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A pile of waste coal sits abandoned in Fredericktown. Photo: Reid Frazier
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

DEP Eyes New Land For Abandoned Mine Cleanup

7 years ago

(WHYY/Mark Eichman)
Delaware
Environment

Delaware's ecological task force is attempting to eliminate non-native and invasive plant species.

The snowy white Bradford Pear, the vibrant Burning Bush, the ascending English Ivy—they may be eye-catching, but they’re destroying the ecosystem.

7 years ago

Princeton scientists (from left) Lyman Page, David Spergel and Norman Jarosik
NewsWorks Tonight
New Jersey
Space
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Princeton scientists win $3 million for early pictures of the universe

The research uses billion-year-old radiation to confirm the universe's age and how quickly it expanded after the Big Bang.

7 years ago

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SUSAN PHILLIPS / STATEIMPACT A Cabot Oil and Gas well site in Susquehanna County.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Cabot Oil and Gas to pay $99,000 for air quality violations in Susquehanna County

7 years ago

Skytalk
Space

Earliest Sunset

Sunset comes at 4:35pm this week, then gradually later and later, though it won’t be until early January before we really start to ...

Air Date: December 4, 2017

Listen 05:37
3d rendering of human brain on technology background represent artificial intelligence and cyber space concept
Radio Times
Biology
Medicine

‘The Fear Factor,’ altruism and psychopathy

Guest: Abigail Marsh An heroic act by a stranger during car accident started ...

Air Date: December 4, 2017

Listen 48:59
A view of the Delaware River from Washington Crossing Bridge at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Bucks County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Fracking ban proposed for Delaware River basin; ‘significant risks’ cited

The Delaware River Basin Commission on Thursday proposed a ban on fracking for natural gas in the basin.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Environment

Vanishing insects / Blooming jellyfish

Guests: Scott Black, Juli Berwald If you’ve noticed that bugs aren’t splattering on your windshield like they ...

Air Date: December 1, 2017

Listen 49:00
Gas processing equipment in Lycoming County. (Joe Ulrich/ WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Pa. wants to cut methane emissions, but plans moving slowly

Methane is the main component of natural gas. Compared to carbon dioxide, it’s much more potent as a climate-warming greenhouse gas.

7 years ago

(Sashkin/BigStock)
Biology

Expanding DNA’s alphabet lets cells produce novel proteins

A team at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, expanded the genetic alphabet, creating two artificial DNA "letters" called X and Y.

7 years ago

A photo from an Eperanto conference in Belgium in 1911. (Wikimedia Commons)
The Pulse

What happened to the quest for a universal language?

A century ago, Esperanto seemed poised to solve the problem of "scientific Babel."

7 years ago

Listen 4:02
Delaware
Military
Space
Technology

Delaware firm that made spacesuits for Apollo moon crew celebrates 70 years

Delaware company that made the apparel Apollo astronauts wore to the moon celebrates seven decades of operation and innovation.

7 years ago

An easement where Sunoco Pipeline is preparing for construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline. A homeowners group is asking a court to halt construction in that location until Sunoco comes up with a plan to mitigate contaminated soil on the site. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Sunoco proposes construction change for Mariner East 2, but meets fresh resistance

7 years ago

Part of the proposed PennEast pipeline could run through this stretch of land in Bucks County, Pa.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
New Jersey

FERC sued over alleged ‘unconstitutional’ granting of pipeline certificates

7 years ago

Natural gas drillers (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Lawmaker: Natural gas lobby too influential in severance tax debate

7 years ago

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