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Artist creates mining sludge drawings to help clean up a polluted watershed

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By Kara Holsopple Verified
| The Allegheny Front Verified
In the 1800’s, Virginia artist Sally Veach’s family members were among many in central Pennsylvania that leased land and profited from coal mining. Now those same mines in Center and Clearfield Counties are leaking acidic mine drainage, full of metals and minerals, into local waterways – turning them orange and killing aquatic life. Her Yellow Boy project includes a series of drawings using ochre pigment made from Appalachian acid mine drainage sludge.
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Taking 'The Long Walk' in nature through art at Pittsburgh's Frick Park

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By Kara Holsopple Verified
| WESA-FM (Pittsburgh, PA) Verified
When was the last time you slowed down? A new exhibit of landscape paintings at The Frick Environmental Center in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park invites visitors to examine “the quiet spaces that exist beyond the pace and noise of everyday life.” The relatively small works – most are 11 x 11 inches – line the sun-lit hallway of the center. The exhibit is called “The Long Walk” and it’s by Pittsburgh-based, multidisciplinary artist DS Kinsel, co-founder of the creative hub BOOM Concepts.
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How tiny Archbald Borough is handling a data center rush

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By Kara Holsopple Verified
| The Allegheny Front Verified
Proposals for hyper-scale data centers have been popping up across Pennsylvania, causing conflict and opposition. Ahead of signing an executive order reining in large-scale data development, Governor Josh Shapiro mentioned his visit to Archbald in Lackawanna County, which is facing the most data center proposals of any municipality in Pennsylvania.
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