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Environment

Yellow markers show the right of way for the Mariner East pipeline in Lebanon County. (Marie Cusick/ StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PUC panel sees ‘statewide concern’ with pipeline corrosion after ME1 leak

Investigators propose a ‘remaining life study’ for the aging pipeline.

8 years ago

Participants leave before the end of the final session of the COP24 summit on climate change in Katowice, Poland on Friday, Dec. 14. (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)
Politics & Policy

Nations at UN climate talks back universal emissions rules

One major sticking point during the talks was how to create a functioning market in carbon credits.

8 years ago

Collette Williams and her son SaVaughn, 13, live a few blocks from the Clairton Coke Works. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Teen’s asthma frames town’s struggle with dirty air

Though it’s cleaner than in the 1970s, the plant is still one of the biggest sources of air pollution in all of Western Pennsylvania.

8 years ago

Downed trees mark the route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in Deerfield, Va., in February. A federal appeals court has blocked development of portions of the pipeline. (Steve Helber/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Quoting ‘The Lorax,’ court pulls permit for pipeline crossing Appalachian Trail

The judges cited Dr. Seuss' The Lorax: "We trust the United States Forest Service to 'speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.'"

8 years ago

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

DEP unveils proposal to reduce emissions from existing oil, gas wells

Pennsylvania environmental officials have come out with a plan to reduce leaks from thousands of the state’s oil and gas wells.

8 years ago

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick has asked Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf for a thorough review of the environmental impact of renewed mining at the Rockhill Quarry in Upper Bucks County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Asbestos discovery at Upper Bucks quarry halts operations

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick wrote to Gov. Tom Wolf, applauding the state government for ceasing operations at the site and asking for a “more thorough environmental review."

8 years ago

Listen 1:04
Members of Philadelphia City Council listen to testimony at hearing of the Health and Human Services Committee. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

City Council hears concerns over impact of pollutants in at-risk neighborhoods

Philadelphia City Council held a hearing Wednesday on how environmental issues can disproportionately impact minority communities in at-risk neighborhoods in the city.

8 years ago

In this file photo taken Aug. 19, 2008, the Chevron Genesis Oil Rig Platform is seen in the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans, La. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Retiring Shore congressman co-leads charge against airgun ocean blasting

A bipartisan group of federal legislators is opposing the Trump administration's recent decision to permit seismic airgun surveying off the Eastern seaboard. 

8 years ago

Honey bees at the entrance of a beehive. The bees fetch fresh air into the beehive. Thuringia, Germany, Europe Date: April 22, 2018 | usage worldwide Photo by: Klaus Nowottnick/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
Radio Times
Science

Insect Armageddon

Guests: David Wagner, Thor Hanson Populations of insects are plummeting around the globe. Bugs are in such steep ...

Air Date: December 12, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
Some of the smallest streams would lose federal clean water protection under Trump's plan. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Trump administration rolls back Obama-era water protections

Farmers and developers are saluting the proposed rollback of regulations.

8 years ago

An Island Beach State Park snowy owl in January 2018 by @michelle_torcicollo_ as tagged #JSHN on Instagram.
Down the Shore
Community

Snowy owls return to the Jersey Shore

After gracing the Jersey Shore with their presence during recent winters, the majestic snowy owls have returned.

8 years ago

A motorists on Highway 101 watches flames from the Thomas fire leap above the roadway north of Ventura, Calif., in December 2017. Hundreds of homes were destroyed in what was then California's most destructive wildfire. (Noah Berger/AP)
NPR
Community

Fire-resistant is not fire-proof, California homeowners discover

California's building codes are not keeping up with the severe, wind-driven wildfires that are becoming the norm.

8 years ago

(From left) WITF Smart Talk host Scott LaMar speaks with Gov. Tom Wolf and first lady Frances Wolf during a live broadcast from the Governors Residence in Harrisburg on Dec. 7, 2018. (Lisa Wardle/WITF)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Gov. Wolf on climate change: ‘We are having real problems’

Wolf spoke Friday morning at the Governor’s Residence with Scott LaMar, host of WITF’s Smart Talk.

8 years ago

Traffic on I-95 heads south toward Center City.
Science

Philly affirms commitment to slashing emissions as study shows global increase

Philadelphia officials say they are committed to a goal of reducing emissions by 80 percent by 2050.

8 years ago

Listen 1:15
323 North Olden Avenue in Trenton, N.J. on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Tim Larsen/New Jersey Office of the Attorney General/New Jersey Office of the Attorney General)
Courts & Law

New Jersey’s environmental justice initiative targets polluters in poor, minority neighborhoods

Grewal announced Thursday his office had filed eight lawsuits against companies from Newark to Trenton to Camden.

8 years ago

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