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In this Sept. 30, 2015, file photo, John Swanton, spokesman with the California Air Resources Board, explains how a 2013 Volkswagen Passat with a diesel engine is evaluated at the emissions test lab in El Monte, Calif. California officials on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, blasted the Trump administration's plan to freeze vehicle emissions standards, saying it threatens public health and the environment and was based on a flawed scientific analysis. (Nick Ut/AP Photo, File)
Environment
Pennsylvania
Transportation
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa., N.J., Del. join effort to cut emissions from vehicles

Pennsylvania, along with eight states and Washington, D.C., announced plans Tuesday to create a new regional cap for carbon emissions from vehicles to combat climate change.

7 years ago

Mariner East 2 pipeline construction in Chester County. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PUC investigators: We didn’t say the 12-inch Mariner East 2 line was safe

Investigators at the Pa. Public Utility Commission said they didn’t confirm that the 12-inch pipeline of Mariner East 2 was safe, despite a statement by Sunoco.

7 years ago

Tidal flooding in Stone Harbor in Feb. 2016 as photographed by Zeke Orzech (‏@Zeke_O via Twitter).
Down the Shore
Environment
Innovation
New Jersey

Cape May County launches near real-time flood risk mapping system

A New Jersey coastal county has unveiled a tool that will aid residents, business owners, and government decision-makers in preparing for tidal flooding.

7 years ago

Rendering of new coffee shop for Dilworth Plaza (Center City District)
PlanPhilly
Business
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
PlanPhilly

Tiny Starbucks coming to Dilworth Park

The new coffee shop would be smaller than the Dilworth Park Cafe-branded Starbucks that operates on the City Hall plaza’s northern end, and won’t include seating.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney speaks to Kensington residents about his opioid emergency response executive order at the McPherson Square Library Tuesday evening. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Addiction
Philadelphia

Kenney extends Philly’s emergency response to opioid crisis in Kensington

Despite progress on some fronts, city officials admit other goals to deal with the opioid crisis in Kensington are taking longer to reach than planned.

7 years ago

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Robert Fifter, 62, has been addicted to heroin since he was 10. He said he's getting too old to sleep outside in the winter. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Homelessness
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Despite high poverty, why fewer people live on Philly’s streets than in other big cities

Philly is one of the poorest cities in the country, but it’s street homeless population is one of the smallest. What’s driving this counterintuitive dynamic?

7 years ago

Luke Dunn talks to a homeless man and takes down his contact to make sure he gets entered into the homeless database, and promises to return for a referral for an I.D.
The Why
Homelessness
Housing
Philadelphia

Gimme shelter: Why a city as poor as Philly has relatively fewer people living on the streets

Despite being America's poorest big city, Philly has a surprisingly low rate of street homelessness compared to other large cities. What's behind this counterintuitive trend?

Air Date: December 19, 2018

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Cape May. (By Smallbones - Own work
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Travel

Cape May named as among East Coast’s best beaches

Cape May offers one of the top 10 beaches along the East Coast, according to the Travel Channel. 

7 years ago

(Osmyn Oree)
Speak Easy
Immigration

To understand the migrant crisis, first we must listen

We hear these stories so rarely — and almost never in the asylum seekers’ own voices.

7 years ago

In this Thursday, April 24, 2014 photo, Jose Osario, 20, a resident of the transition cottage, sits in the living room of another cottage at the Children's Village campus in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Keystone Crossroads
Housing
Kids
Pennsylvania

Study raises questions about oversight of facilities that house foster youth in Pa.

Foster children who live in residential facilities in Pa. suffered physical and verbal abuse in hundreds of documented cases between 2010 and 2018, according to a new report.

7 years ago

This Margate lifeboat is decorated for the holidays. (Bill Barlow/for WHYY)
New Jersey

Why the Jersey Shore is worth a look during the holidays

Most people associate the Jersey Shore with hot sunny days on the beach, but locals get to see something many never witness, the Shore adorned for the holidays.

7 years ago

Manager Brian Murray of Jersey Mike's in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The store donated one half of a day's proceeds to a fund for the families of victims of the Borderline Bar & Grill shooting. (Ina Jaffe/NPR)
NPR
National
Public Safety

After the Thousand Oaks’ shooting, a community-wide effort to memorialize and heal

No place in Thousand Oaks seems untouched by the shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill.

7 years ago

Nuisance tidal flooding in Seaside Park, N.J. (Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Minor tidal flooding likely in some N.J. areas Sunday

Spotty to minor tidal flooding is likely in portions of the Jersey Shore Sunday, forecasters say.

7 years ago

It's been 50 years since Philadelphia Eagles fans pelted Santa with snow balls from the stands. Some people say they are ashamed of what happened that day, while others remain unapologetic. (Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
NPR
History
Philadelphia
Sports

Philly frustration, 1968: ‘The day that they were all against everything’

Mention the Philadelphia Eagles and last year's Super Bowl win comes to mind. But so does that time fans booed and pelted Santa Claus with snow balls.

7 years ago

MarkWest's Houston gas processing plant in Washington County, Pa. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Four workers injured at gas plant blast near Pittsburgh

The blast happened shortly after 6 p.m. at MarkWest’s Houston Processing and Fractionation Facility at 800 Western Avenue in Chartiers Township.

7 years ago

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