
Environment
White House feared PR ‘nightmare’ over agency’s stricter chemical limits, emails show
Emails show that the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Control is planning to publish recommendations that EPA officials warned would fuel public alarm.
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Climate change, pipelines, severance tax: Where the GOP gubernatorial candidates stand
Pittsburgh attorney Laura Ellsworth, Pittsburgh businessman Paul Mango, and state Sen. Scott Wagner (R-York County) are running for the Republican nomination.
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17-year-old osprey, one of N.J.’s oldest, still mates, raises young
One of the oldest living ospreys ever recorded in New Jersey returned to his bayside home to nest and roost.
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Tobacco smoke residue can become airborne again indoors
Drexel researchers suggest that after becoming gaseous again, smoke residue compounds can attach themselves to tiny air particles that come inside through an HVAC system.
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Sunoco at PUC hearing: No alternative to building ME2 in Chesco
Sunoco rejected a state senator’s demand that it halt construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in Chester County.
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Pa.’s Volkswagen settlement money to go toward cleaner vehicles, engines
Pennsylvania will use the $118 million it received in a settlement with Volkswagen to fund grants and rebates for cleaner vehicles and engines.
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Finding Natural Lands in the suburbs with opening of Main Line garden
For more than 60 years, the Natural Lands organization has worked to preserve open space and connect people to the natural world.
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Listen 3:47Sierra Club says it will sue Cheswick power plant over air pollution
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Risk of wildfires is high in New Jersey
Wildfire danger usually remains high until around Memorial Day.
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Preserving Our Water: How We Use the Delaware Watershed
Farm to faucet Welcome to the Riverwalk along the Christina River in Wilmington. It’s one of many rivers, cr ...
Air Date: May 4, 2018
Delaware rowers see urban river in a different light
Spend an afternoon on the Christina River with the Newport Rowing Club, and you'll see how these students see the water in a different light.
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DEP hits Sunoco with another fine for Mariner East 2 pipeline construction
The Department of Environmental Protection fined Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners an additional $355,622.
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Looking for climate change answers in the melting north
As Arctic ice caps warmed, scientists — believers and skeptics — came together to seek answers.
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Listen 5:23Indigenous traditions get science backing
Scientists are learning from farmers and traditional healers — and documenting what powers their success.
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