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Detroit’s urban farms: engines of growth, omens of change

As more farmers choose Detroit as a place to put down roots, some are wondering what the future of urban agriculture look like.

8 years ago

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Isa Betancourt, an entomologist at Drexel University’s Academy of Natural Sciences, collects bugs. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

How animals adapt (and maybe even evolve) to live in cities

Mice, rats, mosquitoes, lizards, and other animals are adapting to live in environments created by humans.

8 years ago

Listen 8:29
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey wants the state to be exempted from a Trump administration plan for expanded offshore oil and gas drilling. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Politics & Policy

N.J. wants out of Trump plan for offshore drilling

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has removed Florida’s waters from consideration for expanded offshore oil and gas drilling — and New Jersey wants the same exemption.

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

Despite DEP order to halt Mariner East 2 construction, some work is still allowed

When it comes to anything other than earth disturbance or water crossings, the agency doesn’t have jurisdiction.

8 years ago

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

Report: Mariner East pipelines could have a $9 billion financial impact

Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners, which is building the $2.5 billion pipeline, paid for the report.

8 years ago

The Ben Franklin Bridge crosses the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Camden. Salt levels are increasing in Philadelphia's rivers.
Science

Study: Rivers getting saltier, compromising water quality

The study looked at decades of streamwater data at U.S. Geological Survey monitoring sites.

8 years ago

 The Obama administration set a goal to cut carbon emissions by power plants by 30 percent by 2030. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
Politics & Policy

Delawareans denounce Trump proposal to end Clean Power Plan

The only public hearing scheduled by the EPA to discuss the decision to end the Clean Power Plan was held in West Virginia, so Delaware leaders held their own hearing.

8 years ago

Oyster Creek Generating Station in Forked River. (Exelon Corporation, file)
Science

Normal operations resume at nation’s oldest nuclear plant

Unusually low tides and high winds impacted the water levels in its intake canal.

8 years ago

Youths play ice hockey on a frozen pond at Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park during a winter storm, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Changing climate and Philly’s freezing temperatures

Warming oceans put more moisture and energy into the atmosphere, creating conditions for stronger storms.

8 years ago

The Acosta metallurgical coal mine opened in Somerset County in 2017. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

With coal consumption down, production ticks up from some Appalachian mines

U.S. coal companies also ramped up production as demand in China increased.

8 years ago

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2016 file photo, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez addresses a large rally in Asbury Park, N.J.,
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Trump proposes oil and gas drilling off the Atlantic coast

8 years ago

In January, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced plans to expand possible offshore drilling sites in federal waters including nine sites in the Atlantic region. (AP file)
Politics & Policy

Trump moves to vastly expand offshore drilling

The five-year plan includes the Atlantic, Arctic, and waters off the California coast.

8 years ago

Kate Donegan dresses her dogs in hoodies when it gets too cold in her 200-year-old South Philadelphia home.
Lifestyle

When furnaces can’t keep up, Philly homeowners get creative to battle cold

The ongoing frigid temperatures is forcing many people to abandon central heating and shrink their lives to just a couple rooms with space heaters.

8 years ago

A black lab gets a walk through the snow on Thursday morning in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science

‘Bomb cyclone’ takes social media by storm

It's the new "polar vortex."

8 years ago

In this photo provided by Jessica Hartman, Monica Newhard, (right), and her granddaughter, Helen Welch, hold their pet bichon frise, Zoey, as the dog’s rescuer, Christina Hartman, stands behind them, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, in Palmerton, Pa. Newhard’s brother says an eagle snatched Zoey from the yard. (Jessica Hartman via AP)
Community

Snatched by hungry eagle, little Pa. dog lives to bark the tale

Zoey the 8-pound bichon frise was gone — taken by a hungry raptor.

8 years ago

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