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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.

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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
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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
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Pennsylvania
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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

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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

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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
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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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Technology

The Future of Work

Technology is always changing the way we work, and what kinds of jobs are available. But now these changes are happening at lightning spe ...

Air Date: September 4, 2020

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The pandemic has accelerated a disconcerting trend: Workplace-surveillance software. (Alphavector / Big Stock Photo)
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Business
Technology

Is your boss spying on you while you work remotely?

The pandemic has accelerated a disconcerting trend: Workplace-surveillance software.

5 years ago

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Technology

A voice-over artist asks: Will AI take her job? 

If a text-to-speech clone can capture her in a moment, is there a role for her? And how will artificial intelligence affect creativity?

5 years ago

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Buzz Off, Mosquitoes

Most of us dread mosquito season — but on some level, you’ve got to admire these pesky bloodsuckers. Over the millennia, they’v ...

Air Date: August 28, 2020

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Scientists fishing in the Brandywine Creek, at the site of the former West Street dam in Delaware. (Jim Shanahan/Brandywine Shad 2020)
Delaware
Environment
Infrastructure

When the dam’s away, the fish will play: Demolition on Brandywine Creek is restoring shad

In late July, researchers caught juvenile and adult fish just upstream of where the West Street Dam was removed by the City of Wilmington in 2019.

5 years ago

In this 2018 file photo, Energy Transfer, the parent company of Mariner East 2 pipeline builder, Sunoco, works at Snitz Creek in West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County after a drilling mud spill during the summer. (Marie Cusick / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP fines Sunoco again for drilling mud spills, but Mariner East pipeline opponents say penalties aren’t fixing the problem

Fines for 2018-2019 violations come less than two weeks after spill in Chester County.

5 years ago

A forest burns as the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire advances on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Bonny Doon, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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National

California fires claim 5 lives, threaten thousands of homes

Three major collections of fires are threatening tens of thousands of homes in the San Francisco Bay Area and central California.

5 years ago

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