Michael Rubinkam

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A stay-at-home order in response to the new coronavirus has meant little traffic on Pittsburgh's busiest streets, as seen with this sparse assortment of cars on the Parkway North during rush hour on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Pittsburgh.
Pa. to Seize Medical Supplies
Officials will be permitted to commandeer N95 face masks, ventilators and other crucial medical equipment.
Apr 9th, 2020
Chad Butters, founder of Eight Oaks Farm Distillery, poses for a photo at their facility in New Tripoli, Pa., Monday, March 16, 2020. Butters, who grew increasingly angry as he saw the skyrocketing price of hand sanitizer, has decided to do something about it: He's temporarily converting his operation into a production line for the suddenly hard-to-find, gooey, alcohol-based disinfectant.
Distilleries Are Making Hand Sanitizer
Production lines are being converted to make alcohol-based disinfectant.
Mar 17th, 2020
This Feb. 4, 2018, file photo shows Ray Kemble speaking with reporters outside the Susquehanna County Courthouse in Montrose, Pa. Houston-based Cabot Oil Gas Corp pulled out of settlement talks aimed at resolving its $5 million lawsuit against Kemble whose drinking water was contaminated and who has spent years bashing the energy industry. Cabot says it pulled out of a settlement conference scheduled for Friday, March 6, 2020, because there has been no progress in talks.
Gas Driller Pulls Out of Talks
His drinking water was contaminated and he has spent years bashing the energy industry.
Mar 6th, 2020
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Pipeline Company Fined $30M, Resumes Construction
Energy Transfer violated numerous regulations during construction of the Revolution pipeline in western Pennsylvania.
Jan 6th, 2020
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PA to Study Fracking Health Impacts
Pennsylvania's governor is taking action after months of impassioned pleas by the families of pediatric cancer patients who live in the most heavily drilled region of the state.
Nov 22nd, 2019
This file photo from July 14, 2010 shows smoke pouring from the United States Steel Corp.'s Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Pa. A fire at U.S. Steel's massive coke plant outside Pittsburgh knocked a key pollution control system offline Monday, June 17, 2019. It triggered a health warning as officials monitored the air around the plant for signs of a release of toxic sulfur dioxide. It was the second fire since December at the coke works, the largest facility of its kind in the United States. The plant turns coal into coke, one of the raw materials of steel.
2nd Fire at Steel Plant
The second fire in six months at U.S. Steel's massive coke plant outside Pittsburgh knocked a key pollution control system offline for nearly 16 hours.
Jun 18th, 2019
This May 8, 2019, photo shows Martin Tower in Bethlehem, Pa. The 21-story building, the former global headquarters of defunct steelmaker Bethlehem Steel Corp., is set to be imploded on May 19, 2019.
Steel HQ to be Imploded
A showpiece when it opened in 1972, Martin Tower stood vacant for a dozen years after the steelmaker went out of business.
May 16th, 2019
Ray Kemble, left, and Craig Stevens look through papers outside the Susquehanna County Courthouse in Montrose, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 4, 2018. A gas driller backed off its demand to have Kemble, a Pennsylvania homeowner who’s long accused the company of polluting his water, thrown in jail over his failure to submit to questioning as part of the company’s $5 million lawsuit against him.
Drilling Co. Eases on Throwing Man in Jail
Cabot Oil & Gas states that the man tried to extort the company via a frivolous federal lawsuit accusing the company of polluting drinking water.
Feb 5th, 2019
In this May 10, 2013, file photo, Cody Wilson holds what he calls a Liberator pistol that was completely made on a 3-D-printer at his home in Austin, Texas. Eight states filed suit Monday, July 30, 2018, against the Trump administration over its decision to allow a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun, contending the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety.
States Suing Over 3D Printed Guns
Eight states contend the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety.
Jul 31st, 2018
In this May 21, 2018 photo, a barn that can hold up to 4,800 hogs sits at the Will-O-Bett Farm outside Berwick, Pa. Residents who complain about foul smells from the hog operation have taken their fight to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Last Gasp for Hog Farm Suit
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court must now decide whether it will hear the case after plaintiffs filed a last-gasp appeal this month.
May 29th, 2018
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Meaning of 'Clean Coal' Unclear
On Tuesday, President Trump said, 'We've ended the war on beautiful, clean coal.'
Aug 25th, 2017
Don Rongione, President and Chief Operating Officer of Bollman Hat Company poses for a photograph with knitting machine used in the manufacturing of Kangol hats the Bollman Hat Company in Adamstown, Pa., Monday, May 1, 2017. When the famous hat brand moved into the Pennsylvania factory last year from China, executives with the Bollman Hat Co. billed it as an effort to create U.S. manufacturing jobs. “It has been certainly a bigger challenge than what we could've ever dreamed,” said Rongione.
Hatmaker Struggles After Reshoring
The 149-year-old company says it's losing money on every kangaroo-logo cap knitted at its factory in Adamstown, 60 miles west of Philadelphia.
May 31st, 2017