Environment
Jobs, economy vs. environment at air permit hearing for Marcus Hook energy hub
Sunoco wants to create a terminal for natural gas liquids.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 49:28Toxic 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.
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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.
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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 53:45Banned, 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.
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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.”
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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.
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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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