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Environment

The Tunkhannock Creek crosses Pocono Raceway property in Long Pond, Pa. It feeds into the Delaware River. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Environmentalists win battle to protect ‘exceptional’ streams in the Poconos

A group of resort owners had challenged DEP's new classification of headwater streams in Monroe County.

7 years ago

This Dec. 2, 2008, file photo shows a chicken farm just outside the city limits of Pittsburg, Texas. (LM Otero/AP Photo, File)
Health

Del., Pa. slaughterhouses illegally dumping wastewater, pollution report finds

Between Jan. 1, 2016, and June 30, three-quarters of the largest U.S. slaughterhouses violated the Clean Water Act by improperly disposing of contaminated wastewater.

7 years ago

Rescue personnel search for people who may need help in Mexico Beach, Fla., on Thursday, one day after Hurricane Michael made landfall near the area. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
NPR
Community

Recovery work begins after Hurricane Michael carves through Florida Panhandle

More than 400,000 electricity accounts had lost power in Florida as of Thursday morning.

7 years ago

Hotel employees look at a canopy that just collapsed, as Hurricane Michael passes through in Panama City Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
NPR
Community

Powerful Hurricane Michael makes history as it batters Florida Panhandle

Data collected by NOAA and U.S. Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft recently showed gusts up to 172 mph.

7 years ago

Public domain image.
Down the Shore
Community

Flash Flood Watch in effect for the Jersey Shore

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for the Jersey Shore due to the threat of heavy rain on Thursday.

7 years ago

Residents watch as the 18,137 acre Holy Fire burns around them for the fourth day in Lake Elsinore, California in the early morning on August 10, 2018. (Photo by Christian Monterrosa / Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
Radio Times
Science

The U.N.’s dire climate change study

Guest: Ben Strauss The new U.N. climate report that paints an urgent and dire picture of the Earth’s future if ...

Air Date: October 10, 2018 12:20 am

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NPR
Community

Hurricane Michael packs 110-mph winds as it heads toward Florida panhandle

7 years ago

Some of the highest levels of PFAS contamination have been found on military bases like Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, because the chemicals have been used for years in firefighting foam, and persist in groundwater. (Bill Barlow for WHYY)
Health
NJ Spotlight

Study: PFAS levels at N.J. base 24,000 times higher than proposed fed standard

Water sources at New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst contained levels of toxic PFAS chemicals that were up to 24,000 times hi ...

7 years ago

A monarch butterfly in Cape May, New Jersey. (Courtesy of Mark Garland)
Down the Shore
Community

Monarch butterfly migration season heats up in Cape May

Like clockwork, the monarch butterfly migration season along the Jersey Shore is heating up.

7 years ago

Greenpeace activists hang a banner prior to a press conference of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) in Incheon, South Korea. The landmark U.N. report on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius was released after a week-long meeting of the IPCC's 195 member nations.
NPR
Science

Grim forecast from U.N. on global climate change

Some of the world's top climate scientists have concluded that global warming is likely to reach dangerous levels unless new tech is developed to remove greenhouse gases.

7 years ago

(Matt Rourke/AP)
NPR
Health

FDA bans use of 7 synthetic food additives after environmental groups sue

"...the petitioners provided evidence that these substances caused cancer in animals who were exposed to much higher doses," the FDA statement says.

7 years ago

In this photo taken by Salem Township Supervisor Kerry Jobe, flames erupt during a natural gas explosion at a pipeline complex in Greensburg, Pa., Friday, April 29, 2016. The explosion, which burned one person, caused flames to shoot above nearby treetops in the largely rural Salem Township, about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh, and prompted authorities to evacuate businesses nearby. The cause of the blast wasn't immediately clear. (Kerry Jobe via AP)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Mariner East 2: What are natural gas liquids, and what happens if they leak?

In 2017, about 1,000 gallons of natural gas liquids leaked from the Mariner East 1 in Morgantown, Berks County. It was discovered by a resident who noticed discolored grass.

7 years ago

Alyssa Collins, Director of the Penn State Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center, holds hemp seeds grown as part of a research crop. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Science

Research in Pa. could inform future hemp production in Mid-Atlantic

Farmers and researchers in 23 Pennsylvania counties have been studying industrial hemp in trial crops this year.

7 years ago

The Willow Grove Naval Air Station is one of two former military installations believed to be the source of toxic chemicals in well water around Horsham, Warrington and Warminster. (Emma Lee/WHYY)</p>
Courts & Law

U.S. court ruling opens door to more suits over contaminated water supplies

After two years of legal setbacks, a federal court ruled this week that two families from Bucks and Montgomery counties can proceed with ...

7 years ago

Claudia Copley begins
 her work collecting insects and spiders on Mt. Whitford, British Columbia. Copley manages the entomology collection at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, British Columbia. (Molly Segal)
The Pulse
Science

Discovery science didn’t end with Darwin

In remote British Columbia, biologists document species that have adapted to the cold. The goal: create a baseline for the region before climate shifts change the ecosystem.

7 years ago

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