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Environment

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

Feds cite Sunoco for Mariner East 2 violation during construction in Ohio

8 years ago

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Dunn and Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell answered questions at a House hearing Thursday. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Lawmakers question agencies’ use of special funds for environmental programs

Rep. Curtis Sonney (R- Erie) said he’d like more transparency from DEP and DCNR about how the special fund money is being committed.

8 years ago

Young fans watch during the first half of an NFL divisional playoff football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, in Philadelphia. (Chris Szagola/AP Photo)
Lifestyle

Tips for Eagles fans: How to dress in layers for a Minnesota winter

Layering is the key to cold-weather dressing, and it works for "any part of the body whether the head, feet and hands or the main core of your body."

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

Delaware County Council looks into risk assessment of Mariner East 2 pipeline

8 years ago

This map provided by DNREC shows the area Mountaire Farms wants to store additional sludge. (GoogleEarth photo courtesy DNREC)
Community

Millsboro residents express discontent over Mountaire permit

During a town hall meeting in Millsboro Tuesday night, residents voiced concerns about a permit application from a chicken plant accused of polluting groundwater.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Tariff could hurt Pa. solar, but won’t ‘slam the door shut’

Pennsylvania’s solar industry will feel the effects of the Trump administration’s move to place a tariff on foreign-built solar panels.

8 years ago

Salem and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations (2017 Emergency Plan on the PSE&G website)
Politics & Policy

Emails: Utility worked with Christie staff to shield data

PSEG spokesman Paul Rosengren said the company has an obligation to keep financial information private.

8 years ago

Sam Lemheney, senior vice president of shows and events for the Philadelphia Horticultural Society introduces
Arts & Entertainment

Rope bridge to add adventure to Philadelphia Flower Show

The annual Philadelphia Flower Show opening March 2 will highlight the beauty and science of water.

8 years ago

 Philadelphia Energy Solutions is the largest oil refining complex on the Eastern seaboard. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Philadelphia Energy Solutions files Chapter 11, citing renewable fuels program

The largest refiner on the east coast says its operations will not be disrupted by its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings aimed at restructuring its debt.

8 years ago

Ornithologist Drew Lanham. (Courtesy of Drew Lanham)
The Pulse
Science

Enjoying the wild while acknowledging its past

Ornithologist Drew Lanham says wilderness offers beauty and freedom — but also holds our painful past.

8 years ago

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Roy Christman (left) and William Kellner protested plans to build the PennEast natural gas pipeline at a FERC ‘listening session’ near Jim Thorpe, Pa. in 2016. FERC has now approved the project. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pa.)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

FERC approves PennEast, saying it would supply needed natural gas

8 years ago

 Three Mile Island's Unit 1 reactor is still operational and provides enough power for 800,000 homes. Unit 2 partially melted down in 1979. (Joanne Cassaro/WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

TMI’s future, federal policy in spotlight on Smart Talk program

8 years ago

The Delaware River flows along the Pennsylvania side at the Delaware Water Gap.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Hearings for proposed ban on fracking in the Delaware basin start this week

8 years ago

Treated oil and gas wastewater flows into a western Pennsylvania stream. (Avner Vengosh/Duke)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Study: Conventional drilling waste responsible for radioactivity spike in rivers

Treatment plants that handle conventional oil and gas waste water are causing a buildup of radioactive materials at the bottom of three Western Pennsylvania waterways.

8 years ago

Polen Run in Ryerson Station State Park, Greene County. Photo: Reid R. Frazier
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Settlement: No longwall mining beneath state park stream in Greene County

8 years ago

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