Environment
Don’t let PGW charge customers for warmer winters, residents tell utility regulators
In a hearing on the gas utility’s weather normalization adjustment, customers said the billing practice is unfair in the face of climate change.
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The first wiring map of an insect’s brain hints at incredible complexity
Researchers have mapped the more than 500,000 connections in the intricate brain of a fruit fly larva. This map could help scientists better understand the human brain.
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At the Philadelphia Flower Show, display gardens bloom
The show’s theme, “The Garden Electric,” is intended to conjure the “spark of joy while giving or receiving flowers.”
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Environmental activist Erin Brockovich to speak at West Chester University Saturday
Erin Brockovich is best known for her work in the 1990s that exposed more than 30 years of water contamination in Hinkley, California.
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Kenney’s budget proposal is just a ‘Band-Aid’ for illegal dumping, advocates say
The proposal includes a new crew to clean up illegal dumping and more street sweeping. But advocates say this doesn’t get to the root of the problem.
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New Jersey seeks more offshore wind projects; foes want halt
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved a third solicitation of offshore wind projects Monday; three wind farms have already been approved.
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Surrounded by Walruses: The Making of ‘Haulout’
Air Date: March 8, 2023
Listen 17:24Novel method will help restore Delaware and New Jersey salt marshes
Climate change threatens to “drown” Delaware’s salt marshes. New funds from the National Wildlife Foundation will use a novel method to restore them.
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Pennsylvania ranks near bottom of states in renewable energy generation
Pennsylvania ranks near the bottom of states when it comes to generating renewable energy.
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Nations reach accord to protect marine life on high seas
The treaty will create a new body to manage ocean life conservation and establish marine protected areas in ocean regions outside national boundary waters.
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How we decide which animals are pests, and why
Even for the most devoted animal lover among us, there are animals that we hate and try to avoid, or kill: rats, mice, pigeons, invasive snakes. We call these animals pests.
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Listen 22:01Pa. lawmakers hear challenges to electric grid reliability; experts call for clear policy
State lawmakers are questioning electricity reliability after a winter storm around Christmas left more than 100,000 people without power.
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The Delaware Center of Horticulture will plant more than 300 trees to enhance health in Wilmington while fighting environmental injustice.
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Did dioxins spread after the Ohio train derailment?
Scientists say burning vinyl chloride can indeed generate highly toxic dioxins, some of the most dangerous human-made compounds.
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Snow showers, cold this weekend in the Greater Philadelphia region
Snow showers are likely during the early afternoon on Saturday.
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