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Environment

Windward Beach in Brick, N.J. (Google Maps)
Down the Shore
Community

Excessive fecal bacteria levels close 2 N.J. beaches

On the heels of swimming advisories issued for dozens of New Jersey beaches earlier this week, state officials have closed two beaches due to excessive fecal bacteria levels.

7 years ago

Delaware wants the EPA to rule that the Harrison Power Station in Haywood, West Virginia, is one of four plants violating clean air standards and negatively impacting Delaware.
Politics & Policy

Delaware to EPA: Reconsider petition about ‘upwind’ pollution

The state is asking the agency to give officials a chance to explain the importance of reducing air pollution beyond Delaware's borders.

7 years ago

An adult female turtle crossing Great Bay Boulevard in Little Egg Harbor. (Image courtesy of Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey)
Down the Shore
Community

Turtle roadway strikes in problematic area slashed thanks to group’s efforts

Why did the turtle cross the road? To lay eggs, of course. It’s now the beginning of the annual nesting season for northern diam ...

7 years ago

Solar panels
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Gov. Wolf signs bill to help finance clean energy, efficiency projects

The bll aimed at helping commercial property owners finance the costs of installing renewable energy, water conservation, and energy efficiency upgrades.

7 years ago

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki stands with Apostle John T. Graham of Temple United Church and neighborhood residents employed to clean city streets and neighborhoods in West Center City. (City of Wilmington)
Community

Wilmington offers day-to-day jobs to clean the city

A new program will offer a day’s employment to city residents, paying them to clean up their neighborhoods.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, June 12, 2018

Concerns continue over elevated cancer rates in some Bucks and Montgomery County towns, despite a new state Department of Health study. O ...

Air Date: June 12, 2018

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This July 27, 2011 file photo shows a farmhouse in the background framed by pipes connecting pumps where the hydraulic fracturing process in the Marcellus Shale was underway at a Range Resources site in Claysville, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Court rejects fracking company’s appeal in ‘rule of capture’ decision

7 years ago

A clinging jellyfish that was found in an Ocean County river. (Image courtesy of Dr. Paul Bologna)
Down the Shore
Community

Invasive jellyfish with powerful sting found in another N.J. river

A tiny invasive jellyfish that packs a powerful sting has been found in a second Jersey Shore river since May. 

7 years ago

About 150 people showed up at a rally in West Chester on Saturday to urge the state's Public Utility Commission to shut down Sunoco's Mariner East pipeline project.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Urban Planning

As PUC decision nears, Mariner East foes rally to call for total shutdown

Commission's ruling could come this week

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Wolf administration, two years after climate pledge: ‘no specific timeline’ on methane regulations

New requirements for the oil and gas industry don't affect thousands of existing wells.

7 years ago

Using card with black symbols, researchers trained honeybees to understand that sugar water would always be located under a card with the least number of symbols — including when presented with a card that was totally blank. (Don Farrall/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

Math bee: Honeybees seem to understand the notion of zero

Honeybees understand that "nothing" can be "something" that has numerical meaning.

7 years ago

Image: Julio Cortez/Associated Press
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Trump administration reverses course, won’t seek Sandy aid cut

The Trump administration is no longer requesting a $107 million cut of Superstorm Sandy recovery aid.

7 years ago

Native plants sit on Delaware Gov. John Carney's desk as he signed legislation creating a commission to protect native species. (Dan Rosenthal/WHYY)
Science

Delaware moves to protect native species

A new Delaware commission will work for the next decade to preserve and propagate plants and animal species that are native to Delaware.

7 years ago

Methane leaks throughout the entire process of developing natural gas– from well sites, to storage and processing facilities and pipelines. (Joe Ulrich/WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania, for first time, sets methane regulations on natural gas wells

Gov. Wolf touts the rules, which apply only to new wells.

7 years ago

You Bet Your Garden

Gardening Against the Odds: High Altitude, Short Season, and No Water

How can you grow tomatoes in a short season…at high altitude…and with no water? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGr ...

Air Date: June 8, 2018

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