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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Environment

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
StateImpact
Politics & Policy

Former DEP official tapped to lead EPA regional office

Trump intends to name former Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Southeast Regional Director Cosmo Servidio as head of EPA’s Region 3 office.

8 years ago

Down the Shore
Science

New phase of Barnegat Bay protection plan features 'pollution budget'

A major component of the plan is the establishment of a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) standard, a pollution budget, for nutrients.

8 years ago

Sunset, a pink sky, and a small boat on Barnegat Bay
Politics & Policy

Christie commits $20 million more to preserving Barnegat Bay

Barnegat Bay in Ocean County will get $20 million worth of protection as Gov. Chris Christie sends New Jersey grants to local and county governments.

8 years ago

StateImpact
Politics & Policy

Q&A: Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy discusses Pruitt, WOTUS, and Clean Power Plan

8 years ago

(File/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Rule-making process begins for new industry in Delaware coastal zone

State environmental officials have begun the process for developing regulations for new industry in Delaware's environmentally protected coastal zone.

8 years ago

COURTESY: PENNFUTURE
StateImpact
Politics & Policy

Enviro group names names in new anti-pollution campaign

A Pennsylvania environmental group is launching an ad campaign against two large industrial facilities near Pittsburgh.

8 years ago

File/WHYY
Science

Major beach replenishment funding approved for Delaware

More than one million cubic yards of sand will be pumped onto beaches in Bethany, South Bethany and Fenwick Island to repair damage caused by recent storms.

8 years ago

Opponents of the Mariner East 2 pipeline, like those engaged in nonviolent civil disobedience at this site in Huntingdon County, say a blog post is falsely linking them to the alleged sabotage of construction vehicles. So far, no one has presented any evidence the sabotage actually took place.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Pipeline critics say blog post seeks to discredit them with ‘fake news’

8 years ago

Protesters gathered in January to ceremonially burn the environmental impact statement for the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline.
StateImpact
Science

Police, protesters prepare for Atlantic Sunrise pipeline construction

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvaniaw
Courts & Law

Last two Dimock families settle lawsuit with Cabot over water

Two Pennsylvania families have settled a lawsuit against a major natural gas producer, ending an almost decade-long fight over alleged water contamination in Dimock.

8 years ago

Oil and gas industry executives gathered Wednesday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh for the annual Shale Insight conference. (MEGAN HARRIS / WESA)
StateImpact
Courts & Law

Police say they don’t want to clash with pipeline protesters

Natural gas infrastructure has been the target of organized demonstrations since the Marcellus Shale boom began a decade ago.

8 years ago

FERC commissioner Rob Powelson says the agency is not a
StateImpact
Politics & Policy

FERC not a rubber stamp, says new commissioner

Rob Powelson, a commissioner with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently appointed by Trump, defended FERC’s track record with interstate pipeline projects.

8 years ago

Trash piles up at Atlantic County Utilities Authority’s warehouse (Bill Barlow for WHYY)
Science

Atlantic County could one day vaporize trash to energy

In a large warehouse in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, trucks and front-end loaders are building a mountain of trash. A quick gl ...

8 years ago

Essence Williams and fiancé Juan Ramos are shown on St. Croix in the Virgin Islands
Lifestyle

Mother works to get daughter off hurricane-ravaged St. Croix

Hurricane Maria started out as a Category 2 storm as it barrelled across the Caribbean. But by the time Temple University theater profess ...

8 years ago

Listen 0:00
An iceberg floats in Baffin Bay in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Tuesday, July 25, 2017. The iceberg calved off a glacier from the Greenland ice sheet, the second largest body of ice in the world which covers roughly 80 percent of the country. (David Goldman/AP Photo)
Science

Op-ed: N.J.’s next governor can make a real difference on climate change

Our next governor has a tremendous opportunity to put New Jersey on track to meet its statewide greenhouse-gas limits and, in doing so, p ...

8 years ago

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