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George Watson's natural gas wells on his Center Township, Greene County land put him at the head of a global supply chain that stretches to Europe and other parts of the world. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Shale gas off-ramp: Pa.’s fracking boom helps fuel plastics production overseas

So much ethane is coming out of the ground in Pennsylvania, and other drilling hot spots around the country, that chemical plants in the U.S. can’t use it all.

7 years ago

A western meadowlark in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City, Colo. According to a study released on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, North America’s skies are lonelier and quieter as nearly 3 billion fewer wild birds soar in the air than in 1970. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Radio Times
Biology
Environment

North American birds in decline

Bird numbers in North America are down 30% from 1970. We look at what's behind the declines, what species have been hardest hit, and how to make your yard bird-friendly.

Air Date: October 3, 2019 10:00 am

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Elliot Berman (center, in patterned tie) and his team at Solar Power Corp. pose outside their office and manufacturing facility in Braintree, Mass., in 1973. John Perlin, author of Let It Shine: The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy, credits Berman, Solar Power Corp. and Exxon with
NPR

How big oil of the past helped launch the solar industry of today

The solar photovoltaic industry has roots in an unexpected place. More than 40 years ago, oil companies invested in solar research and development that have proved critical.

7 years ago

Scientist Shannon Falconer transfers materials to a petri dish using a pipette in a lab. She co-founded a company that's growing meat for pet food in a lab. (Photo provided by Because Animals)
The Pulse
Biology
Technology

Will people feed their pets lab-grown meat?

Lab-grown meat for dogs and cats might be on the market before lab-grown meat for humans.

7 years ago

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Sometimes you don’t know whether to laugh or cry. ('Clowns' via Shutterstock)
Behavioral Health
The Conversation

The psychology behind why clowns creep us out

Hollywood has long exploited our deep ambivalence about clowns, and this fall’s film lineup is no different.

7 years ago

This March 14, 2017, photo shows the flooded streets of a back bay neighborhood in Manahawkin N.J., after a moderate storm. Scientists and people living in back-bay areas behind barrier islands say flooding is increasing, even as the problem gets less attention and money than flooding along the ocean. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Environment
New Jersey

The cost of rising seas in N.J.

With New Jersey facing rising seas and stronger storms, what are the costs for shoring up coastal towns, who is paying, and are we fighting a losing battle?

Air Date: October 1, 2019

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Smog blankets the sky in Mexico City. (Marco Ugarte/AP Photo)
Environment
Politics

Dark skies: UN meeting reveals a world in a really bad mood

The UN is often criticized for talking a lot and not getting much done. But when it comes to eloquent talk, particularly about the future, it has always been the strongest.

7 years ago

A team of scientists used a telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain to detect a gas giant orbiting a tiny red star some 30 light-years from Earth. (Baback Tafreshi/Science Source/Getty Images)
NPR
National
Space

A peculiar solar system has scientists rethinking theories of how planets form

A surprisingly large planet orbiting a small star defies the conventional wisdom about how planets are born.

7 years ago

This artist's impression shows the planet K2-18b, its host star and an accompanying planet in this system. By ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser
Skytalk
Space

Looking for Goldilocks

Weeks ago, an announcement about the discovery on an exoplanet where it appeared possible for an atmosphere with precipitation to exist l ...

Air Date: September 28, 2019

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This Monday, June 17, 2019, file photo shows 5-mg pills of Oxycodone. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo, File)
Higher Education
Medicine
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Rutgers Dental researchers to lead landmark study of opioid alternatives

National Institutes of Health award $11.7 million to university to spearhead project comparing narcotic and non-narcotic pain medicine treatments

7 years ago

In this Aug. 1, 2018 photo weeds engulf a playground at housing section of the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster in Warminster, Pa. the foams once used routinely in firefighting training at military bases contained PFAS. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Temple researchers will look at link between PFAS and cancer

University researchers will examine possible associations between PFAS-contaminated drinking water and cancer as part of a federally funded health study.

7 years ago

In this file photo, Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2, 2018 after sinkholes opened in the area. That caused one of the ME2 project's many delays. (Marie Cusick/WITF)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco still needs DEP approvals to restart pipeline work in Chester County

The lifting of the injunction at the sinkhole site isn’t a final green light for Mariner East.

7 years ago

Palforzia, a new drug to treat peanut allergies, is expected to get FDA approval. The main ingredient of the drug is peanut flour.
NPR
Food & Drink
Medicine
Public Health

Allergists debate anticipated FDA approval of a peanut allergy drug

The drug, called Palforzia, was developed by California startup Aimmune Therapeutics to be taken daily in a regimen known as oral immunotherapy.

7 years ago

The Horsham Air Guard Station in Bucks County, Pa. where the use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam has been linked with contamination of local water supplies. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Environment
Public Health
Sustainability

Bucks, Montgomery counties will get $5 million to study health effects of PFAS

Residents in affected Bucks and Montgomery County communities will be eligible for blood testing as part of a national study on the effects of PFAS.

7 years ago

Climate activist Rafe Pomerance speaks at an event at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy in Philadelphia on Sept. 12. (Photo courtesy of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy)
Environment
Sustainability
StateImpact Pennsylvania

What longtime climate activist Rafe Pomerance wants you to know

StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Susan Phillips sat down with Pomerance and asked him what he wants people to know right now.

7 years ago

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