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Abandoned

What happens when we step away from people and places?

Air Date: November 3, 2017

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Coal Hill, a pile of coal on the outskirts of Trevorton, in Central Pennsylvania, is a testament to the old industry here and a reminder that companies didn't clean up when they finished mining. (Irina Zhorov/WHYY)
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Pennsylvania

New ideas for abandoned mine lands

A bill aims to address abandoned mine lands with a focus on economic development. Proponents see it as a way to imagine a more sustainable future for old coal country.

8 years ago

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 The Delaware Water Gap on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River in Pahaquarry Township. (Warren Westura/AP Photo, file)
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N.J. DEP sets nation’s strictest limit on chemical in drinking water

PFOA has been linked to cancer, high cholesterol, and developmental problems in young children

8 years ago

Workers in an AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Research lab in Boston. (photo courtesy AstraZeneca)
Delaware Business Now
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Delaware
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AstraZeneca gets fast-track FDA approval process for promising blood cancer drug

AstraZeneca gets FDA approval to move forward with Calquence (acalabrutinib), a drug used to fight an aggressive form of blood cancer.

8 years ago

Hurricane Maria smashed poles and snarled power lines in Puerto Rico. Belinda Pastrana, a chemistry professor at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, says devastation from September’s powerful storm is making it impossible to continue her work on the island. 
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New Jersey

Forced out of Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria, Rutgers grad looks for new home for her lab

The devastation left by last month’s powerful storm is making it impossible to continue her work on Puerto Rico.

8 years ago

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Construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. Environmental groups have asked a judge to revoke the permits issued by DEP to Sunoco.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania

Plaintiffs ask judge to revoke ‘illegal’ Mariner East 2 permits

8 years ago

Workers excavate coffins from a construction site in the Old City neighborhood March 9 in Philadelphia.   (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
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Archaeologist claims hundreds of 18th-century Philly remains may have been dumped in landfill

The hundreds of remains in question would have been found between March and June at a Center City location under construction for condos.

8 years ago

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Space

Rogue Comet Comes a-Calling

Not merely out-of-this-world, a comet from beyond our solar system came and went earlier this month. Cross-quarter-day approaches ...

Air Date: October 30, 2017

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StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s biggest environmental group is getting a new CEO

Jacquelyn Bonomo is succeeding Larry Schweiger as the leader of PennFuture. Schweiger is retiring.

8 years ago

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StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Costa Rica banks on low-carbon coffee

The low-carbon coffee that Costa Rica is pushing is part of an overall plan by the country to become the first carbon neutral nation.

8 years ago

Picturesque landscape, mountain and bay
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s environmental rights amendment is back from the dead

John Dernbach, director of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Center at Widener University sat down with StateImpact to discuss.

8 years ago

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StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

PUC’s West Goshen ruling cheers advocates for local control over pipelines

The commission voted unanimously on Thursday to uphold a judge’s ruling that prevented Sunoco from building the valve and associated equipment on private land.

8 years ago

An oil rig rises up from green grass into a clouded blue sky
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Marcellus Shale boom cuts costs for Pennsylvania ratepayers

Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale gas boom has significantly cut energy costs for consumers across the state, according to a new study released Friday.

8 years ago

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Delaware
Economic Development
Technology

First Person: Delaware’s tech scene

The growing presence of a tech scene here in Delaware.

8 years ago

(Illustration by Ella Trujillo)
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National

Horror movie sounds evoke primal fear

Sound designers have a bag of acoustic “scares” to frighten and unnerve an audience.

8 years ago

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