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Environment

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)
Politics & Policy

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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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

You Bet Your Garden

Getting the Most Out of Your Garlic

Your garlic harvest is in…now what? Use it fresh before it sprouts? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, host Mike McGrath will ...

Air Date: August 17, 2018

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Crews work to stabilize sinkholes in a West Whiteland Township neighborhood on March 3. The sinkholes appeared near a construction site for the Mariner East 2 pipeline. (Courtesy of Eric Friedman)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP approves ME2 modifications in West Whiteland, but PUC green light still needed

7 years ago

A photo of a Delmarva bay in spring shows the wetland flooded. In summer and fall this same wetland is dry. This isolated wetland falls under Obama's Waters of the U.S. Rule. (Courtesy of DNREC)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Federal judge reverses Trump decision on clean water protections

7 years ago

Gary Szabo rescues an angler from a capsized boat off Monmouth County on Thursday.
Down the Shore
Community

Don’t take my meal: Whale capsizes fishing boat, tossing anglers overboard

A quiet day fishing quickly flipped -- literally -- just off the New Jersey coast on Thursday.

7 years ago

In this photo made on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, a worker walks on top of a container of chemicals used in the making of a brine water that is then pumped below the surface in a hydraulic fracturing process to release natural gas from shale deposits at a gas well site in Zelienople, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
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StateImpact Pennsylvania

Fracking industry water use rises as drills extend, study says

7 years ago

(Justin Auciello for WHYY)
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Health

For first time in at least 20 years, swimming prohibited at Seaside Heights beaches Thursday

It's a historic day in Seaside Heights but not for a good reason. 

7 years ago

A Guadalupe fur seal, foreground. Rescue crews are seeing a higher than average amount of stranded sea lions. Marine biologists nicknamed a patch of persistent high temperatures in the Pacific Ocean between 2013 and 2016 “the Blob.” During that period, decreased phytoplankton production led to a “lack of food for many species,” from fish to marine mammals. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Science

Under the sea, marine heat waves can wreak havoc on wildlife

Even the oceans are breaking temperature records in this summer of heat waves.

7 years ago

Kris Kolluri, president and CEO of Coopers Ferry Partnership, announces plans to clean up the trash-strewn Camden Labs property and turn it into a park.
Politics & Policy

Camden announces playful future for illegal dump

The 10-acre site could begin to sport athletic fields as soon as next summer.

7 years ago

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Swimmers cool off in the Devil’s Pool in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Swimming in the Wissahickon isn’t so idyllic: There’s poop in it

Urbanization has decreased the amount of water that seeps into the ground.

7 years ago

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This road was lined with homes before the town of Odanah, Wis. moved to higher ground. (Joe Proudman/UC Davis)
NPR
Community

Wisconsin reservation offers a climate success story and a warning

Upgrading drainage systems, raising buildings and building sea walls don't require people to leave their homes. For some communities, complete relocation is the best option.

7 years ago

File photo. (Justin Auciello/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Community

Closures, swimming advisories at some N.J. beaches after heavy rain

Monday’s torrential rain that dropped nearly six inches of rain in some New Jersey coastal areas is responsible for numerous beach ...

7 years ago

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