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Environment

In this Tuesday, March 19, 2019 photo, the blades of wind turbines catch the breeze at the Saddleback Ridge wind farm in Carthage, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Democrat-controlled statehouses endorsing clean energy

State legislatures have introduced at least 329 climate change bills this year that address greenhouse gas emissions.

7 years ago

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

N.J. AG Grewal applauds Trump administration move to abandon offshore drilling plans

The Trump administration has halted its plans for offshore drilling all along East Coast, but New Jersey is proceeding with two suits against U.S. over the issue.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during a campaign stop on Friday, April 26, 2019, at Allen University in Columbia, S.C. (Meg Kinnard/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Cory Booker offers plan to address environmental inequality

Booker says addressing environmental inequality is one of today's civil rights battles.

7 years ago

(Angela Hsieh/NPR)
NPR
Education

8 ways to teach climate change in almost any classroom

Fewer than half of K-12 teachers told us that they talk about climate change with their children or students.

7 years ago

Madeleine Dean
Politics & Policy

Rep. Dean will introduce PFAS bill, the 15th in Congress this year

Both the House and Senate have stepped up efforts to address the toxic chemicals, which affect communities in Bucks and Montgomery counties and nationwide.

7 years ago

Crews work at the site of a sinkhole along the Mariner East pipeline route near the Pennsylvania State Police barracks on Route 1 in Delaware County on Thursday, April 25, 2019. Pipeline builder said there were no leaks and no pipelines were exposed. (Kimberly Paynter / WHYY)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sinkhole opens up along ME2 route in Delaware County; no leaks or injuries

Sunoco says hole has been filled and pipeline operations continue

7 years ago

Candidates for Philadelphia City Council At-Large discussed their positions on the environment Wednesday evening at the Academy of Natural Sciences. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly Council candidates talk plastic bag bans, zero-emissions public transit at forum

Six candidates for Philadelphia City Council at-large seats laid out their wide-ranging ideas for a greener city at an environmental forum Wednesday night.

7 years ago

WHYY graphic showing the width of a Wildwood beach.
Down the Shore
Community

Annual Wildwoods sand transfer underway

North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello says the effort, which will continue for about a month and end before Memorial Day weekend, is more than just to create wider beaches.

7 years ago

PFAS are toxic chemicals commonly found in clothing and non-stick cookware like teflon. York County homeowner Nathan Volpi found out getting his water tested was neither easy nor cheap (Wallace McKelvey/PennLive)
Health
PA Post

PFAS chemicals in drinking water: How one Pa. homeowner took matters into his own hands

The more Nathan Volpi learned about PFAS, a man-made chemical linked to various health conditions that isn’t routinely tested for in drinking water, the more it troubled him.

7 years ago

Canon-McMillan High School in Washington County. (Courtesy of Marcellus Air)
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

No cancer cluster in Washington County school district, says Pa. health department

In a report released Tuesday, the state concluded that rates of Ewing sarcoma weren’t “consistently or statistically significantly higher than expected."

7 years ago

Anyone who owns property in Philly can sign up to receive a free solar assessment of their home or business. 2019 is the last year to qualify for a 30% federal tax credit. (Courtesy of Solar States)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

Solar ‘ambassadors,’ discounts on installations all part of Philly’s plan to make 2019 the year of sun power

Anyone who owns property in Philly can sign up to receive a free solar assessment of their home or business. 2019 is the last year to qualify for a 30% federal tax credit.

7 years ago

Ashley Richards will be the city's first urban agriculture director. (Courtesy of the City of Philadelphia)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Philly names first-ever farm czar

Richards got their start as a planner in New York, where they facilitated the creation of an urban farm cooperative lead by Black and Latinx Bronx residents.

7 years ago

Surrounded by student supporters of the hellbender — and a mascot — Gov. Tom Wolf signs a bill officially designating the salamander as state amphibian. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Science

Snot otter? Lasagna lizard? By any name, hellbender now Pa.’s official amphibian

It may not be pretty, but supporters of the Eastern hellbender say it’s a vital reminder to keep streams and waterways healthy.

7 years ago

Researcher Melissa Sullivan uses an infrared FLIR camera to determine if methane is leaking from a well site. (Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Methane hearing draws concern over state rules, talk of promising new technology

While Pennsylvania officials weigh how to regulate emissions from natural gas well sites, a panel of state senators heard how leak detection technology is creating more jobs.

7 years ago

The Limerick Generating Station
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania utility regulator speaks out against state Senate’s nuclear bailout bill

Place: If Three Mile Island is the only plant in trouble right now then the bill is, “quite an expensive solution to the issue.”

7 years ago

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