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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took photos from the Vera Rubin Ridge showing the interior and rim of Gale Crater. The full image features 16 photos stitched together.
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Space

Mars rover Curiosity’s panoramic photo depicts its epic journey

Here's a reminder that while you are out in the world buying groceries or picking up dry cleaning, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is on the red planet doing work.

8 years ago

A diagram from an Amazon patent application shows a human worker (labeled with
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Wrist watching: Amazon patents system to track, guide employees’ hand movements

"This idea, if implemented in the future, would improve the process for our fulfillment associates," the company says.

8 years ago

A landowner rips up an offer of compensation from PennEast at a rally February 2, 2018. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
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Landowners tear up PennEast leases as New Jersey shelves permit application

They will not agree to the company’s plans to build the pipeline on their land — at the price offered, or in some cases at any price.

8 years ago

Oyster Creek Generation Station in Forked River, N.J. (Image via Google Earth)
Energy
New Jersey

Oldest nuke plant in the US closing a year ahead of schedule

Chicago-based Exelon Generation says the Oyster Creek plant in Lacey Township, New Jersey, will close this fall.

8 years ago

Richard Tumushime, an electrician with Pittsburgh-based Energy Independent Solutions, works with a crew to put the finishing touches on wiring a solar panel system at the new Forest Hills Municipal Building. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
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Energy
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Pennsylvania

What Trump’s tariff on solar panels means for Pa.

A solar panel that arrives in the United States from overseas now comes with a higher price tag.

8 years ago

After hitting a record low last year, natural gas impact fee revenue is expected to rise this year.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Natural gas impact fee revenue expected to rise this year in Pa.

Pennsylvania is expected to bring in $46.1 million more this year from natural gas impact fees.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Trump’s speech light on energy specifics. Here’s the lowdown behind mentions of coal, exports.

While the president mentioned energy in his first State of the Union speech Tuesday night, he offered few details about his energy priorities.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions' Point Breeze refinery along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. (Kellie McGinn/Philadelphia Energy Solutions)
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Environment
Philadelphia

With South Philadelphia refinery in bankruptcy proceedings, neighbors see an opportunity for cleaner air

The refinery is Philadelphia’s single largest generator of particulate emission air pollution, according to city data.

8 years ago

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald is photographed at the agency's headquarters in Atlanta, GA on Dec. 5, 2017. (Melissa Golden for The Washington Post/Getty Images)
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National
Politics

CDC Director resigns due to ‘complex’ financial entanglements

Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resigned Wednesday following reports that she bought shares in a tobacco company.

8 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
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Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Environmentalists want more action from Tom Wolf. More talk would be nice, too

Many environmentalists say his record, so far, has been disappointing.

8 years ago

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Countdown to the Super Bowl, and the Super Moon!

On Wednesday, January 31st, don’t miss the Super Blue Blood Total Lunar Eclipse Moon! This lunar event means that the second full m ...

Air Date: January 29, 2018

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Gov. Tom Wolf doesn't remember a campaign pledge he made to join a regional effort to cap carbon emissions. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Environment

Gov. Wolf doesn’t recall campaign pledge to join climate initiative

Gov. Wolf said Friday he never made a campaign pledge to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative —a market-based effort among northeastern states to limit carbon emissions

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Coal company, watershed group reach settlement over new mine

A proposed coal mine is moving forward in southwestern Pennsylvania after its operator reached a settlement with an environmental group.

8 years ago

A new population of the rare red handfish was found off Tasmania. (Antonia Cooper)
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Environment

One of the world’s rarest fish is a little less rare than we thought

Meet the red handfish, a name that reflects the hand-shaped fins on the sides of its body. The striking creature doesn't really swim — it "walks" slowly along the sea floor.

8 years ago

Close-up of brown bat with nose fungus. (Ryan von Linden/New York Department of Environmental Conservation)
Allegheny Front
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Environment
Pennsylvania

UV light could be a ray of hope for bats with white-nose syndrome

Scientists might have found a new way to combat white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by a fungus killing millions of bats in the U.S. and Canada.

8 years ago

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