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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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Environment

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Trump’s speech light on energy specifics. Here’s the lowdown behind mentions of coal, exports.

While the president mentioned energy in his first State of the Union speech Tuesday night, he offered few details about his energy priorities.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions' Point Breeze refinery along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. (Kellie McGinn/Philadelphia Energy Solutions)
PlanPhilly
Science

With South Philadelphia refinery in bankruptcy proceedings, neighbors see an opportunity for cleaner air

The refinery is Philadelphia’s single largest generator of particulate emission air pollution, according to city data.

8 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Environmentalists want more action from Tom Wolf. More talk would be nice, too

Many environmentalists say his record, so far, has been disappointing.

8 years ago

DuPont, the longtime Delaware mainstay, has merged with Dow Chemical to form  DowDuPont.  (AP file photo)
Community

DuPont penalized for hazardous waste violations

DuPont’s Experimental Station in Wilmington fined $57,000 for not complying with hazardous waste requirements.

8 years ago

Governor Phil Murphy wants New Jersey to get back in RGGI program. (Governor’s office photo)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey’s new governor says his state will rejoin climate change pact

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed an executive order directing the state to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas I ...

8 years ago

The Upper Tularik Floodplain in the Bristol Bay watershed in Alaska is the site of a fight over a proposed mining project has dragged on for years.
NPR
Politics & Policy

In reversal, EPA suspends Alaska mining proposal to preserve watershed protections

EPA said it was suspending its effort to withdraw proposed protections for a southwest Alaska watershed to make room for a new mine.

8 years ago

Workers remove leaves as nectarines get sorted for packaging
Politics & Policy

N.J. farm workers may not be eligible for $15 minimum wage

New Jersey could join dozens of other states with a minimum wage carve-out for farm workers.

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf doesn't remember a campaign pledge he made to join a regional effort to cap carbon emissions. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Science

Gov. Wolf doesn’t recall campaign pledge to join climate initiative

Gov. Wolf said Friday he never made a campaign pledge to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative —a market-based effort among northeastern states to limit carbon emissions

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Coal company, watershed group reach settlement over new mine

A proposed coal mine is moving forward in southwestern Pennsylvania after its operator reached a settlement with an environmental group.

8 years ago

A new population of the rare red handfish was found off Tasmania. (Antonia Cooper)
NPR
Science

One of the world’s rarest fish is a little less rare than we thought

Meet the red handfish, a name that reflects the hand-shaped fins on the sides of its body. The striking creature doesn't really swim — it "walks" slowly along the sea floor.

8 years ago

Close-up of brown bat with nose fungus. (Ryan von Linden/New York Department of Environmental Conservation)
Allegheny Front
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

UV light could be a ray of hope for bats with white-nose syndrome

Scientists might have found a new way to combat white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by a fungus killing millions of bats in the U.S. and Canada.

8 years ago

On Jan. 2, the Pennsylvania environmental protection department suspended work related to permits it issued for the Mariner East 2 pipeline. This photo shows a work area off Fallbrook Lane in Glen Mills, near Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Mariner East 2: Texts raise questions about Wolf administration role in permitting process

“I don’t know if there’s a smoking gun here but there sure is a lot of smoke,” said Eric Friedman, a Delaware County landowner.

8 years ago

Cayleigh Dorsey was the youngest to stand by the podium at the DRBC hearing. She’s one year old, and was held by her grandmother Alicia Dorsey, from South Philadelphia.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Delaware River Basin fracking ban hearings center on environment, economy

8 years ago

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

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