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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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Environment

Coral Bay, on the eastern end of St. John, is home to an active sailing community. For months, the Coast Guard has been using a crane boat and barge to retrieve sunken vessels. (Greg Allen/NPR)
NPR
Community

Coast Guard reels in hundreds of sunken and cast-off boats in Virgin Islands

In the Virgin Islands, the debris piles along roadsides from Hurricanes Irma and Maria are mostly gone. In the water however, there's still a major debris problem.

8 years ago

As part of a research effort in 2016, scientists from Carnegie Mellon use mobile labs to detect methane leaks from the natural gas industry. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Environmental group: Methane pollution higher than Pa. thinks

Scientists at the Environmental Defense Fund calculated Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale industry is emitting twice as much methane as companies are reporting.

8 years ago

PPL's Brunner Island coal-fired plant, on the west bank of Susquehanna River, plans to stop burning coal by 2029. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

York County plant will move from coal to natural gas

The Brunner Island Power Plant had come under fire by environmentalists for air and water pollution.

8 years ago

This shows part of the PennEast Pipeline route. (PennEast Pipeline)
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Pipeline showdown: PennEast files for eminent domain against 130 landowners

By far the biggest hit is coming in Hunterdon County, a wealthy rural area of rolling hills and Delaware River-side towns.

8 years ago

This undated photo shows Richard O'Rourke of Warrington, Pa., a former senior analytical chemist for Merck & Co. charged with causing or risking catastrophe, theft, receiving stolen property and recklessly endangering another person. Prosecutors say O'Rourke stole potassium cyanide from a laboratory at the pharmaceutical firm to use for pest control at home, but poured it down a suburban Philadelphia storm drain Dec. 15, 2017, when he learned there was an investigation. (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office via AP)
Courts & Law

Chemist charged with taking cyanide, dumping in suburban Philly storm drain

Reached at his home on Wednesday morning, O'Rourke said didn't want to comment. A message seeking comment from his lawyer wasn't returned.

8 years ago

Fisherman Jim Lovgren says drilling off the Jersey coast is not worth the risk. The Trump administration has proposed opening up the entire eastern seaboard to offshore drilling. (Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

In New Jersey, opponents of offshore drilling gear up for a fight

Fishermen, environmentalists, realtors, and local business owners, descended on a hotel near Trenton voicing their unified opposition to drilling off the coast of N.J.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

13,500 Pa. homes still without safe heating source this winter

Data released Wednesday by Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission shows there are fewer homes without a utility heating service this winter compared to last year.

8 years ago

Blades residents expressed health concerns at a town hall meeting.
Community

Blades residents express health concerns over contaminated water

A fire hall in Blades filled up with at least 100 residents concerned about their health after learning their drinking water is contaminated.

8 years ago

Mariner East 2 construction site on Shepherd Road in Edgemont Township, Delaware County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

What will Sunoco’s $12.6 million Mariner East 2 penalty be spent on?

The Department of Environmental Protection’s penalty for dozens of permit violations over the last year was among the largest ever handed out by the agency.

8 years ago

Students at Mastery's South Philadelphia campus are part of an after school club that helps run Philadelphia's first CSF. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Philadelphia’s new spot for fresh fish is … in a school?

Fishadelphia links fish harvesters in New Jersey with consumers in South Philadelphia. It's the city's first "fish-share" program, and it's run by South Philly students.

8 years ago

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Huntley & Huntley's Midas Well pad, the first Marcellus shale gas well in the Pittsburgh suburb of Plum. Photo: Reid R. Frazier
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Pittsburgh suburbs decide as fracking comes near: Welcome it, or resist?

8 years ago

Sunoco/ETP's Mariner East 2 construction continues this week in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. Despite DEP ordering construction to stop, Sunoco can continue to work on welding pipes. That work is regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, not DEP.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Mariner East 2 critics don’t trust DEP, Sunoco agreement to improve company’s record

8 years ago

 A Board denied an appeal aiming to block a Delaware City refinery project allowing for the shipment of ethanol. (File/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Carney asks EPA to waive renewable fuel requirements for Delaware City refinery

Carney, crude oil refiners say a federal renewable fuels program is to blame for financial problems at refineries such as Philadelphia Energy Solutions.

8 years ago

JON HURDLE / STATEIMPACT PA Construction of Mariner East 2 in West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Sunoco to resume work, pay $12.6 million for Mariner East 2 pipeline violations

8 years ago

A landowner rips up an offer of compensation from PennEast at a rally February 2, 2018.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

PennEast pipeline seeks eminent domain, plus U.S. marshals to protect workers

8 years ago

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