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Environment

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Jobs, economy vs. environment at air permit hearing for Marcus Hook energy hub

Sunoco wants to create a terminal for natural gas liquids.

8 years ago

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Down the Shore
Community

Jersey Shore town adopts ‘most comprehensive’ plastic ban in country, group says

You won't be finding plastic straws or styrofoam take-out containers in one Jersey Shore town.

8 years ago

rooftop solar panels
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly introduces affordable route to rooftop solar

Solarize Philly, the city group-buying program rolled out in April, promises an additional 20 percent savings on monthly energy bills for those who participate.

8 years ago

In this June 2, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

EPA blocks some media from water contamination summit, then reverses course

The EPA reversed course Tuesday and allowed a reporter for The Associated Press to cover a meeting on water contaminants after she was earlier barred.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Science

A Green Amendment: the right to a healthy environment

Guest: Maya Van Rossum Environmentalist MAYA VAN ROSSUM ...

Air Date: May 22, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:28
Plumes of steam rise as lava enters the ocean near Pahoa, Hawaii Sunday, May 20, 2018. Kilauea volcano that is oozing, spewing and exploding on Hawaii's Big Island has gotten more hazardous in recent days, with rivers of molten rock pouring into the ocean Sunday and flying lava causing the first major injury
Science

Toxic cloud caused by Hawaii volcano lava emerges over ocean

Authorities on Sunday warned the public to stay away from the cloud that formed by a chemical reaction when lava touched seawater.

8 years ago

Rafaela Serrano's house in the municipality of Caguas is still roofless eight months after Hurricane Maria. Countless homes on the island remain damaged two weeks before the start of the next hurricane season. (Adrian Florido/NPR)
NPR
Community

Puerto Rico officials say they’re ready for hurricane season, but worries mount

Officials also said they have pre-positioned emergency generators at critical facilities like police and fire stations and hospitals.

8 years ago

You Bet Your Garden

You Say Potato, I Say Tomato

You say tomato, I say tomahto…but the soil sprouts potatoes! On the latest You Bet Your Garden, Mike McGrath discusses wha ...

Air Date: May 18, 2018

Listen 53:45
An image provided by NOAA shows the hole in the ozone layer in 2015. NOAA scientists now say emissions of one ozone-depleting chemical appear to be rising, even though the chemical has been banned and reported production has essentially been at zero for years.  (NOAA via AP)
NPR
Science

Banned, ozone-depleting chemical is still being produced somewhere, scientists say

The illicit emissions are believed to be coming from somewhere in eastern Asia, but otherwise, nothing is known about the offender. It's a scientific whodunit.

8 years ago

A backhoe digs a path for a pipeline in Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Curious about an energy or environmental issue? Ask StateImpact Pennsylvania

You can ask your question using the form on this page.

8 years ago

An astroturf field and track direct rainwater runoff toward a containment basin in the recently rebuilt Taggart School playground in South Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Community

Designed for green play, a South Philly schoolyard wins recognition

“It was an empty lot; concrete,” said Irene McKallop. “There wasn’t anything there. It was nothing, it was all cement.”

8 years ago

A file photo of clouds associated with a severe thunderstorm passing over the Atlantic Ocean as seen from Seaside Park. (Ben Currie)
Down the Shore
Community

Severe storms generated ‘meteotsunami’ as they moved off N.J.

The service says the tsunami was registered by air pressure sensors and tidal gauge readings in and near the coastal waters.

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 near its bases nationwide. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

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.

8 years ago

Candidates (from left) seeking the Republican Party’s nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s re-election bid next year, Pennsylvania Sen. Scott Wagner R-York County, Laura Ellsworth and Paul Mango. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

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.

8 years ago

An osprey prepares to land on a natural nest in the Barnegat Bay. (Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey)
Down the Shore
Science

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.

8 years ago

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