The air we breathe actively harms the residents of Pittsburgh, and the state government seems to be allowing it.

By not actively advocating for nuclear energy, environmental organizations are ignoring the research and warnings of leading climate scientists and putting business before our planet.

Plans to allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge carelessly put a vulnerable ecosystem at risk in a move that is characteristic of the Trump administration.

At the winter Board of Trustees meeting on Feb. 28, Pitt made a historic commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2037. Now comes the hard part of actually figuring out how to implement this goal.

As state and national governments fail to adequately protect residents from industrial emissions and a changing climate, local communities must step up to effect change on their own behalf.