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Environment

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha spearheaded efforts to publicize and address the water crisis in Flint, Mich.
(Gabriella Demczuk/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Pediatrician who exposed Flint water crisis shares her ‘story of resistance’

As Mona Hanna-Attisha began reviewing her patients' medical records, she noticed the percentage of children with elevated lead levels had increased after the water switch.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, June 25, 2018

A Philadelphia judge has sentenced two brothers to life in prison without parole for fatally shooting a police officer in 2015. Two Cong ...

Air Date: June 25, 2018

Listen 17:01
In hopes of getting farmers some financial relief from the loss of early-season crops, Delaware Agriculture Secretary Michael Scuse has filed an emergency disaster declaration with the USDA’s Farm Service Agency. (WHYY file)
Community

Federal help sought after rainy spring ruins Delaware corn crop, other vegetables

Some parts of Delaware got nearly half of the annual average rainfall total within three months.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

30 years of data show how much the U.S. has warmed. Now the race is on to adapt

Eastern Pa., New Jersey and Delaware have seen a rise of about 2 degrees.

8 years ago

A miniature version of the Brandywine River winds around the spiral staircase in the three-story atrium of the Brandywine River Museum. The commissioned work, by Kathleen Vance, is part of
Arts & Entertainment

Putting nature in a box at the Brandywine Museum

The Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford has opened a show of contemporary art grappling with the sublime in nature.

8 years ago

(Image: opencage.info via Creative Commons)
Down the Shore
Science

Dangerous jellyfish now found in northern Barnegat Bay

A dangerous invasive jellyfish continues to move south along internal Jersey Shore waterways. The clinging jellyfish, packing a po ...

8 years ago

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke at his confirmation hearing last year. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Emails raise questions about Interior Secretary Zinke’s link with oil exec

Whether or not this relationship was unethical may hinge on whether Zinke was still involved in the deal after his resignation from the family foundation.

8 years ago

You Bet Your Garden

The Many Foes of Roses

What’s eating your roses? On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath dons his detective’s cap to pinpoint the perpetrat ...

Air Date: June 22, 2018

Listen 46:27
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Study: Methane emissions cancel near-term climate benefits of natural gas

A new study finds climate-damaging methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas industry are nearly 60 percent higher than Environmental Protection Agency estimates.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania’s gas impact fees rise to $209 million this year

Money goes to local governments, but there is little oversight of how it's spent.

8 years ago

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)
Community

Pa. spill is gasoline, officials say; no word on quantity or source [updated]

Officials investigating a pipeline spill into a creek near Philadelphia have identified the material as gasoline.

8 years ago

The former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove and present day Horsham Air Guard Station is shown Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Horsham, Pa. The military is checking whether chemicals from firefighting foam might have contaminated groundwater at hundreds of sites nationwide and potentially tainted drinking water, the Defense Department said. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Toxic chemical study EPA is accused of blocking just came out. It calls for stricter drinking-water limits

State and local authorities could use standards to set their own rules.

8 years ago

In Kiribati, an island republic in the Central Pacific, large parts of the village Eita (above) have succumbed to flooding from the sea. (Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The refugees the world barely pays attention to

Since 2008, an average of 24 million people have been displaced by catastrophic weather disasters each year.

8 years ago

Waves breaking along a Jersey Shore beach. (Image: Justin Auciello/for WHYY)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Trump administration replaces Obama-era ocean policy

The Trump administration has revoked an environmental and economic management program for the United States' coastal ecosystems.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Report: Jobs in efficiency, renewables grow while clean transportation lags

A new report shows that jobs in most parts of Pennsylvania’s clean energy industry grew over the past year.

8 years ago

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