Watershed

Water rates will increase in 2023 for hundreds of thousands of residents in our region — from Wilmington, Del., to the Pennsylvania suburbs.

The bill would exempt the course from rules meant to prevent erosion. A City Council vote could be delayed by weeks.

The site of the city’s trash incinerator in the 70s and 80s and a concert venue in the 2000s will soon be home to apartment units and retail spaces.

In a place where flooding has required residents to be rescued by boat, the city wants a contractor to develop a better system of emergency alerts.

After banning fracking in 2021, the DRBC now also prohibits wastewater disposal in the basin. But environmentalists say the new rules leave room for loopholes.

Conservationists say a huge financial gift will help them to increase recreation and education on Camden’s waterfront.

Only about 250 endangered Atlantic sturgeon are left in the Delaware River. Pollution has reduced oxygen levels to the point where the sturgeon struggle to breathe and breed.

Cabot Oil and Gas admits responsibility for contaminating drinking water wells.

Sea level rise and increased storm events caused by climate change are accelerating erosion along the East Coast, putting communities and infrastructure at risk.

The company redeveloping the former refinery plans to use a third-party facilitator to negotiate an agreement with community stakeholders.

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has killed millions of birds in Pennsylvania, and farms, wildlife centers, and testing labs are bearing the costs.

Protesters symbolically mourned the Atlantic Sturgeon during a mock funeral to urge regulatory agencies to protect the endangered species.

Conservationists are cheering a decision to prevent next year’s harvest of female horseshoe crabs, which will also help the threatened red knot.

The Art Commission was a hurdle for the project. But after including more environmental considerations, the project team finally got approval.

Heavy rain and winds are possible for the Philadelphia metro Friday as remnants of Hurricane Nicole are expected to sweep through the area.