Environment
As Three Mile Island stops producing electricity, one local community braces for change
For those who live nearby, the possibility of the plant’s closure loomed for years.
7 years ago
N.J. officials urge extreme caution as dangerous rip currents persist
Dangerous rip currents continue to impact New Jersey due to large swells from now dissipated Hurricane Humberto.
7 years ago
‘If you don’t act like adults, we will’: Hundreds of youth climate strikers surround City Hall
Many school students and teachers attended the march disregarding the School District of Philadelphia’s announcement that they would be marked as an unexcused absence.
7 years ago
What longtime climate activist Rafe Pomerance wants you to know
StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Susan Phillips sat down with Pomerance and asked him what he wants people to know right now.
7 years ago
Listen 5:34North America has lost 3 billion birds, scientists say
More than 90% of the loss can be attributed to just a dozen bird families, including sparrows, blackbirds and finches.
7 years ago
Five climate change science misconceptions, debunked
Here are five commonly used myths and the real science that debunks them.
7 years ago
Floatopia promotes a swimmable (and tube-worthy) urban Delaware River
Upstream Alliance, an environmental group, organized last weekend’s event to show that the stretch between Philly and Camden is safe to float in — sometimes.
7 years ago
Three Mile Island nuclear power plant’s shutdown is imminent
The shutdown of Three Mile Island, site of the United States' worst commercial nuclear power accident, is imminent.
7 years ago
Pa. GOP members begin moving priority, pro-natural gas package
The raft of proposals serves as a rejection of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s own energy plan.
7 years ago
Climate change brings mosquito whack-a-mole to New Jersey
The salt marsh mosquito was once nicknamed the “New Jersey state bird.” But changing conditions are shifting concern from that mosquito to others.
7 years ago
Listen 4:37Philly students will be marked absent if they join climate strike
The School District of Philadelphia says students attending the climate strike on Friday will be marked as absent, unlike in New York.
7 years ago
Environmentalists pressure Wolf to act faster on methane emissions
Their call for action comes as the Trump administration works to loosen federal regulations on the powerful greenhouse gas.
7 years ago
Court ruling clears way for Mariner East construction to restart in Chester County
PUC will have to lift injunction that blocked work at Chester County site, lawyers say.
7 years ago
20 years ago today, Tropical Storm Floyd moved along the New Jersey coastline, dropping over a foot of rain in inland locations but only had moderate impacts at the Shore.
7 years ago
Going carbon neutral: Pa.’s key role in fight against climate change
StateImpact Pa. signed on to “Covering Climate Now,” an effort that describes itself as “aimed at strengthening the media’s focus on the climate crisis.”
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