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Confronting Implicit Biases

We’re trying to have more meaningful conversations about racism as a country. Part of that means talking about implicit bias — assump ...

Air Date: September 25, 2020

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Crews work to stabilize sinkholes in a West Whiteland Township
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Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP approves changes to Mariner East construction methods at three troubled sites in Delaware, Chester counties

Mariner East construction at three sites that require drilling through porous limestone can shift from horizontal directional drilling to open trench.

5 years ago

Department of Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette in Monaca, Pa. on Monday. (Reid R. Frazier / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
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Trump’s energy secretary questions mainstream science on human impacts of climate change

Scientists say human impacts are clear.

5 years ago

Electric power grid transmission lines
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New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Fierce debate over N.J.’s clean-energy goals centers on possible abandonment of regional power grid

Currently, state buys power on PJM capacity market. Critics want New Jersey to go it alone.

5 years ago

Seabeach amaranth plant
Down the Shore
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Officials: Isaias likely responsible for sharp decline in endangered plant along N.J. beaches

The 2020 census revealed 941 seabeach amaranth plants — a sharp decline from the 7,195 plants counted in 2019.

5 years ago

This combination of photos shows a firefighter at the North Complex Fire in Plumas National Forest, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, left, and a person using a flashlight on flooded streets in search of their vehicle, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. In the past week, swaths of the country have been burning and flooding in devastating extreme weather disasters. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, Gerald Herbert)
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Underwater and on fire: US climate change magnifies extremes

While climate change is a factor, researchers say what’s happening is more extreme than climate models predict and there must be another natural weather phenomenon at work.

5 years ago

Researchers of the Rio de Janeiro State University prepare an instrument to sample airborne sewage droplets for the presence of the new coronavirus at the Santa Marta slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 27, 2020. The researchers are working together with volunteers of a local sanitation team to see if they can detect the virus in the air and evaporation from the slum’s open-air sewers. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Science and Medicine, Under Pressure

The pandemic has put a lot of pressure on both our health care system and the scientific process — exposing weaknesses that have long e ...

Air Date: September 18, 2020

Listen 48:24
The Chemours site Chambers Works in Salem County
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New Jersey
Public Safety
NJ Spotlight

Toxic chemicals at Salem County site sharply exceeded N.J. safety limits

The EPA says it’s working with the owner of the former DuPont plant to prevent spread to private water wells.

5 years ago

A gas rig in the Tiadaghton State Forest
Energy
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Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Natural gas production in Pennsylvania hits record high

A recent grand jury report detailed numerous health and environmental impacts of the natural gas industry and called out state regulators as unprepared to corral the industry.

5 years ago

Beaver Valley nuclear power station
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

RGGI, behind the rhetoric: What we know about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order last fall to join the cap-and-trade program.

5 years ago

Protesters of Sunoco’s Mariner East Pipline kayaked to a clean-up site on Marsh Creek Lake in Chester County, Pa., where an estimated 8,000 gallons of drilling mud migrated into the waterways. (Kimberly Paynter / WHYY)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP orders Sunoco to reroute pipeline after Marsh Creek Lake spill

Mile-long alternative route will avoid area where 8,000 gallons of drilling mud escaped.

5 years ago

(Courtesy of Jonathan Lai)
The Pulse

Why We Need Friends — Especially Now

We rely on our friends for all kinds of things — companionship, laughter, and right now — support in times of crisis. But it’s ...

Air Date: September 11, 2020

Listen 49:04
wind farm offshore
Down the Shore
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New Jersey

N.J. awards $6 million for offshore wind, clean energy projects

New Jersey is spending almost $6 million to train workers for jobs in the wind energy industry and to support young companies that deal in clean energy.

5 years ago

A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas
Energy
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

N.J.’s first natural gas terminal for tanker ships may get final vote

The Delaware River project could spur more fracking, according to opponents who also warn of health hazards.

5 years ago

Fairmount Dam Fishway
Environment
Public Safety
Sustainability

‘The river’s gonna seek its own course’: Experts take a new look at easing floods

Traditional systems are designed to manage or redirect water. Natural solutions capture and absorb rains. The issue: predicting the unpredictable.

5 years ago

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