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Emerald ash borer (NewsWorks file photo)

Scientists: Ash tree species pushed to brink of extinction

Five prominent species of ash tree in the eastern U.S. have been driven to the brink of extinction from years of lethal attack by a beetl ...

8 years ago

$A view of the Delaware River from Morrisville, Pa. The Delaware River Basin Commission voted Wednesday on a resolution that could result in a ban on fracking in the Basin.$

StateImpact Pennsylvania

DRBC takes a step toward banning fracking in Northeast Pa.

8 years ago

In 2015 Wolf met with elected officials and landowners from Wayne County to discuss the moratorium on natural gas development in the Delaware River Basin. Several people in the meeting say he offered to help them open up the region to drilling, if they would help him enact a severance tax.

StateImpact Pennsylvania

Landowners: Wolf suggested opening Delaware River Basin to gas drilling in 2015

8 years ago

$Dan Plummer fishes for trout in the Delaware River, Delaware County New York. The Delaware River Basin Commission has proposed a ban on fracking along the river.$

StateImpact Pennsylvania

DRBC confirms it will consider banning fracking in basin

8 years ago

The Monday afternoon Hurricane Jose update from the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Jose: Separating fact from hype

Social media hype is already beginning about Hurricane Jose’s potential threat to the United States’ East Coast in less than ...

8 years ago

Miss North Dakota Cara Mund reacts after being named Miss America Sunday in Atlantic City in 2017. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

New Miss America chides Trump for withdrawing from international climate accord

A new Miss America was crowned in Atlantic City on Sunday night as Miss North Dakota Cara Mund prevailed over 50 ...

8 years ago

PECO crews (Courtesy PECO)

Hundreds from region heading for Florida to help restore power

With millions without power in Florida, dozens of utility crews from the region are headed south to assist with restoring service.

8 years ago

The metal canopy at a gasoline station is shown after it was overturned by high winds brought on by Hurricane Irma, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in North Miami, Fla. (Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo)

Hurricane Irma pummels Florida; ‘This one scares me’

A monster Hurricane Irma roared into Florida with 130 mph winds Sunday for what could be a sustained assault on nearly the entire Sunshine State.

8 years ago

A boat rests on its side in what is normally six feet of water in Old Tampa Bay, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. Hurricane Irma, and an unusual low tide pushed water out into the Gulf of Mexico. (Chris O'Meara/AP Photo)

Irma weakens to Category 2; water empties from bay in Tampa, folks warned to stay out

Hurricane Irma has weakened to a Category 2 storm, technically losing its major hurricane status, after making landfall in southwestern F ...

8 years ago

A crane atop a building under construction in downtown, center, collapsed as Hurricane Irma passed by, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Miami. The crane collapsed in a bayfront area filled with hotels and high-rise condo and office buildings, near AmericanAirlines Arena, according to a tweet from the City of Miami. (Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo)

2 huge cranes atop Miami high-rises collapse in Irma’s winds [video]

Two cranes atop high-rise buildings under construction collapsed Sunday in downtown Miami amid strong winds from Hurricane Irma. T ...

8 years ago

In this geocolor GOES-16 satellite image taken Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, at 18:30 UTC (2:30 p.m. EDT), the eye of Hurricane Irma moves northwest just off the coast of Cuba and south of Florida. (NOAA via AP)

‘Pray for everybody’: Irma begins its assault on Florida

Hurricane Irma roared through the Florida Keys on Sunday with punishing 130 mph winds and began pushing its way north.

8 years ago

A NOAA rainbow infrared satellite image showing Hurricane Irma north of Key West, FL and Hurricane Hose northeast of Puerto Rico Sunday morning.

Sunday is the statistical peak of hurricane season

Sunday marks the statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane seaso ...

8 years ago

In this geocolor image GOES-16 satellite image taken Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, at 11:45 UTC, sunlight, from the right, illuminates Hurricane Irma as the storm approaches Cuba and Florida. (NOAA via AP)

Irma taking aim at Tampa as Floridians hustle to evacuate

With the window closing fast for anyone wanting to escape, Irma hurtled toward Florida with 130 mph winds Saturday on a shifting course t ...

8 years ago

A New Jersey Army National Guard Soldier at the Cape May Armory in Cape May Court House on Sept. 7. (Image: U.S. Army National Guard Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

New Jersey Army National Guard unit deploys to Florida

“You Call, We Haul.” That’s the motto of the the New Jersey Army National Guard’s 253rd Transportation Com ...

8 years ago

Jone Yoon boards up his beach souvenir shop ahead of Hurricane Irma in Daytona Beach, Fla., Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

New Jersey’s elite search and rescue team heads to Florida

After returning from Texas where they helped with the recovery from Hurricane Harvey, members of New Jersey Task Force 1 are heading to F ...

8 years ago

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