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Jennifer Bryant looks over the debris from her family business destroyed by Hurricane Harvey Saturday, smashing homes and businesses and lashing the shore with wind and rain so intense that drivers were forced off the road because they could not see in front of them. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
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Hurricane season not only brings destruction and death but rising inequality too

Hurricane Lane, which is bearing down on Hawaii, is a reminder of the devastation hurricane season can bring.

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A car is stuck partially submerged in floodwaters from Hurricane Lane rainfall on the Big Island on Wednesday in Hilo, Hawaii.
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Floods hit Big Island as other parts of Hawaii brace for hurricane

The National Weather Service said "extreme flooding" was happening on Hawaii's Big Island

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
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NewsWorks Tonight, August 23, 2018

Elevated levels of toxic chemicals show up in some Montgomery County groundwater. The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Ana Orso discusses th ...

Air Date: August 23, 2018

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PFAS chemicals showing up in Montco water beyond military bases

Aqua has taken two wells offline due to elevated levels of potentially harmful chemicals.

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A Mariner East 2 pipeline construction site is shown off Valley Road near Media, Pensylvaniaa., on Aug. 22. The site is close to where Sunoco is digging up a section of the pipeline after discovering a coating issue that needed to be fixed. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Sunoco replaces section of Mariner East 2 because of flaws in pipeline coating

7 years ago

Rolling Harvest Food Rescue Founder and Executive Director Cathy Snyder in her element.
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Farming stories

Guests: Cathy Snyder, Gail Koskela, Jess Niederer Today, three different perspectives on farming in the greater P ...

Air Date: August 23, 2018 10:00 am

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Canadian geese on the upper Delaware River. (Kimberly Paynter / WHYY)
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Delaware River campaigners assail reservoir releases amid summer deluge

7 years ago

A syringe found on a Monmouth County beach last month. (Photo: Robert Siliato)
Down the Shore
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Syringes once again wash ashore on some N.J. beaches

Medical waste has once again washed ashore on some New Jersey beaches. 

7 years ago

A seawall, which will be increased in size, is shown along the banks near downtown Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Port Arthur, Texas.  The oil industry wants the government to help protect some of its facilities on the Texas Gulf Coast against the effects of global warming. One proposal involves building a nearly 60-mile “spine” of flood barriers to shield refineries and chemical plants. Many Republicans argue that such projects should be a national priority. But others question whether taxpayers should have to protect refineries in a state where top politicians still dispute whether climate change is real. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
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Big oil asks government to protect it from climate change

An ambitious proposal would build a nearly 60-mile "spine" of concrete seawalls, earthen barriers, floating gates and steel levees on the Texas Gulf Coast.

7 years ago

Waves breaking along a Jersey Shore beach. (Image: Justin Auciello/for WHYY)
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3 N.J. beaches under swimming advisories due to elevated bacteria

Three New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories Tuesday due to elevated bacteria counts. 

7 years ago

The Longview Power Plant in Maidsville, W.Va.,Thursday, July 6, 2017. Operators of the coal-burning plant, a new plant that began producing power in 2011, report higher efficiency and lower emissions than other U.S. coal-fired power plants. (Michael Virtanen/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Dems pledge to fight Trump power plan replacement

U.S. Senate Democrats pledged to fight 'tooth and nail' against the proposal. Meanwhile, a Pa. industry group welcomes the plan for relaxing pollution regulation.

7 years ago

A coal-fired power plant in Glenrock, Wyo. The Trump administration's proposal would give states more authority to make their own plans for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. (J. David Ake/AP)
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Trump moves to let states regulate coal plant emissions

The Trump administration has moved to formally replace the Clean Power Plan.

7 years ago

Former Hercules Higgins Plant Gibbstown, New Jersey. (EPA photo)
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EPA presents plan to clean up South Jersey site with decades of chemical contamination

Federal officials will accept public feedback on the plan for the former Hercules plant in Gibbstown until Aug. 28.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
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NewsWorks Tonight, August 17, 2018

Prison officials are considering moving some inmates out of state as a temporary solution to staffing issues. Journalist Maura Ewing expl ...

Air Date: August 17, 2018

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Houses affected by Hurricane Maria, some covered in tarps and missing roofs, seen in June in San Juan, Puerto Rico's El Gandul neighborhood. (Carlos Giusti/AP)
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Politics & Policy

FEMA wants Puerto Rico to start paying for part of its recovery

Eleven months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has said that the island's emergency is over.

7 years ago

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