
Preservation
Bad weather and supply chain delays completion of Lucy the Elephant’s makeover
While the nation’s oldest roadside attraction in Margate will be open for tours starting Memorial Day weekend, Lucy will not be seen in her new skin until mid-August.
3 years ago
Tree-plantings and trash walks: Earth Day 2022 in Philly
Here’s how the Philadelphia area will be celebrating Earth Day this year, and how you can participate — from tackling litter to expanding the city’s tree canopy.
3 years ago
The Regional Roundup: April 18, 2022
The controversial mask mandate begins Monday; a powerful tranquilizer making drugs more dangerous for those with substance use disorder; save Atlantic Sturgeon in the Delaware
Air Date: April 18, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Delaware outlines plans to restore the state’s wetlands
Delaware’s Inland Bays wetlands has faced significant losses. The state’s environmental agency hopes to restore and conserve the watershed by improving land management.
3 years ago
Repairs begin on historic Lawnside house, but more funds are needed
Peter Mott House, built in the 19th Century, now serves as an Underground Railroad museum. Its owner is raising money to perform much-needed repairs and restorations.
3 years ago
A glimmer of hope for Pinelands preservation — if key reforms are made
Advocates are pushing to better safeguard groundwater supplies, protect threatened and endangered wildlife, and enact climate change policies.
3 years ago
‘One of the last theaters from Hollywood’s Golden Age’: Lansdowne Theater eyes a 2023 return
A Delaware County Council grant and a federal earmark co-introduced by Sen. Bob Casey and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon have boosted revival efforts.
3 years ago
The Regional Roundup – March 7th
House passes bill for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. Amtrak engineer found not guilty. And, once-critically endangered bald eagles are being tested for lead poisoning.
Air Date: March 7, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:41Landmark UN climate change report: ‘Parts of the planet will become uninhabitable’
The U.N. report warns climate change will likely make the world sicker, hungrier, poorer and more dangerous in the next 18 years with an “unavoidable” increase in risks.
3 years ago
As wildfires worsen globally, governments are unprepared, UN warns
The western U.S. is already seeing more blazes, and the likelihood of catastrophic wildfires globally could increase more than 50% by the turn of the century.
3 years ago
Philly is losing historic buildings at an alarming rate. Can it learn from Baltimore?
Baltimore uses a local preservation tax credit to stabilize neighborhoods. Could the approach help Philadelphia?
3 years ago
Deepening seabed threatens Delaware’s Harbor of Refuge lighthouse
Money from the federal infrastructure spending bill will be used to determine how best to shore up the lighthouse, so it doesn’t fall into Delaware Bay.
3 years ago
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission advances move to harvest female horseshoe crabs
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has approved a new model for analyzing wildlife that would guide quotas beyond just male crabs.
3 years ago
Pinelands lovers: N.J. not saving forests from vehicle damage
Parts of numerous state forests contained within the 1.1 million-acre Pinelands district are marred by tire tracks, huge potholes, and trampled trees.
3 years ago
A group of Germantown residents filed a complaint against City Councilmember Cindy Bass, alleging the lawmaker abused her power during a community meeting.
3 years ago