Yvonne Sorovacu (right), Hannah Hohman (center) and Jay Beal monitor a creek for signs of contamination from the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Belle Vernon, Faytette County. (Photo by Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News)

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January 5, 2026

The ‘toxic cocktail’ brewing in Pennsylvania’s waterways

Along with decades’ worth of coal mining pollution, Pa. must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste.