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Environment

Recycling bins on Cuthbert Street in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Urban Planning

Reduce, reuse, incinerate: Why half of Philly’s recyclables aren’t recycled

Why is Philly incinerating more than half of its recyclables? The answer is complicated, and spans from your kitchen to China.

Air Date: February 11, 2019

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In 2018, Washington voters rejected a proposed carbon tax. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy
The Conversation

Americans say they’re worried about climate change – so why don’t they vote that way?

According to a survey, “record numbers of Americans say they care about global warming.” But voters do not identify climate issues as key drivers of their voting decisions.

7 years ago

The site of the Revolution Pipeline explosion that occurred in September 2018. (Marcellus Air)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. DEP halts new pipeline permits for Mariner East

The Wolf administration says the PUC should take more 'aggressive' action against the pipeline builder.

7 years ago

Environmental activists occupy the office of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi this past December. They plan more sit-ins to push for support of a sweeping resolution to address climate change. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Despite few details and much doubt, the Green New Deal generates enthusiasm

The resolution has few details, but it aims to overhaul the U.S. economy and spread wealth more evenly.

7 years ago

The Green New Deal legislation laid out by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey sets goals for some drastic measures to cut carbon emissions across the economy. In the process, it aims to create jobs and boost the economy.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez releases Green New Deal outline

In very broad strokes, the Green New Deal legislation laid out by Ocasio-Cortez and Markey sets goals for some drastic measures to cut carbon emissions across the economy.

7 years ago

Three young osprey wearing red bands in a New Jersey nest. (Photo courtesy of Ben Wurst/Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey)
Down the Shore
Science

‘Most productive’ year ever for N.J. ospreys in 2018, study finds

Once again, the New Jersey osprey comeback story added another happy chapter to 2018, a report released by the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey finds.

7 years ago

Andres Hassan, 7, plays in the yard of the Sanchez Elementary School in San Francisco, Calif. (Lisa Hornak/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

San Francisco shares its schoolyards, opening communities to green spaces and one another’s lives

Like many cities, when schools closed for the day, usually schoolyards did too. But when the school district upgraded its playgrounds, it kept them open longer.

7 years ago

Listen 08:31
Two grizzly gears at the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Mont. Most bears are relocated to the center when they or their parents have issues with or become too comfortable interacting with humans. (Claire Harbage/NPR)
NPR
Community

As grizzlies come back, frustration builds over continued protections

Since being listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1975, grizzly bear populations in northwest Montana and the Greater Yellowstone Area have tripled.

7 years ago

The cause of the fire at the Delaware City refinery is still unknown. State Sen. Nicole Poore says no one was injured in the blaze. (John Jankowski for WHYY)
Community

Fire at Delaware City refinery contained, cause remains unknown

The cause of the fire at the Delaware City refinery is still unknown. State Sen. Nicole Poore says no one was injured in the blaze.

7 years ago

A new initiative through TerraCycle will bring products like Haagen Dazs to local stores in reusable packaging (Provided)
Community

Haagen Dazs, Procter & Gamble to offer reusable containers in Pa., N.J.

Recycling company Terracycle will pick up the glass and plastic bottles and cartons from grocery stores, or your home, to be cleaned and refilled.

7 years ago

Groundhog Club co-handler John Griffiths, (left), holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 133rd celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog has forecast an early spring. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Community

Punxsutawney Phil doesn't see his shadow, predicting early spring

Just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow in Pennsylvania at sunrise and didn't see his shadow.

7 years ago

Dunes in Midway Beach, South Seaside Park, New Jersey. (Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
Community

Beach replenishment won’t destroy tall dunes that saved N.J. community, feds say

An ongoing beach replenishment project in an Ocean County community that was saved from Superstorm Sandy's wrath won't negatively impact the formidable dune system, federal au

7 years ago

PPL's Brunner Island is a three-unit, coal-fired plant located on the west bank of the Susquehanna River, is seen in York Haven, Pa. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Delaware, New Jersey join lawsuit against EPA’s cross-state pollution rule

Delaware, New Jersey and four other states are challenging the EPA’s ruling on reducing pollution that blows across state lines.

7 years ago

Ray Kemble of Dimock, displays a jug of what he identifies as his contaminated well water in this August 2013 file photo (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Gas driller Cabot wants Dimock man thrown in jail for contempt

A gas driller is escalating its campaign against a Pennsylvania homeowner who’s long accused the company of polluting his water, demanding that he be thrown in jail over his f

7 years ago

A view of the PJM control room. (Courtesy of PJM)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Bitter cold tests electricity, natural gas systems in Pa.

Residents of the mid-Atlantic and Midwest stayed indoors this week to avoid the Arctic air that swept the region, and used a lot of electricity and natural gas to keep warm.

7 years ago

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