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Natural gas drillers (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Lawmaker: Natural gas lobby too influential in severance tax debate

8 years ago


There are many different ways to hold a divining rod or dowsing rod. Some people prefer to
NPR
Science

U.K. water companies sometimes use dowsing rods to find pipes

One water company, in a display of honesty, said technicians occasionally use divining rods to locate water mains — "however they are not accurate 100% of the time."

8 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. (WITF)
Politics & Policy

As lawmakers leave for holiday, fate of Pa. severance tax unclear

Debate may have begun in the state House on a natural gas severance tax — but it remains to be seen if that will actually result in a final vote.

8 years ago

(photo courtesy DE Dept. of Agriculture)
Science

Invasive insect 'hitchhikes' to Delaware

A non-native insect posing a potential threat to agriculture has hitched a ride to Delaware—and now a state investigation is underway to find out if it was a lone traveler.

8 years ago

The two wells drilled on Bryan Latkanich’s property are among 1,655 that have been hydraulically fractured in Washington County since 2004. Latkanich is one of more than 4,000 Pennsylvania residents who have filed complaints with DEP, wondering if gas drilling impacted their water. Only 284 cases have been linked. (CREDIT: ANNA BELLE PEEVEY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Special report: How the U.S. government hid fracking’s risks to drinking water

8 years ago

Natural gas drillers (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pa. House begins debating natural gas drilling tax

It's a major priority for Democrats, who have been trying unsuccessfully to pass one for a decade.

8 years ago

Construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

After recent Mariner East 2 spills, DEP mulls ‘additional enforcement’

8 years ago

(WHYY, file)
Politics & Policy

Trump delays new policy on importing elephant trophies

Trump tweeted Friday that the policy had been "under study for years." He said he would put the decision "on hold" and review it with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

8 years ago

You Bet Your Garden

How Far South Can You Grow Raspberries?

Raspberries are delicious, super-nutritious and incredibly easy to grow. There are only TWO things you must supply in order to bag bucket ...

Air Date: November 17, 2017

Listen 53:15
A truck delivers fracking wastewater to a Susquehanna County recycling center
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Lycoming County Waste Water Spill Tops 63,000 Gallons

8 years ago

This aerial photo shows storm damage from Sandy in Mantoloking, N.J., Oct. 31, 2012. (Doug Mills, AP Photo, Pool)
Politics & Policy

N.J. delegation split on renewing U.S. flood insurance program

The measure calls for increasing flood insurance premiums for many property owners to help firm up a program under stress from ever-more frequent and powerful storms.

8 years ago

TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky shows a shampoo bottle made with recycled plastic collected from beaches and oceans. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Science

U.N. salutes Trenton firm for repurposing plastic waste collected from ocean

A quarter of the world’s plastic ends up in waterways, so TerraCycle has plenty of raw material for the shampoo bottles it's making with the recycled waste.

8 years ago

The Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery accounts for almost 16 percent of the city's carbon footprint, according to a City report that describes how to make deep cuts in carbon emissions.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Philadelphia explains how it would make deep cut in carbon emissions

8 years ago

Delaware City Refinery, where the cost of buying the EPA’s biofuel credits now exceeds payroll, and is the second-largest expenditure item after crude oil. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact PA)
StateImpact
Science

Philadelphia area refineries urge EPA to reform biofuels credit program

8 years ago

Workers unload pipes at a staging area in Worthing, S.D., for the 1,130-mile Dakota Access Pipeline. A new report says the nation's new natural gas pipeline capacity resulting from a building boom is far more than is needed.
StateImpact
Science

New gas pipeline capacity sharply exceeds consumption, report says

8 years ago

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