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Environment

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StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Pennsylvania’s biggest environmental group is getting a new CEO

Jacquelyn Bonomo is succeeding Larry Schweiger as the leader of PennFuture. Schweiger is retiring.

8 years ago

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StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Pennsylvania’s environmental rights amendment is back from the dead

John Dernbach, director of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Center at Widener University sat down with StateImpact to discuss.

8 years ago

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StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

PUC’s West Goshen ruling cheers advocates for local control over pipelines

The commission voted unanimously on Thursday to uphold a judge’s ruling that prevented Sunoco from building the valve and associated equipment on private land.

8 years ago

An oil rig rises up from green grass into a clouded blue sky
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Marcellus Shale boom cuts costs for Pennsylvania ratepayers

Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale gas boom has significantly cut energy costs for consumers across the state, according to a new study released Friday.

8 years ago

You Bet Your Garden

Cold clime? Bury your figs ALIVE!

What’s the best way to protect figs in climes where winter gets too cold? On the latest episode of You Bet Your Garden, host M ...

Air Date: October 27, 2017

Listen 53:15
(Chuck Snyder for WHYY)
First
Community

‘We were scared to death’ — 5 years later, Sandy’s impact in Delaware

Delaware dodged the brunt of Superstorm Sandy, but the storm highlighted the state’s vulnerability to high winds and heavy rain.

8 years ago

Before and after photos of a Sandy-devastated New Jersey shore town
Politics & Policy

Lessons from Superstorm Sandy inspire N.J. playbook for disaster recovery

The book will bring back some tough memories for victims and first responders, but Gov. Chris Christie says it also highlights what New Jersey has accomplished.

8 years ago

NRDC study says heatwaves are becoming more frequent in the U.S. . (Big Stock photo)
Science

NRDC: Global warming making heatwaves hotter and more common

If it seems as if summers are getting hotter, they are — at least from the perspective of more days when people are exposed to extreme ...

8 years ago

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StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Future in limbo for coal ash site

A Greene County coal ash landfill won’t be receiving any more coal waste until December, at the earliest.

8 years ago

A Norfolk Southern freight train hauling coal makes it way through downtown Pittsburgh Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.
StateImpact
Science

PJM says plan to subsidize coal, nukes, ‘not workable’

8 years ago

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First
Community

Cultivating future generations of water stewards in Delaware River watershed

Carrying out the legacy of clean water in the Brandywine and Red Clay Creek watersheds falls on the next generation of water stewards.

8 years ago

In 2010 file photo, a wind turbine is pictured in the in front of a steaming coal power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Don’t let the U.S. House Climate Solutions Caucus get your hopes up

Pennsylvania Republicans serving on the House Climate Solutions Caucus have voted against legislation that would fight climate change.

8 years ago

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Community

Superstorm Sandy: 5 years later, it’s not over for some

Five years after Superstorm Sandy, many New Jersey residents are still not back home.

8 years ago

You Bet Your Garden

Resist the Urge to Clean Up Your Landscape

This is the time of year many people feel compelled to “clean up the landscape.” On the latest episode of You Bet Your Ga ...

Air Date: October 20, 2017

Listen 52:57
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The Pulse
Science

Politics on Your Plate

What we eat and how we feed ourselves is inherently cultural and political in nature.

Air Date: October 20, 2017

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