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🤔 Do Pennsylvanians really care about fracking?
September 30, 2024 · — Natalia Aldana
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🛢️ Do Pennsylvanians Care About Fracking?
Political candidates keep equating us with natural gas extraction, even as they say the commonwealth could be the linchpin for the White House. But does fracking actually matter here? We’re talking about how 13 million Pennsylvanians really feel, and what the campaigns should maybe be talking about instead. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]
🏟️ Acrisure Stadium Named a FEMA Shelter
The Federal Emergency Management Agency selected the North Shore stadium last week to serve as a shelter and safe storage during emergencies or disasters. Acrisure is one of four NFL stadiums newly chosen as a “mission ready venue.” [TribLive]
📣 Psych Nurses Warn of a Patient Crisis
Low staffing, high turnover, and closed beds at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital is sending patient care downhill, union nurses say. Several dozen workers gathered outside of the Oakland hospital to call for more resources to retain and recruit nurses. [City Paper]
🚗 Pittsburgh Pays Fern Hollow Bridge Victims
City Council unanimously approved a $500,000 payment to the victims of the January 2022 bridge collapse — the city’s financial cap for liabilities. A lawsuit against the engineering firms, which doesn’t have a monetary limit, is ongoing. [TribLive]
- 💰 We’ve been thinking about this on the podcast, too. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]
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What To Do
Monday, Sep. 30
- 🎷 Live Jazz at the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild | 3-5:30 p.m. | free | Chateau
- ☀️ Suncatcher Workshop at War Streets Art Salon | 6:30-9 p.m. | $45 | Mexican War Streets
- 📖 Pico Ayer Lecture at Carnegie Music Hall | 7:30 p.m. | $25+ | Oakland
- 📽️ Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival | various times — through Oct. 6 | $12+ | various locations
Tuesday, Oct. 1
- 🕯️ Flower Arranging & Candle Making at PSquare Scents | 6-8 p.m. | $75 | Bellevue
- 👟 Night Trail Run with 3ROC | 6-9 p.m. | free | Regent Square
- 🎨 Artist Mentorship Series at Atithi Studios | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | free | Sharpsburg
- 🎲 MOGA: Board Game Night at Black Lotus Pizza | 7-9 p.m. | free | Lawrenceville
- 🎻 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra RAD Days Concert at Heinz Hall | 7:30-9 p.m. | free | Downtown
- 📽️ Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival | various times — through Oct. 6 | $12+ | various locations
Wednesday, Oct. 2
- 🏛️ RAD Days at Soldiers & Sailors | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | free | Oakland
- 💜 Paint the Town Purple Exhibit at Mellon Square Park | 5-7 p.m. | free | Downtown
- 🧹 Hocus Pocus Fall Social at Franklin on Penn | 5:30-8:30 p.m. | $30 | Strip District
- 🍄 Fall Mushroom ID Walk with 3ROC | 6-8 p.m. | $40 | Point Breeze
- 🧶 Knit PIT Yarn Club at Eleventh Hour Brewing | 6:30-9 p.m. | free | Lawrenceville
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