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<img width="360" height="240" src="http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC01589-scaled-1.jpg" class="attachment-codetipi-15zine-360-240 size-codetipi-15zine-360-240 wp-post-image" alt="An older man and woman stand in their house." decoding="async" srcset="http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC01589-scaled-2.jpg 2560w, http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC01589-scaled-3.jpg 700w, http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC01589-scaled-4.jpg 1536w, http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC01589-scaled-5.jpg 2048w, http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC01589-scaled-1.jpg 360w, http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC01589-scaled-6.jpg 720w, http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC01589-scaled-7.jpg 770w, http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC01589-scaled-8.jpg 1400w, http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC01589-scaled-9.jpg 2340w" sizes="(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px" data-attachment-id="17615" data-permalink="https://www.alleghenyfront.org/donegal-pennsylvania-coal-mine-expansion-rustic-ridge-well-water/dsc01589/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.alleghenyfront.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC01589-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.5","credit":"","camera":"ILCE-7M2","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1748440566","copyright":"","focal_length":"30","iso":"3200","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="DSC01589" data-image-description data-image-caption="

Jim and Judy Miller at their home in Acme, Pa. Photo: Reid Frazier

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The approval of a coal mine expansion in Western Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands has residents worried. Also, more than 100 mine researchers and engineers at a federal office in Allegheny County are slated for termination. We talk with Pittsburgh journalists who were asked by Australians to report about Alcoa’s mining operations near an ancient forest there. Cicadas make their 17-year appearance in central Pa.


<img width="360" height="240" src="http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/90-190.jpg" class="attachment-codetipi-15zine-360-240 size-codetipi-15zine-360-240 wp-post-image" alt="A woman stands in a black wetsuit covered in ice, holding a paddle. A green slim kayak sits on the ground beside her with a lake in the background." decoding="async" srcset="http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/90-190-1.jpg 1760w, http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/90-190-2.jpg 700w, http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/90-190-3.jpg 1536w, http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/90-190.jpg 360w, http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/90-190-4.jpg 720w, http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/90-190-5.jpg 770w, http://www.envirolink.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/90-190-6.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px" data-attachment-id="17589" data-permalink="https://www.alleghenyfront.org/episode-for-june-6-2025/90-190/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.alleghenyfront.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/90-190.webp?fit=1760%2C1174&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1760,1174" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="90-190" data-image-description data-image-caption="

After Traci Lynn Martin’s mom died, she knew she couldn’t keep putting off her dream: becoming the first person to kayak around the Great Lakes in one year. Photo: Traci Lynn Martin

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After Traci Lynn Martin’s mom died, she knew she couldn’t keep putting off her dream: becoming the first person to kayak around the Great Lakes in one year. So she quit her job as a nurse, cashed out part of her retirement savings, and set out to accomplish her goal. We have the story of her journey.


A brown otter swimming in clear water

River otters have made a comeback in Pennsylvania. Veterans are building a sunflower garden for a community, but also helping each other adjust to non-military life in the process. A former dairy farmer turned musician uses his story to get others in agriculture to talk about their feelings and find healing.

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