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The Pulse
Health

So what’s the climate change/asthma connection?

Warming temperatures worsen ozone pollution. Excess carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas) causes plants to grow faster and release more pollen — extending the “allergy” season.

7 years ago

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Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2. Sinkholes that opened in the area prompted the state's Public Utility Commission to order that an existing pipeline nearby, the Mariner East 1, be shut down until it could be determined that the sinkholes didn't threaten its safety. PUC on May 3 approved a re-start of Mariner East 1. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco: Mariner East 2 delayed to 2020, so company will join three pipes as substitute

Company did not immediately say when natural gas liquids would begin moving through the lines.

7 years ago

In this June 3, 2017, file photo, the coal-fired Plant Scherer stands in the distance in Juliette, Ga. (Branden Camp/AP)
NPR
Science

EPA boasts of reduced greenhouse gases, even as Trump questions climate science

The Trump administration is celebrating a drop in the nation's greenhouse gas emissions last year while the president remains skeptical of climate science.

7 years ago

Trash collected by volunteers with the Clean Ocean Action environmental group in April 2012. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo
Down the Shore
Community

Thousands to scour N.J. waterways during massive trash sweep

Clean Ocean Action, a regional coalition that fights for clean water off the New Jersey and New York coastlines, will host its 33rd annual Fall Beach Sweep this Saturday.

7 years ago

Prince Gallitzin State Park Manager Jessica Lavelua (left) and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn demonstrate an electric vehicle charging station.
Community

Electric car drivers can get an extra charge out of visiting Pa. parks, forests

Washington Crossing Historic Park in Bucks County now has the car-charging pedestals. Several other area parks will be outfitted with the devices by the end of 2019.

7 years ago

Allagash employees Salim Raal, left, and Brendan McKay stack bottles of Golden Brett, a limited release beer fermented with a house strain of Brettanomyces yeast. The Maine brewery recently installed solar panels as part of its sustainability initiatives. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
NPR
Science

Good news for ‘green’ brews: Consumers say they’ll pay more for sustainable beer

Investment in energy-efficient technologies can be costly, but according to a study published last week in PLOS ONE, these investments may be worthwhile.

7 years ago

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

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