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It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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Environment

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers image.
Down the Shore
Community

Feds consider floodwalls, gates to protect N.J. back bay areas

Could there be some light at the end of the long tunnel for New Jersey's pervasive back bay flooding problem?

7 years ago

President Donald Trump accepts a hard hat from National Electrical Contractors Association President David Long. Trump closed the NECA convention in Philadelphia with a speech on job creation and training. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Trump touts environmental deregulation in Philadelphia

The president told a group of electrical contractors that fewer rules are good for business

7 years ago

Authorities say dune trees were cut in the area of the 32nd Street beach. (Google image)
Down the Shore
Courts & Law

N.J. beachfront homeowner admits cutting down dune trees

A Pennsylvania man has admitted he cut down some trees on sand dunes near his beachfront property in southern New Jersey.

7 years ago

A blue button jellyfish. (By Adityamadhav83 [CC BY-SA 3.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons)
Down the Shore
Community

‘Blue button’ jellyfish make rare Shore appearance

Hurricane Florence may be long gone but the storm's presence is still being felt at the Jersey Shore. 

7 years ago

backhoe works at a construction site
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

‘Regulatory issues’ delay opening of Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 pipeline

PUC cites 'numerous ongoing matters' yet to be resolved

7 years ago

This aerial picture shows the remains of a 10-story hotel in Palu in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi on Sunday. (Azwar/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

More than 800 confirmed killed after tsunami and earthquake in Indonesia

Officials warned that the number of people killed could even reach into the thousands as rescuers reach more affected areas.

7 years ago

Smoke from the Lions Fire obscures granite peaks in the Sierra Nevada. (Nathan Rott/NPR)
NPR
Science

Fire ecologists say more fires should be left to burn. So why aren’t they?

Overgrown forests are one of the biggest contributors to the massive, catastrophic fires that are becoming more common in much of the west.

7 years ago

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks Friday at a conference hosted by the Consumer Energy Alliance in Pittsburgh. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Zinke talks LNG exports, pipeline constraints, offshore wind in Pa. visit

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says Pennsylvania plays a key role in helping the United States deal with foreign adversaries.

7 years ago

Multiple plastic shopping bags on table top (Big Stock)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey plastics ban could be one of the toughest in the nation

Opponents worry about the economic impact.

7 years ago

People testify before the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transporation Wednesday in Pittsburgh on a proposed roll back of vehicle emission standards. (Sabrina Bodon/WESA)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Trump’s plan to roll back vehicle emission standards gets an airing in Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania has joined a coalition of 19 states that intend to sue if the rule becomes final.

7 years ago

Bordentown, N.J.
Community

New Jersey Officials blame high lead levels in Bordentown on old homes, skewed testing

Unsafe levels of lead have been detected in the water supply for Bordentown in South Jersey, which supplies drinking water to about 16,000 residents.

7 years ago

Robert Gidney wipes away sweat while working in Palisades Interstate Park in Ft. Lee, N.J., Monday, July 2, 2018. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Science

Hot, humid summer of discontent comes to an end

The summer of 2018 will be remembered as one of the hottest ever in New Jersey.

7 years ago

A stock image of a Portuguese Man-O-War. (Shutterstock photo)
Down the Shore
Community

Another Portuguese man-of-war influx on Shore beaches likely due to Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence, responsible for an historic deluge over the Carolinas and spurring catastrophic flooding, is likely to blame for another Portuguese man-of-war influx.

7 years ago

A Philadelphia refinery (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

PGW seeks approval for $60 million liquefied natural gas plant in Southwest Philadelphia

The $60 million project could produce 120,000 gallons of liquified natural gas a day.

7 years ago

Natural gas wells in Springville Township, Pa. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Money
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Shale industry: Taxpayers should foot part of the bill for oil and gas oversight

The Marcellus Shale Coalition argues taxpayers should shoulder at least part of the burden.

7 years ago

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