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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Energy

Philadelphia Energy Solutions' Point Breeze refinery along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. (Kellie McGinn/Philadelphia Energy Solutions)
PlanPhilly
Science

With South Philadelphia refinery in bankruptcy proceedings, neighbors see an opportunity for cleaner air

The refinery is Philadelphia’s single largest generator of particulate emission air pollution, according to city data.

9 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Environmentalists want more action from Tom Wolf. More talk would be nice, too

Many environmentalists say his record, so far, has been disappointing.

9 years ago

The Upper Tularik Floodplain in the Bristol Bay watershed in Alaska is the site of a fight over a proposed mining project has dragged on for years.
NPR
Politics & Policy

In reversal, EPA suspends Alaska mining proposal to preserve watershed protections

EPA said it was suspending its effort to withdraw proposed protections for a southwest Alaska watershed to make room for a new mine.

9 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Coal company, watershed group reach settlement over new mine

A proposed coal mine is moving forward in southwestern Pennsylvania after its operator reached a settlement with an environmental group.

9 years ago

State Impact
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Mariner East 2: Texts raise questions about Wolf administration role in permitting process

9 years ago

On Jan. 2, the Pennsylvania environmental protection department suspended work related to permits it issued for the Mariner East 2 pipeline. This photo shows a work area off Fallbrook Lane in Glen Mills, near Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Mariner East 2: Texts raise questions about Wolf administration role in permitting process

“I don’t know if there’s a smoking gun here but there sure is a lot of smoke,” said Eric Friedman, a Delaware County landowner.

9 years ago

Cayleigh Dorsey was the youngest to stand by the podium at the DRBC hearing. She’s one year old, and was held by her grandmother Alicia Dorsey, from South Philadelphia.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Delaware River Basin fracking ban hearings center on environment, economy

9 years ago

Mariner East 2 construction site on Shepherd Road in Edgemont Township, Delaware County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Feds cite Sunoco for Mariner East 2 violation during construction in Ohio

9 years ago

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Dunn and Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell answered questions at a House hearing Thursday. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Lawmakers question agencies’ use of special funds for environmental programs

Rep. Curtis Sonney (R- Erie) said he’d like more transparency from DEP and DCNR about how the special fund money is being committed.

9 years ago

Sunoco/ETP's Mariner East 2 construction continues this week in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. Despite DEP ordering construction to stop, Sunoco can continue to work on welding pipes. That work is regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, not DEP.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Delaware County Council looks into risk assessment of Mariner East 2 pipeline

9 years ago

In January, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced plans to expand possible offshore drilling sites in federal waters including nine sites in the Atlantic region. (AP file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Most Congressional lawmakers still question Trump administration plan of Atlantic coast oil drilling

Congressional lawmakers throughout the mid-Atlantic region are voicing their opinion to a plan to revisit oil exploration off the Atlantic coastline.

9 years ago

Listen 4:11
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Tariff could hurt Pa. solar, but won’t ‘slam the door shut’

Pennsylvania’s solar industry will feel the effects of the Trump administration’s move to place a tariff on foreign-built solar panels.

9 years ago

Salem and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations (2017 Emergency Plan on the PSE&G website)
Politics & Policy

Emails: Utility worked with Christie staff to shield data

PSEG spokesman Paul Rosengren said the company has an obligation to keep financial information private.

9 years ago

 Philadelphia Energy Solutions is the largest oil refining complex on the Eastern seaboard. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Philadelphia Energy Solutions files Chapter 11, citing renewable fuels program

The largest refiner on the east coast says its operations will not be disrupted by its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings aimed at restructuring its debt.

9 years ago

Roy Christman (left) and William Kellner protested plans to build the PennEast natural gas pipeline at a FERC ‘listening session’ near Jim Thorpe, Pa. in 2016. FERC has now approved the project. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pa.)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

FERC approves PennEast, saying it would supply needed natural gas

9 years ago

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