Environment
Finders keepers doesn’t apply to fossils and bones
Paleontologists preparing for excursions have to think about appropriate gear, and clothing, but they also have to make sure all of their ...
9 years ago
Fighting for preservation in a wooded natural history museum
Eli Dickerson and I start at the edge of the unusual museum collection he manages. This piece is ...
9 years ago
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It’s ‘game on’ for the man in charge of 145 million specimens
It seems that Kirk Johnson was training from a very early age to one day head the country’s largest and most comprehensive natural ...
9 years ago
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Greensgrow founder Corboy an uncommon Philadelphia leader
Mary Seton Corboy, founder of Greensgrow, a farm in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, died on Aug. 7 at the age of 58.
9 years ago
Delaware River ports fight for market share as dredging project nears completion
Bigger ships and more cargo flowing through the ports of Philadelphia and South Jersey should mean more jobs and higher economic activity ...
10 years ago
New Jersey checking for water contamination caused by toxic firefighting foam
New Jersey is among five states that are monitoring water quality near military bases for contamination from toxic firefighting foam. ...
10 years ago
Parrot species in US cities may rival that in native Mexico
U.S. researchers are launching studies on Mexico’s red crowned parrot — a species that has been adapting so well to living in cit ...
10 years ago
U.S. commits extra $1 million annually to Heinz refuge for education, community connection
The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge is an urban oasis, about 1,000 acres of forest, meadows and marshes spanning the border of indust ...
10 years ago
Report: Oil train safety violations should be prosecuted
A government watchdog says federal regulators are failing to refer serious safety violations involving freight rail shipments of crude oi ...
10 years ago
Nearly $7M suit filed against chemical plant after 2015 fire
A central Pennsylvania chemical plant has been accused of not completely paying an environmental remediation company for cleanup services ...
10 years ago
No shadow: Punxsutawney Phil ‘predicts’ early spring
The handlers of Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, say the furry rodent has failed to see his shadow, meaning ...
10 years ago
Heating oil spills into Schuylkill River
Two days after a 4,200-gallon heating oil leak, environmental cleanup crews continued work Monday in the ares of the spill site near the ...
10 years ago
US, New Mexico ink settlements over nuclear radiation leak
New Mexico and the U.S. Department of Energy have inked $74 million in settlements over dozens of permit violations stemming from a radia ...
10 years ago
Activists push for environmental justice in federal power plant rules
About a dozen activists braved frigid temperatures and demonstrated outside the EPA’s Center City office Tuesday to advocate more s ...
10 years ago
Launch set for US-European ocean-monitoring satellite
The latest in a series of U.S.-European ocean-monitoring satellites is scheduled for launch into orbit on Sunday. The Jason-3 sate ...
10 years ago