Environment

A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the multistate agency that oversees the Delaware River watershed to ban fracking and related activities.

Red dye was released for 12 hours during an exam of how a wastewater spill could affect shellfish in the Delaware Bay.

Anyone entering the ocean Thursday could face potentially life-threatening conditions, forecasters warn.

The agency said it only ‘recently’ learned of the plan to load potentially explosive liquids onto tankers in Gloucester County.

Air quality experts say the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery fire released enough particulate matter to affect neighbors.

Two New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories issued Tuesday afternoon, state officials said. 

Despite a New Jersey moratorium, quota system has failed to restore numbers of migratory shorebirds, advocates say.

Rain helped firefighters get the upper hand on a fire that consumed 1,800 acres in New Jersey's Wharton State Forest.

The program has launched in the mid-Atlantic region, allowing customers to order household products in reusable containers that they can return.

In one study at Monmouth University, researchers are evaluating water quality at popular surfing beaches along the Jersey shore.

A string of natural disasters has hit the U.S. in recent weeks. While none of these events can be directly attributed to climate change, for many the connection seems clear.

Many organic farmers would love to find an alternative to plastic, but they say there isn't one at the moment.

A new fleet of 25 electric buses hit Philadelphia streets this week. If all goes well, the entire fleet could eventually run on batteries.

An company says it will reapply to build a hotly contested pipeline that would carry natural gas from Pa. through N.J., and under a bay and the ocean to New York.

The identity of Australian farmers is under threat as fire, flood, drought, and rising feed and water costs make it harder for them to stay economically viable.