Environment
Wolf’s $8M to remove PFAS from Bucks water won’t solve the problem, activists say
Pennsylvania will pay to help remove unregulated toxic contaminants from 17 wells in the Bucks County communities of Warminster, Ivyland, Warwick and Warrington.
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Should we stop eating meat to fight climate change?
Cut way back on red meat, say scientists, who came up with a controversial diet recommended for our health, and the planet’s.
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Listen 08:32Forty years after the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island changed the trajectory of nuclear energy in this country, the debate over its safety and viability continues.
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Despite favorable political winds, scant progress in N.J. on climate change
Environmental advocates weigh in on why pollution-control efforts in the Garden State have lagged, and on prospects for reaching the state’s goal on carbon emissions.
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Philadelphia seeks to heal old Eastwick wound with a ‘village in the city’
Philadelphia’s ‘road map’ for Eastwick development moves a process 60 years in the making forward.
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Pa. expects funding from popular conservation program this year despite 5-month lapse
Despite strong bipartisan support for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Congress let it expire last September.
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Chasing clean power: Why Three Mile Island is fighting to stay open
Forty years after the country's worst nuclear accident, Three Mile Island could close. That's sparked a debate about the risks and benefits of this carbon-free energy source.
Air Date: March 27, 2019
Listen 13:50Public will never know truth behind Three Mile Island, anti-nuclear energy advocates say
"Three Mile Island is an accident without an ending," TMI Alert’s Eric Epstein said.
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The health department says there have been four cases of Ewing sarcoma in the past decade in the Canon-McMillan School District.
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Spiny dogfish wash ashore at N.J. beaches
Authorities say dozens of spiny dogfish sharks washed up on beaches across southern New Jersey last weekend.
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Green New Deal vote sets up climate change as key 2020 issue
Senate Republicans will force a vote on the Green New Deal this week as part of an effort to turn the provocative climate change resolution into a wedge issue for 2020.
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New Jersey orders cleanup of clothing, cookware chemical manufacturers
The state Department of Environmental Protection ordered the manufacturers Monday to provide a detailed account of their use and discharge of so-called PFAS substances.
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Veterans are concerned about climate change, and that matters
In addition to its potential effect on military infrastructure, climate change could pose threats to global security.
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What makes people heed a weather warning … or not?
Even an unprecedented twister can be predicted. The issue is how people interpret these warnings.
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25 Delaware River-area water quality projects get $4.1 million in federal funds
Water quality improvement projects in the Delaware River Watershed get $4.1 million under the new Delaware River Basin Conservation Act.
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