Irina Zhorov
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New ideas for abandoned mine lands
A bill aims to address abandoned mine lands with a focus on economic development. Proponents see it as a way to imagine a more sustainable future for old coal country.
7 years ago
Listen 8:06U.S. could cut payments to hospitals treating uninsured patients
Hospitals treating poor populations could be seeing cuts to subsidies in 2017.
7 years ago
Cuts contained in latest ACA repeal effort would hurt region
Senate Republicans are trying to push through a last-ditch Obamacare repeal — something that will be harder to do now that Republic ...
7 years ago
Summer gas requirements waived in face of Harvey damage
The Environmental Protection Agency has ended summer fuel requirements early for states affected by fuel disruptions due to Hurricane Har ...
8 years ago
Summer gas requirements waived in face of Harvey damage
The Environmental Protection Agency has ended summer fuel requirements early for states affected by fuel disruptions due to Hurricane Har ...
8 years ago
Returning restaurants’ oyster shells back to the water
Shell recycling keeps them out of landfills and improves ecosystem health. About 120 miles east of Washington, D.C., Delaware’s ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:44When natural history collections bow to other priorities
In 1962, Neil Douglas accepted a position in the brand new biology department of what is now the University of Louisiana Monroe. The scho ...
8 years ago
ListenEclipse to dim regional grid’s solar energy supply
When the total solar eclipse darkens skies in the Philadelphia region Monday, it will interrupt the power-generating capacity of solar pa ...
8 years ago
EPA finishes cleaning up Ambler Superfund site, outlines what comes next
A federal effort to clean up a Superfund site in a Montgomery County borough is finished, and regulators are looking ahead to the final s ...
8 years ago
EPA finishes cleaning up Ambler Superfund site, outlines what comes next
A federal effort to clean up a Superfund site in a Montgomery County borough is finished, and regulators are looking ahead to the final s ...
8 years ago
Natural vanilla shortages lead to not so natural solutions
There’s a shortage of real vanilla and natural vanilla flavor. What’s the difference? In a tiny pink Philadelphia bake ...
8 years ago
ListenStudy: Climate change will increase inequality in U.S.
Higher temperatures, rising seas, and changing weather and storm patterns are expected to increase inequality across the U.S. That ...
8 years ago