Watershed

Deadly bacteria on the rise in the Delaware Bay — and climate change is the likely culprit

A study from researchers at Cooper University Hospital shows an uptick in infections due to Vibrio vulnificus in the Delaware Bay.

6 years ago

$In this file photo, environmental groups campaign to convince legislators to ban fracking and not to accept wastewater from fracking operations in New Jersey. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)$

Environmentalists call for full fracking ban in the Delaware River watershed

A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the multistate agency that oversees the Delaware River watershed to ban fracking and related activities.

6 years ago

Red dye is released from the Kent County wastewater treatment plant into The Gut, a tributary of the Murderkill River which runs into the Delaware Bay. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Delaware

Delaware dyes streams red to predict how a wastewater spill would pollute shellfish

Red dye was released for 12 hours during an exam of how a wastewater spill could affect shellfish in the Delaware Bay.

6 years ago

Pipelines run from the offshore docking station to the four LNG tanks capable of holding 2.5 billion cubic feet of LNG apiece as shown Friday, June 13, 2003, at the Dominion Liquified Natural Gas facility in Cove Point, Md. (Matt Houston/AP Photo)

DRBC confirms plan to build LNG export terminal at new South Jersey port

NJ Spotlight

The agency said it only ‘recently’ learned of the plan to load potentially explosive liquids onto tankers in Gloucester County.

6 years ago

Outdoors

Philadelphia

Billy Penn

Why can’t you swim in Philly’s Delaware River?

Today, environmental experts note that the river is the cleanest it’s been in decades. But they still do not advise you take a dip in the Delaware — not yet, at least.

6 years ago

PFAS control advocates highlight FDA data showing chemicals in food

Public Health

NJ Spotlight

The FDA tested 91 meat, dairy, grain, and produce samples, and found PFAS in 10 of them.

6 years ago

A group of male and female Horseshoe crabs on the beach

Delaware

Naturalists renew calls to halt horseshoe crab harvest in Delaware Bay

NJ Spotlight

Despite a New Jersey moratorium, quota system has failed to restore numbers of migratory shorebirds, advocates say.

6 years ago

About 80 “water warriors” lobbied lawmakers at Legislative Hall in Dover in support of HB 200 that would earmark funding every year to pay for projects that improve water quality in Delaware. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)

Delaware

‘Water warriors’ in Del. demand funding for clean water projects

Self-proclaimed “water warriors” rallied outside Legislative Hall in Dover in support of legislation that would fund steps to protect the state’s water.

6 years ago

Opponents hope New Jersey scuttles gas pipeline to New York

New Jersey environmental officials are due to decide Wednesday on several permits for the proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline.

6 years ago

Plans for LNG terminal in South Jersey kept under wraps, enviro group says

NJ Spotlight

Developer and agencies deny effort to shield from public view plans that would allow for transfer of potentially explosive liquefied natural gas to ocean-going tankers.

6 years ago

FDR Master Plan: The Wetlands (Provided)

PlanPhilly

How FDR Park’s $200 million makeover is future-proofing ‘the lakes’

A $200 million, 10-year vision reimagines the only Olmsted Brothers-designed park in Philadelphia and prepares it for a hotter and wetter tomorrow.

6 years ago

Governor Murphy participates in the Delaware River Governors Leadership Summit with Delaware Governor John Carney and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf at the Seaport Museum in Philadelphia on Thursday, May 16, 2019. (Edwin J. Torres/New Jersey Governor's Office)