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Music Documentarian Paul Ingles hosts a weekly mix of music from his multi-genre personal collection of Rock, folk, blues, Americana, classic soul, R+B, and jazz standards.

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The survey found that New Jersey bald eagles registered the highest recorded number of active nests and young fledged.

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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said heavy rain caused the hole, and that there was no contamination or environmental impact.

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New Jersey
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Federal appeals court strikes blow to PennEast pipeline project

The Third Circuit decision blocks PennEast from condemning state-owned land in New Jersey

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Source: Copernicus Sentinel data 2019 (accessed via Planet Labs Inc), ICEYE
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Satellite imagery shows extent of devastating flooding on Grand Bahama Island

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Daniel Semenza, an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Rutgers, and Ilene M. Rosen, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a past president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Environment

Update: The long war on spotted lanternflies

We return to our episode about the spotted lanternfly, with an update on how the "great hitchhiker" has spread over the summer and the tools being used to combat it.

Air Date: September 2, 2019

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