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 Hurricane Jose as seen on NOAA's infrared satellite early Friday afternoon.
Down the Shore
Environment

Forecasters continue to monitor Jose on track near East Coast

Forecasters say Hurricane Jose might spur coastal flooding and gusty winds at the Jersey Shore early next week.  While most g ...

9 years ago

 Protesters armed with signs fill the bleachers at Pine Belt Arena in Toms River, where the New Jersey Pinelands Commission held a public hearing on a proposed natural gas pipeline through Burlington and Ocean counties. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Energy
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New Jersey

Pinelands Commission approves South Jersey pipeline, construction could begin soon

A New Jersey agency approved a contentious natural gas pipeline Thursday that would run through the Pinelands, a one million-acre nature ...

9 years ago

 Emerald ash borer (NewsWorks file photo)
Environment

Scientists: Ash tree species pushed to brink of extinction

Five prominent species of ash tree in the eastern U.S. have been driven to the brink of extinction from years of lethal attack by a beetl ...

9 years ago

A view of the Delaware River from Morrisville, Pa. The Delaware River Basin Commission voted Wednesday on a resolution that could result in a ban on fracking in the Basin.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

DRBC takes a step toward banning fracking in Northeast Pa.

9 years ago

In 2015 Wolf met with elected officials and landowners from Wayne County to discuss the moratorium on natural gas development in the Delaware River Basin. Several people in the meeting say he offered to help them open up the region to drilling, if they would help him enact a severance tax.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Landowners: Wolf suggested opening Delaware River Basin to gas drilling in 2015

9 years ago

Dan Plummer fishes for trout in the Delaware River, Delaware County New York. The Delaware River Basin Commission has proposed a ban on fracking along the river.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

DRBC confirms it will consider banning fracking in basin

9 years ago

 The Monday afternoon Hurricane Jose update from the National Hurricane Center.
Down the Shore
Environment

Hurricane Jose: Separating fact from hype

Social media hype is already beginning about Hurricane Jose’s potential threat to the United States’ East Coast in less than ...

9 years ago

 Buffalo on the Fort Peck Reservation. (Courtesy of Amy Martin)
The Pulse

Restoring buffalo to the landscape

Robbie Magnan of the Fort Peck Tribes is pushing to bring back America’s bison herds. At one point, there were 50 million wi ...

9 years ago

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The Pulse

The age-old quest to preserve native languages

Understanding and teaching the languages of tribes. Thomas Jefferson was convinced that the languages of native tribes in North Am ...

9 years ago

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 Mindell Dubansky has been repairing books at the Met for 35 years. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
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Books

The art of preserving and fixing rare books

Mindell Dubansky has been repairing and taking care of books for 35 years. Mindell Dubansky once slapped someone’s hand for ...

9 years ago

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Archaeology students work to remove bones from the coffin of a juvenile found at the Arch St. development. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse

Digging for clues from the past in historic remains

What started as a box of bones has turned into a massive undertaking. In Philadelphia, just a stone’s throw from the Liberty ...

9 years ago

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In this image posted to her Twitter feed on May 30, 2017, astronaut Peggy Whitson holds up Chinese cabbage grown in the International Space Station. During her third and latest mission, which began November 2016, the 57-year-old biochemist became the oldest woman in space. (NASA via AP)
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Space

America’s Most Experienced Astronaut

Let’s sing the praises of NASA superstar Peggy Whitson! Now back on Planet Earth after 288 days in space, she’s now the most ...

Air Date: September 11, 2017

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PECO crews (Courtesy PECO)
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Infrastructure
Philadelphia

Hundreds from region heading for Florida to help restore power

With millions without power in Florida, dozens of utility crews from the region are headed south to assist with restoring service.

9 years ago

The metal canopy at a gasoline station is shown after it was overturned by high winds brought on by Hurricane Irma, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in North Miami, Fla. (Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo)
Environment

Hurricane Irma pummels Florida; ‘This one scares me’

A monster Hurricane Irma roared into Florida with 130 mph winds Sunday for what could be a sustained assault on nearly the entire Sunshine State.

9 years ago

 A boat rests on its side in what is normally six feet of water in Old Tampa Bay, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. Hurricane Irma, and an unusual low tide pushed water out into the Gulf of Mexico. (Chris O'Meara/AP Photo)
Environment

Irma weakens to Category 2; water empties from bay in Tampa, folks warned to stay out

Hurricane Irma has weakened to a Category 2 storm, technically losing its major hurricane status, after making landfall in southwestern F ...

9 years ago

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