Federal budget includes $5M for Delaware River clean up
The $1.3 trillion spending bill signed by President Donald Trump on Friday unexpectedly brought good news for environmentalists.
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State says PES owes $3.8 billion in back taxes, urges court hold up bankruptcy plan
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is urging a federal bankruptcy court to withhold approval of a bankruptcy petition by Philadelphia Energy Solutions
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‘It’s crazy, man’: Sinkholes, Sunoco’s pipeline inspection stir safety fears in Chesco
Sunoco scrambled to inspect an ageing pipeline on Friday in the backyards of Chester County homes where drilling for two new pipelines has caused several sinkholes to open up.
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De-icing salt boosts safety during storms, but it poses a threat to fresh water
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Philly Flower Show taking deep dive into water
The annual Philadelphia Flower Show gets its feet wet in environmental issues surrounding water.
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Listen 1:48Environmental groups seek injunction to halt Mariner East 2 pipeline construction
Several environmental groups have asked the Commonwealth Court for an injunction to halt Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners Mariner East 2 pipeline construction.
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Early spring peepers might be trouble for rest of food chain
Recent unseasonably warm weather has lured some frogs out of hibernation early. Herpetologists worry what that might mean for them — and other animals.
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Listen 2:14FERC order effectively denies appeals of PennEast approval, critics say
Federal regulators have effectively denied a request to reconsider their approval of the planned PennEast Pipeline, the agency’s critics say.
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Farm to faucet, enlisting Pa. farmers to keep Delaware’s water clean
A coordinated effort is working to keep Delaware’s water clean starting at the source across the border in Pennsylvania.
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Listen 4:54Delaware Bay’s crabs contributing to dip in already threatened red knot population
The red knots stop for nourishment along the Delaware Bay on their annual journey from Chile to the Arctic.
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Sunoco: Mariner East 2, despite shutdown, expected in service by end of June
Sunoco said Thursday it aims to begin operating its Mariner East 2 pipeline across southern Pennsylvania by the end of the second quarter of this year.
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Ted Cruz blasts renewable fuel standards at Philadelphia refinery
Speaking to hundreds of refinery workers, Cruz railed against the federal program known as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), while the workers cheered.
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