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Roz Gitt from Warwick, New York, protests in front of the construction site for the new CPV natural gas plant in Wawayanda. The plant would run on Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale gas.
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New York’s heralded fracking ban isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

8 years ago

FILE: Governor Tom Wolf's deputy chief of staff Yesenia Bane, speaking at natural gas industry conference in 2016.
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Ethics complaint filed against Wolf aide

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Chantal Pronteau has been a Kitasoo/Xai'xais Coastal Guardian Watchman since 2015. She patrols about 1,500 square miles of inlets on the Canadian coast. (Irina Zhorov/WHYY)
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Watching over the land in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest

First Nations communities in British Columbia are training indigenous people to manage local natural resources.

8 years ago

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Delaware archaeologists find groundbreaking human remains

Eleven 17th century remains have been found in Rehoboth.

8 years ago

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A pile of waste coal sits abandoned in Fredericktown. Photo: Reid Frazier
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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DEP Eyes New Land For Abandoned Mine Cleanup

8 years ago

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Delaware
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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.

8 years ago

Princeton scientists (from left) Lyman Page, David Spergel and Norman Jarosik
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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.

8 years ago

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SUSAN PHILLIPS / STATEIMPACT A Cabot Oil and Gas well site in Susquehanna County.
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Cabot Oil and Gas to pay $99,000 for air quality violations in Susquehanna County

8 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

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3d rendering of human brain on technology background represent artificial intelligence and cyber space concept
Radio Times
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‘The Fear Factor,’ altruism and psychopathy

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

Air Date: December 4, 2017

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

8 years ago

What makes drug prices so high? Let us count the ways. (Brad Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Medicine
Politics

Report: Here’s what the Feds can do to cut drug prices

The independent advisory group's report lists dozens of suggestions of what U.S. officials could do to rein in those rising prices. Here's a rundown of key recommendations:

8 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

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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.

8 years ago

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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.

8 years ago

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