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The Pittsburgh Record

Oct 31, 2019

It’s Thursday, October 31, 2019. In today’s episode: 

 

* Mayor Bill Peduto received praise at the Climate Action Summit this week when he came out publicly against further corporate petrochemical growth in Western Pennsylvania. But it also sparked backlash from the organized building trades sector, which has been...


Oct 30, 2019

It’s Wednesday, October 30, 2019. In today’s episode: 

 

* A report from The Intercept’s Akela Lacy details a high-dollar fundraiser for Joe Biden in Pittsburgh next week, co-chaired by two major real estate executives

* And more news items from the city of Pittsburgh and our region

 

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Oct 29, 2019

It’s Tuesday, October 29, 2019. In today’s episode: 

 

* The Capital-Star’s Stephen Caruso reported from a Pennsylvania House committee hearing yesterday chaired by climate science denier State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe. And, with some attendees wearing literal tin foil hats, it appears to have been quite the dire...


Oct 28, 2019

It’s Monday, October 28, 2019. In today’s episode: 

 

* As Food & Water Watch policy analyst Jim Walsh is the latest to argue, Gov. Tom Wolf’s intention to bring Pennsylvania into the market-based, cap-and-trade Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is “meaningless policy” in the face of the climate crisis

* And...


Oct 25, 2019

It’s Friday, October 25, 2019. In today’s episode: 

 

* We’re rounding up some of the major news items from the city of Pittsburgh, our region, and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania

 

The Pittsburgh Record, from Postindustrial Media, is created by Adam Shuck and edited by Matt Stroud, with music by Phil Ortmann and...