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Environment

A natural gas power plant under construction in Bradford County, Pa. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
NJ Spotlight

PSEG plans to power down all but three natural-gas power plants

Company indicates that making the closeouts a done deal by 2046 is critical to goal of reducing climate-warming emissions to net zero by 2050.

7 years ago

Using desert-taming techniques the ancients mastered, farmers in Israel’s Negev desert are growing wine grapes. (Image courtesy of Ben-Gurion University)
The Pulse
Science

Wine grapes grow again in Israel’s Negev desert

Using desert-taming techniques the ancients mastered, a region of Israel sees vineyards flourish.

7 years ago

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A field crew prepares to weigh a grizzly bear they have collared as part of ongoing research into Alberta's grizzly population. (Molly Segal/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Counting Alberta’s grizzlies: Are they recovering or still threatened?

Where one Canadian team works, there are rugged mountain peaks, foothills and vast meadows, as well as towns and farmland. How many bears live here? 

7 years ago

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In this Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, photo, pedestrians in Newburgh, an upstate New York city already struggling with poverty and violent crime were told to have their blood tested for a toxic chemical because its water supply was found to have high levels of the cancer-linked chemical PFOS that was used for firefighting at the nearby military base. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Environmental racism / Mueller testimony

We talk about why environmental health hazards disproportionately affect communities of color and we get analysis of Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress.

Air Date: July 25, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:04
Pennsylvania state Sen. Anthony Williams questions a witness during a hearing on the PES refinery fire at the University of Pennsylvania. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

PES refinery fire highlights need for better air monitoring, experts tell Pa. lawmakers

Scientists and regulators appeared before state lawmakers to discuss environmental impacts of June’s blaze at Philadelphia Energy Solutions.

7 years ago

A drill worker covered in Marcellus shale, and drill cuttings seals off a well and cleans the blowout preventer at a Cabot Oil & Gas natural gas drill site in Kingsley, Pa. Washington County has nearly 1,700 Marcellus shale gas wells. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. court issues split decision on industry challenge to state’s natural gas regulations

The rules include requirements to clean up well sites shortly after drilling activities end and to make sure nearby abandoned wells aren’t contaminated by new drilling.

7 years ago

Windward Beach in Brick, N.J. (Google Maps)
Down the Shore
Community
Down the Shore

Swimming temporarily banned at 2 N.J. beaches due to fecal bacteria

After swimming advisories were issued Tuesday for five New Jersey beaches, state officials closed two Ocean County beaches on Wednesday due to unacceptable bacteria levels.

7 years ago

A discarded television lies in a vacant lot off Pershing Street near the PATCO rail tracks. Activists (from left) Vedra Chandler, Meishka Mitchell and Noreen Scott Garrity, are working to stop the practice of illegal dumping on Camden lots. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Camden asks artists to transform illegal dumping sites

The City of Camden plans to turn illegal dumping sites into public art spaces near major transportation corridors in hopes to change people’s perceptions of the city.

7 years ago

Listen 1:44
Leafy Pine Street in Center City is contrasted with treeless North 5th Street in Hunting Park.
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Philly’s low-income neighborhoods have fewer trees and the city’s free tree program isn’t helping

A new analysis shows where the city has street trees, revealing a gap between well-off neighborhoods and those with higher rates of poverty.

7 years ago

A smoke stack at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

U.S. bankruptcy judge approves $65 million loan for PES refinery

Philadelphia Energy Solutions says the goal after reorganization is to rebuild and continue to operate its South Philadelphia refinery complex.

7 years ago

Waves breaking along a Jersey Shore beach.
Down the Shore
Community

Fecal bacteria leads to swimming advisories at 5 N.J. beaches

Five New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories issued Tuesday afternoon due to exceeding the allowable bacteria threshold, state officials said.

7 years ago

In this 2018 photo, a Twin Otter aircraft flies over New York Harbor and New York City on a research mission. In older Eastern US cities, nine times as much natural gas is leaking out of pipelines, homes than federal government had thought. (Eric Kort/University of Michigan via AP)
Science

Eastern U.S. cities spewing 9 times more methane into air than thought

Older U.S. east coast cities are leaking nine times as much natural gas into the air — from homes or pipes heading into houses — than the federal government had thought.

7 years ago

Tina Hylton says cleaning up trash on the streets of Wilmington has helped her stay sober. She’s part of a pilot program called Work-a-Day Earn-a-Pay that’s being expanded statewide. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Clean streets program allows those struggling with addiction to literally work towards recovery

A work program designed to help keep Delaware’s streets clean is also helping those struggling with addiction work to recovery.

7 years ago

A file photo of clouds associated with a severe thunderstorm passing over the Atlantic Ocean as seen from Seaside Park. (Ben Currie)
Down the Shore
Community

Fierce storms knock out power to around 200K utility customers at the Shore

More than 200,000 utility customers are without power at the Jersey Shore early Monday evening following a line of severe thunderstorms. 

7 years ago

Protesters gather attention outside the building that formerly housed offices of the Pa. Democratic Party. (Naomi Brauner/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

10 arrested during Philly climate change sit-in to pressure Democrats

Dozens of protesters with the Sunrise Movement crowded offices in a building where the Democratic Part once held offices. Ten people were arrested.

7 years ago

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