Environment
Sunoco says PUC asked for expanded work to ‘stabilize’ ground at Chesco pipeline site
Sunoco is preparing to drill 10 more holes behind homes in Chester County’s West Whiteland Township.
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Watch: EPA chief Pruitt faces tough questions on Capitol Hill
There are questions about why Pruitt sanctioned $43,000 for a sound-proof phone booth in his EPA office; the GAO has found that violated federal spending rules.
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Invasive tick species found last year in New Jersey survived winter
The longhorned tick is known to transmit diseases in East Asia, but no disease has been detected in the ones found in Hunterdon County.
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FERC, called a ‘rubber stamp’ by critics, begins policy review for approval of natural gas pipelines
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has launched an inquiry into whether to update its policies on pipeline oversight.
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More than 800 acres of forest burning in Pine Barrens
No injuries were reported and no buildings had been damaged as of Monday morning.
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Paper, not plastic: Sustainable alternatives expanding at Jersey Shore restaurants
An international environmental organization's movement to encourage more bars and restaurants to use less plastic is growing at the Jersey Shore.
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NewsWorks Tonight, April 20, 2018
Teenage protesters rally for a voice in the national debate on gun violence. Preservationists want to save an old Philly chocolate factor ...
Air Date: April 20, 2018
Listen 22:28N.J. governor signs bill prohibiting offshore drilling
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a bill prohibiting oil and natural gas drilling in state waters.
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Proposed bill takes ‘principled position’: By 2050, Pennsylvania should use only renewable energy
A bipartisan group of state legislators want Pennsylvania to aim for 100 percent renewable energy by the middle of this century.
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Thirty-four-year-old Meghan Adorno says being vegan is about keeping herself healthy, protecting animals, and saving the planet.
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Listen 2:40On the spectrum from tree hugger to climate-change denier, Americans claim to be “green” — or not — in all sorts of ways.
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Living in Houston with flaring smokestacks in the distance stoked Carrie Feibel’s eco-anxieties. Still, she decided to have a kid... but just one.
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Listen 5:31Carbon indulgences: Pay to lighten your carbon footprint
Some companies offer you the chance to “erase” your carbon sins without making big changes to your lifestyle.
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Listen 7:57Sunoco says testing is done and Mariner East 1 is safe; state officials say slow down
More than a month after the Mariner East 1 was shut down, Sunoco say they’ve found no problems.
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Small Pinelands wildfire is reminder that N.J. forest fire season is underway
A quickly contained wildfire in Ocean County on Thursday morning is a reminder that New Jersey's spring forest fire season is underway.
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