Environment
Sunoco empties pipeline to deal with Chester County sinkhole
No natural gas liquids are flowing in Mariner East 1 anywhere in Pennsylvania, the PUC says.
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Environmental artist rediscovers Jewish roots of activism
Artwork depicting melting glaciers and dying coral reefs is on exhibit in a Philadelphia synagogue. It centers on the concept of tikkun olam, Hebrew for “repair the world.”
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Listen 2:06New Jersey looks to rejoin RGGI to tackle greenhouse gas emissions
The state Department of Environmental Protection is having an open hearing on two proposals that would allow New Jersey to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
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Listen 1:44Ice disk freezes out Shore man’s attempt to hack peace sign into it
A giant disk of river ice has proved too much for a Jersey Shore attention-seeker who tried to carve a peace sign on it.
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Why opposition to GMOs is a First World privilege
How public mistrust in GMOs destroyed one scientist's dream of helping farmers in developing countries produce sturdier, higher-yield crops.
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Listen 06:49Activists want a new panel to regulate the chemicals in the absence of federal standards.
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Climate change is real…now what?
Today, we'll talk about how an increasing number of Americans are worried about climate change, as well as a couple of small changes being proposed to stem it.
Air Date: January 24, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00PSEG drives home vow to shutter nuclear plants unless public subsidizes them
The company maintains new filings with state demonstrate the case for up to $300 million in annual aid for three years, but most financial information has been redacted.
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Will its own success sabotage the garden state’s solar sector?
Add up solar installations — deployed and in the pipeline — and New Jersey has reached the point which current subsidies expire — before a new program has been put in place.
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N.J. governor nominates two conservationists to Pinelands Commission
Murphy addresses concerns of leading environmentalists who had wanted Christie-era holdovers to be replaced.
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Pennvest will invest $7.9 million into the mid-Atlantic hatchery.
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New Jersey proposes PFAS regulations for groundwater; EPA regulations delayed by shutdown
New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection has taken a step toward cleaning up water contamination from an unregulated class of perfluorinated chemicals known as PFAs
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Mariner East pipelines: New sinkhole opens at Chester County site; Sunoco shuts line
A new sinkhole appeared late Sunday at a Sunoco pipeline site in Chester Co. where several earlier sinkholes led officials to halt construction because of safety concerns.
8 years ago
Pittsburgh-area legislators want hearing on Clairton Coke Works
Officials want answers on Allegheny County’s response to pollution at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works after a Christmas Eve fire damaged air pollution controls at the plant.
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Students report problems breathing after U.S. Steel fire
More kids in Clairton have reported problems with their breathing after a fire damaged pollution controls at a U.S. Steel plant there in December.
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