
Dedicated funding is one step closer for Delaware clean-water improvements
The Clean Water Trust is designed to provide a consistent way to pay for projects that improve the quality of Delaware’s water.
4 years ago
Cutting nitrogen flows into Delaware River would boost economy, report says
A bigger fishery and improved water quality would draw more recreational and commercial fishing, bringing economic benefits including higher real estate values near the river.
4 years ago
Six months in, Zoom still plagues Bucks quarry hearings, and prompts fairness concerns
A Clean Air Council attorney maintains the lawyer for developer H&K Group is coaching the quarry project manager through his witness testimony.
4 years ago
Look, up in the sky! A bald eagle brings joy near the Art Museum
The distinctive white head and white tail have been spotted near the Schuylkill. The city’s two rivers provide a great habitat, experts say.
4 years ago
Listen 4:34More than two years after chemical leak, Delaware Croda plant still making fixes
Croda’s ethylene oxide plant on the Delaware River has been out of commission since a 2018 leak shut down I-295 on the busy Thanksgiving weekend.
4 years ago
Pieces of plastic debris less than 5 millimeters long permeate the state’s waterways, according to a PennEnvironment Research & Policy report. Could they pose a health risk?
4 years ago
Delaware River Basin Commission votes to ban fracking in the watershed
All four basin states — Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Delaware — supported the ban, citing scientific evidence the practice harms drinking water.
4 years ago
Who spilled oil along Broadkill Beach? Officials and residents still don’t know
The Coast Guard sampled the oil. It queried 96 vessel arrivals and departures, in hopes of finding the source. Here’s what the investigation yielded.
4 years ago
Berms, blasts, and… dino prints? Bucks quarry hearing continues cross-examination
Springfield Twp. residents’ questions indicated a variety of reasons for opposition that could surface in later arguments, or simply go extinct.
4 years ago
N.J. Assembly panel clears bill requiring stewardship plans for public forests
Environmentalists object, saying the measure would mean more logging and more habitat loss.
5 years ago
Still filled: Schuylkill River dredging project near Boathouse Row stalls
A “contractual impasse” has brought the multimillion-dollar effort to a halt — with less than 5% of the dredging complete.
5 years ago
NJ sues federal government, saying ‘forever chemicals’ at military bases polluted drinking water
Two of the so-called “forever chemicals” have entered groundwater on and surrounding the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and at two other bases at Trenton and Earle.
5 years ago
Administrative law judges recommend PUC toss out DELCORA deal
The state Public Utility Commission must sign off on the long-contested $276.5M sale of Delaware County’s wastewater system to Aqua Pennsylvania.
5 years ago
More charges dismissed in Mariner East ‘buy-a-badge’ scheme
The security firm employee had been charged in connection with an alleged bribery scheme related to Mariner East pipeline construction in Chester County.
5 years ago
Hearing on Upper Bucks quarry moves into developer cross-examination
At a fifth Springfield Twp. hearing, questions spanned everything from truck traffic to wetlands and watershed disturbance, reflecting opponents’ concerns.
5 years ago