This is the second in a series of excerpts from “Rebuilding Pittsburgh: RIDC and the Transformation of the Steel City.”

For the past 70 years, the Regional industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania (RIDC) has played an integral role in rebuilding the Pittsburgh region’s economy. A new book, “Rebuilding Pittsburgh: RIDC and the Transformation of the Steel City,” written by award-winning journalist Jeffery Fraser and edited by Pittsburgh Quarterly publisher Douglas Heuck, showcases RIDC’s efforts to transform abandoned steel mills and industrial sites into thriving business and technology parks – using a unique, mission-driven approach that combines economic development advocacy with community and regional revitalization. 

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The state will have to take "more muscular action" to facilitate construction of hundreds of thousands of new housing units in the next decade to meet demand, according to Congressman Jake Auchincloss.

During an address to the Charles River Chamber on Monday, he listed the high cost of housing as the "single biggest economic challenge" facing Massachusetts and encouraged more action to spur production.

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Our last blog on PFAS air issues promised a follow-up, but we are deferring that discussion in lieu of some observations on the values proposed by EPA as health protective levels of PFAS in surface water and biosolids, as there is opportunity to provide comment.

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SAYREVILLE - The borough has begun the process of remediating the Old Fire House on Main Street.

The Borough Council has authorized the borough engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the environmental remediation portion of the property.

Upon approval of the plans and specifications, the Borough Clerk is authorized to advertise for bids.

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UTICA, N.Y. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Workforce Development Board of Herkimer, Madison, and Oneida Counties (WDB HMO) a $500,000 brownfields job training grant, the board announced.

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The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has proposed a massive overhaul of its rules and regulations governing site remediation. The proposed changes would impact several key site remediation regulations, including the Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA) Rules, the Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites, the Technical Requirements for Site Remediation, and the Heating Oil Tank System Remediation Rules. If enacted, the proposed changes will significantly impact the regulated community and New Jersey real estate transactions.

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Egg Harbor City, New Jersey is entering a transformative new chapter with its designation in the Brownfield Development Area (BDA) program, bringing critical resources to drive redevelopment, job creation, and sustainable economic growth. 

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Almost 15 years after Newtown Creek was named a federal Superfund site, the government is taking a step toward cleaning it up — or, at least part of it. 

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Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced the winners of the 2025 Pennsylvania Student Radon Poster Contest and continues to encourage Pennsylvanians to test their homes for radon as part of the department’s ongoing National Radon Action Month outreach.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul has doled out some more money for Chautauqua County projects.

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