section of forest behind a fence post just off his driveway“That’s about 73 feet from the corner of this house,” he says. That point is the closest his house gets to the underground workings of Rustic Ridge #1 mine, an active coal mine about 300 feet below the surface.

2 weeks ago | alleghenyfront.org | Reid Frazier

Jim Miller stands in front of the log home he and his wife built nearly 20 years ago in the woody hills of Westmoreland County. He points to a section of forest behind a fence post just off his driveway “That’s about 73 feet from the corner of this house,” he says. That point is the closest his house gets to the underground workings of Rustic Ridge #1 mine, an active coal mine about 300 feet below the surface.

3 weeks ago | wesa.fm | Reid Frazier

An explosion was reported at Shell’s ethane cracker in Beaver County Wednesday afternoon. A company spokeswoman stated that smoke was seen coming off of a furnace unit at the plant around 2:20 p.m. She said the incident was managed by site personnel, and the smoke dissipated. The company dispatched a team from an air monitoring company to the site, and state and local agencies have been notified.

3 weeks ago | alleghenyfront.org | Reid Frazier

An explosion was reported at Shell’s ethane cracker in Beaver County Wednesday afternoon. A company spokeswoman stated that smoke was seen coming off of a furnace unit at the plant around 2:20 p.m. She said the incident was managed by site personnel, and the smoke dissipated. The company dispatched a team from an air monitoring company to the site, and state and local agencies have been notified.