Mariner East pipelines: Judge reviews request for immediate shutdown
Residents want the lines stopped while judge considers whether to halt them permanently.
6 years ago
Wilmington wetland park project meant to ease flooding gets $3M federal grant
The park will play a key role in reducing the floods that inundate Wilmington's Southbridge section.
6 years ago
Listen 1:19Health effects uncertain, high toxin levels found in blood of residents near military bases
Blood tests for more than 230 residents of Bucks and Montgomery counties have come back showing high levels of a class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS.
6 years ago
A sea change at Independence Seaport Museum with new science of water exhibit
The Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia turns to science for its new exhibition about the Delaware River.
6 years ago
Sunoco expects hybrid Mariner East 2 to start operating by year’s end
Construction and hydrotesting are ‘100 percent’ done, officials tell financial analysts.
6 years ago
New partnership will protect 475,000 Philly homeowners from sewer snafus
A new partnership will provide 475,000 eligible homeowners an affordable water and sewer line protection plan for about $8 a month.
6 years ago
City to survey land in flood-prone Eastwick before soliciting developer bids
The vacant land in question sits in a 100-year-floodplain.
6 years ago
Sunoco: Mariner East 2 delayed to 2020, so company will join three pipes as substitute
Company did not immediately say when natural gas liquids would begin moving through the lines.
6 years ago
DEP awards water quality-related grants funded by $12.6M penalty against Sunoco
Money will go to efforts in 14 Pa. counties.
6 years ago
Del., Pa. slaughterhouses illegally dumping wastewater, pollution report finds
Between Jan. 1, 2016, and June 30, three-quarters of the largest U.S. slaughterhouses violated the Clean Water Act by improperly disposing of contaminated wastewater.
6 years ago
Study: PFAS levels at N.J. base 24,000 times higher than proposed fed standard
Water sources at New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst contained levels of toxic PFAS chemicals that were up to 24,000 times hi ...
6 years ago
Mariner East 2: What are natural gas liquids, and what happens if they leak?
In 2017, about 1,000 gallons of natural gas liquids leaked from the Mariner East 1 in Morgantown, Berks County. It was discovered by a resident who noticed discolored grass.
6 years ago
U.S. court ruling opens door to more suits over contaminated water supplies
After two years of legal setbacks, a federal court ruled this week that two families from Bucks and Montgomery counties can proceed with ...
6 years ago
‘Regulatory issues’ delay opening of Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 pipeline
PUC cites 'numerous ongoing matters' yet to be resolved
6 years ago
New Jersey Officials blame high lead levels in Bordentown on old homes, skewed testing
Unsafe levels of lead have been detected in the water supply for Bordentown in South Jersey, which supplies drinking water to about 16,000 residents.
6 years ago