Environment
Feds authorize seismic surveys for Atlantic Ocean drilling
The Trump administration is authorizing the use of seismic air guns to find oil and gas formations deep underneath the Atlantic Ocean floor.
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Climate change: the talks, the costs, and the consequences
Guests: Jean Chemnick, Robert Kopp, Stephen Pacala The UN climate change conference in Katowice, Poland starts Mo ...
Air Date: November 30, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:58Movement grows to establish seafood ‘gleaning’ program in N.J.
The Cape May County Board of Freeholders is the latest legislative body to support a program that would allow the New Jersey fishing indu ...
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Wilmington wetland park project meant to ease flooding gets $3M federal grant
The park will play a key role in reducing the floods that inundate Wilmington's Southbridge section.
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Listen 1:19Pa. lawmakers continue climate change fight after Trump rolls back clean power plan
The Trump administration decided to roll back President Obama’s clean power plan in August.
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From toilet to tap: Texas town makes the most of its ‘pre-owned’ water
Water shortages forced Big Spring, Texas to begin reusing its wastewater five years ago, but not all locals are on board.
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Listen 8:06Most of us take our drinking water for granted — switch on the tap, and out it flows. But in much of the world, that’s not the case. ...
Air Date: November 30, 2018
Listen 48:51Water stories: 1,001 voices from around the world
After a bike ride down the Mississippi, Devi Lockwood set out to record water stories on every continent. Here are two: one from Afghanistan, the other from China.
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Listen 6:47Pa. men fined more than $2K for N.J. striped bass violations
Three Pennsylvania men were fined more than $2,000 each for fishing violations at the Jersey Shore, authorities say. Acting on a t ...
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Take two aspirin and a bunch of Swiss chard: Hospital farm aims to promote patient wellness
Lankenau's Wellness Farm yields thousands of pounds of produce for distribution to patients at no charge.
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Listen 4:36Marine experts say to keep an eye out for ‘cold-stunned’ sea turtles on N.J. beaches
The cold snap around Thanksgiving that dropped ocean temperatures is putting migrating sea turtles at risk of washing ashore on New Jerse ...
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Incorrect gasket blamed for toxic gas leak at Delaware facility
An incorrect gasket failed Sunday afternoon at Croda’s Atlas Point facility near New Castle, Delaware causing toxic, highly flammable ethylene oxide to leak.
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Climate petition calls on Pa. to cut emissions through cap-and-trade system
Among states, Pennsylvania is the third biggest emitter of carbon. The petition sets in motion a legal process that entails a response from the state.
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Health effects uncertain, high toxin levels found in blood of residents near military bases
Blood tests for more than 230 residents of Bucks and Montgomery counties have come back showing high levels of a class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS.
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