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Environment

Washington County resident Frank Brownlee stands in his backyard, where a rig on the hill behind him is drilling natural gas wells. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Pennsylvania’s gas fields ramp up for more drilling in 2018

The site of some of the state’s newest gas wells lies atop a Washington County hill in Frank Brownlee’s backyard.

8 years ago

Chiemela Ohanele, Adoma Boateng and AnnaClaire Osei Akoto, all juniors at the University of Pennsylvania, are designing a hands-on course on water, sanitation, and hygiene. (UPenn)
The Philadelphia Tribune
Science

UPenn students take on peace, water, and climate

One way to learn about climate change is to read about it. Another way is to experience it firsthand.

8 years ago

Duncan, the 14-year-old Nigerian dwarf goat, wears his
Community

Goat coats, flicks for giraffes help Philly area zoo animals cope with the cold snap

While the cold snap in the Philadelphia region is sending humans searching for warmth, some animals at local zoos are happy chilling outdoors. Others, not so much.

8 years ago

A natural gas well site operates in southwestern Pennsylvania. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

CNX Gas fined more than $400,000 for drilling violations

The penalties stem from incidents at four well sites that affected waterways and vegetation, according to the DEP.

8 years ago

Portland Generating Station
Science

Pa. coal power plant closing leads to healthier babies downwind

After a coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania closed, early-life health outcomes improved for babies across the border, in New Jersey.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

US Steel agrees to allow fracking at Edgar Thompson works steel mill

8 years ago

A swan swims in Barnegat Bay in Toms River, N.J.
Science

Barnegat Bay marshes help keep water clean

Much of the tidal marshland in New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay has been destroyed, but the remaining 26,000 acres provide important filtering for the ecosystem.

8 years ago

This photo shows Dominion Resources Cove Point terminal in Maryland. It has completed its conversion from a gas import facility to an export terminal to ship Marcellus Shale gas to Asia. In December, it received its first natural gas shipment, which will need to be liquefied before being loaded onto a tanker.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Dominion’s Cove Point plant preparing to export LNG

8 years ago

A backhoe clears land for construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in Delaware County in early 2017. (Emily Cohen)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Top 10 things you need to know about Mariner East 2

8 years ago

 In April 2013, homes severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy line the beach in Mantoloking, N.J.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
Health

New Jersey resiliency models will help small towns plan for storms

Hurricane Sandy caused $37 billion of damage in New Jersey. But what if municipal leaders could have better anticipated the storm damage?

8 years ago

FERC's headquarters in Washington, DC. The agency said it will review its longstanding policy on certification of natural gas pipelines. (MARIE CUSICK/ STATEIMPACT PENNSYLVANIA)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

FERC, saying ‘much has changed’, will review natural gas pipeline policy

8 years ago

File photo. A Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site in Bradford County, PA. (RALPH WILSON / AP PHOTO)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Pennsylvania Attorney General’s lawsuit over royalty payments advances

8 years ago

Rutgers University seniors Taylor Dodge and Steven Weber are headed to Antarctica. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Krill-seeking in Antarctica

Heading south over the holidays?  It’s doubtful you’ll be going as far south as Rutgers University s ...

8 years ago

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Catherine McCabe says she looks forward to helping Phil Murphy deal with the state’s environmental issues. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey’s governor-elect taps Obama EPA administrator for state DEP

Democratic Gov.-elect Phil Murphy says Catherine McCabe, a former acting EPA director, will lead New Jersey's counterpart department.

8 years ago

In this undated photo, caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. The refuge takes up an area nearly the size of South Carolina in Alaska's northeast corner. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge battle ends, but drilling not a given

The Republican tax bill opens a part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development, ending an epic, nearly four-decade battle.

8 years ago

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