Environment

Jasmine Sessoms’ job: to be liaison with the community, government, businesses and media as her company recreates the property. She welcomes the challenge.

It’s the latest in a years-long string of beach replenishment projects in New Jersey that have spanned all four coastal counties.

This week: Pa.'s coronavirus small business loans snub black owned businesses, NJ lawmakers call for suing Big Oil, and an update on the spike in quarantine pet adoptions.

Worried about water quality in your stream? Plant a tree next to it, the DCNR says. Stream buffers reduce soil erosion and filter chemical runoff.

Mark Lavenberg begins the job with a full agenda that includes convincing Trenton City Council to fund legally-mandated improvements.

Beachgoers at the Jersey Shore will likely face dangerous rip currents this weekend and early next week as Hurricane Isaias tracks northward, forecasters say. 

More than 200 current and potential Superfund sites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are at risk of flooding in the next 20 years due to sea-level rise.

Shallow private wells near Shore are under special threat as seas rise.

Terrill Haigler always wanted to be a Philly trashman. Now, the sanitation worker is helping his colleagues, and helping others understand the grueling job.

As lawmakers debate how to help Pennsylvania’s economy recover from the coronavirus shutdown, environmental groups see an opening for a cleaner future.

A recent scientific review showed the effects of climate change can worsen the systemic racism Black parents already face.

Cutting VOCs would help environmental justice communities that are disproportionately affected by poor air quality.

Photographs of Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront reveal the intertwined fates of nature, industry and culture.

For years, community members have resisted Elcon Recycling Services’ bid to treat hazardous wastewater so close to rivers and waterways.

June saw higher numbers. Holiday weekends and sweltering temperatures could push an increase in visitors for July, too.