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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Energy

The former PES refinery site in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Money

Bankruptcy judge clears away final hurdle in PES refinery sale

With a $26.5 million cut in the price agreed to by Philadelphia Energy Solutions and Hilco Redevelopment OK’d, the deal is expected to close Friday.

6 years ago

Kilynn Johnson
PlanPhilly
Community

‘We don’t smell that gas anymore’: Activists mark anniversary of blast that shut down PES refinery

Damage from the June 21 fire that resulted led to closure of the complex, the company’s bankruptcy, and a planned sale of the 1,300-acre property.

6 years ago

A worker operates valves at a frack water recycling plant used by Cabot Oil and Gas. (StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. says 2 gas drilling companies committed environmental crimes. Here’s why corporations, not people, are usually charged

Even though corporations are made up of people who make daily decisions, environmental attorneys say it’s very difficult to target workers who may commit a crime.

6 years ago

Yellow markers show the right of way for the Mariner East pipeline in Lebanon County. (Marie Cusick/ StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. Supreme Court denies Sunoco’s appeal over permits for Mariner East 1 buildings in Lebanon County

Some in Lebanon County believe buildings pose safety risk

6 years ago

A rendering of the New Jersey Wind Port in Salem County
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Murphy unveils plan to make N.J. hub of East Coast’s offshore wind industry

The New Jersey Wind Port in Salem County would be the assembly point for massive turbines and other components of offshore wind farms.

6 years ago

Smoke billows from the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Company buying bankrupt PES refinery promises 18,000 jobs in next 10 years

A Hilco Redevelopment Partners executive told a City Council hearing the company’s plan will create 8,000 union construction jobs, 10,000 permanent jobs.

6 years ago

Hydraulic fracturing opponents, including Ray Kemble of Dimock, Pa., front, demonstrate before Gov, -elect Tom Wolf takes the oath of office to become the 47th governor of Pennsylvania, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at the state Capitol. (Matt Rourke / Associated Press)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. attorney general charges Cabot Oil and Gas with environmental crimes

Company faces charges related to polluted water in Dimock

6 years ago

A sign protesting the proposed PennEast Pipeline route in Carbon County, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Delaware River Basin Commission faces pressure to reject PennEast pipeline

Delaware River Basin Commission members continue to review the gas pipeline application. Environmentalists, residents gave them a virtual earful Wednesday.

6 years ago

FILE PHOTO: House Speaker Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, walks down a corridor at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, June 28, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

House Speaker Turzai accepted $11K flight from businessman with fracking-related companies

Turzai accepted an $11,000 plane ride last year from a Pittsburgh-area businessman involved in two fracking-related companies.

6 years ago

Chambersburg in entering a 20-year power purchase agreement with Virginia-based Sun Tribe on a solar facility like the one seen here. (Courtesy Sun Tribe)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

South-central Pennsylvania borough makes significant commitment to solar energy

The Borough of Chambersburg could soon generate a quarter of its electricity from renewable energy.

6 years ago

Crews work at the site of a sinkhole along the Mariner East pipeline route near the Pennsylvania State Police barracks on Route 1 in Delaware County on Thursday, April 25, 2019. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

EPA’s new rule limits states’ ability to regulate pipelines under the Clean Water Act

It requires states to make decisions within a year on water quality permits related to those projects.

6 years ago

Wind turbines
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. businesses to get $2.2M in Department of Energy research grants

U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette said the goal is to move beyond current technologies.

6 years ago

The high-visibility display encircling PECO's headquarters.
Community
Billy Penn

PECO adds ‘thank you’ to Crown Lights, says customers don’t have to worry about shutoffs through July

Look up to see a new message of gratitude beamed far and wide.

6 years ago

Scientists from Carnegie Mellon use mobile labs to detect methane leaks from the natural gas industry. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Study finds methane leaks in PA are much higher than state reports

Estimates don't capture leaks from 'abnormal' conditions, the Environmental Defense Fund says.

6 years ago

An LNG tanker
Community
NJ Spotlight

Water regulator defends OK of plan to build LNG export terminal in South Jersey

During an online hearing, Delaware River Basin Commission said it sees no reason to change its mind on Gibbstown project.

6 years ago

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