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Environment

An environmental cleanup crew works to remove fuel from a spill in Darby Creek in Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania, near the Philadelphia International Airport. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Sunoco’s stand-in ME2 line leaked gasoline at Darby Creek

8 years ago

As cities and companies — including Starbucks — move to oust straws in a bid to reduce pollution, people with disabilities say they're losing access to a necessary, lifesaving tool.
(Thn Rocn Khosit Rath Phachr Sukh /EyeEm via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Why people with disabilities want bans on plastic straws to be more flexible

For many people with disabilities, going without plastic straws can be a matter of life or death.

8 years ago

A clinging jellyfish found near Tices Shoal in the Barnegat Bay, a popular boating hangout. (Dr. Paul Bologna)
Down the Shore
Community

Dozens of dangerous jellyfish found near Barnegat Bay’s Tices Shoal

The dangerous and invasive clinging jellyfish continue to head south along the Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, a marine biologist says.

8 years ago

In the distance, construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline at Raystown Lake Recreation Area in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

Lindsay Lazarski / StateImpact PA
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

‘No wake zone’ for boaters at Raystown Lake will accommodate Mariner East 2 pipeline work

8 years ago

Solar panels in Hanover generate electricity for the Snyder's-Lance snack company. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Report: Attracting solar farms vital to bolstering renewable energy

Clean energy advocates and environmental officials say bringing solar farms to Pennsylvania needs to happen if the state wants to significantly boost its energy from the sun.

8 years ago

People walk by a Starbucks store in Chicago on May 29. Starbucks announced it plans on removing plastic straws from its 28,000 stores worldwide by 2020.
NPR
Money

Starbucks: Goodbye plastic straws

Starbucks announced on Monday it plans to eliminate plastic straws from its 28,000 stores worldwide by 2020.

8 years ago

A building for sale in the town of Isabel Segunda in Vieques. (Ryan Caron King/Connecticut Public Radio)
NPR
Community

Vieques still finding its footing after hurricane destruction

Vieques has long been a hard place to stay for locals, but a good place for visitors. Now, nine months after Hurricane Maria, that dynamic is even more at play.

8 years ago

Andrew Wheeler, the Environmental Protection Agency's deputy and soon-to-be acting administrator, poses for a photograph released Thursday. (Courtesy Eric Vance/USEPA/Reuters)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Get to know Andrew Wheeler, ex-coal lobbyist with inside track to lead EPA

In the very same pair of tweets announcing Pruitt's departure, President Trump named the man who would be taking his place — for now, at least: Andrew Wheeler.

8 years ago

A stock image of a Portuguese Man-O-War. (Shutterstock photo)
Down the Shore
Science

Portuguese man-of-war washes ashore in Wildwood Crest

For the fourth consecutive summer season, a Portuguese man-of-war has been found on a New Jersey beach.

8 years ago

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt (Andrew Harnik/AP)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Scott Pruitt’s resignation welcomed by lawmakers from both parties

Environmentalists and lawmakers from both parties welcomed the resignation Thursday of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

8 years ago

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was among the most controversial of President Trump's original Cabinet-level picks. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Scott Pruitt out at EPA

Scott Pruitt will no longer lead the Environmental Protection Agency, President Trump announced Thursday afternoon via Twitter.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
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NewsWorks Tonight, July 4, 2018

Independence Day in a deeply divided United States is causing many Americans to ponder patriotism. Activist Giana Graves joins the show t ...

Air Date: July 4, 2018

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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, after sinkholes opened in the area. That caused one of the ME2 project's many delays. (Marie Cusick/WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Sunoco wants to use older pipeline to pump natural gas liquids over unfinished sections of ME2

Local officials say Sunoco has told them it has customers waiting

8 years ago

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Health

Fact check: Can carcinogens released while barbecuing be absorbed through the skin?

Environmental toxicologist Trevor Penning says there’s no need to change your barbecue garb just yet.

8 years ago

Plastic trash is deposited at the high tide line at Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, where local merchants are banned from using plastic straws, styrofoam food containers, and plastic bags. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Monmouth Beach ban on plastics — most comprehensive in N.J. — off to smooth start

Merchants say there's been a period of adjustment since the ban started June 1, but most customers are taking it in stride.

8 years ago

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