
Philly Flower Show taking deep dive into water
The annual Philadelphia Flower Show gets its feet wet in environmental issues surrounding water.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
Landowners brace for eminent domain loss in PennEast pipeline cases
Despite her alarm at the prospect of losing her spring water, Anthony says she’s not moving even if the pipeline is built on her land.
7 years ago
Chester County township adds to local challenges on Mariner East 2 siting
The new board determined that the natural gas liquids pipeline is being built well within a “pipeline impact radius.”
7 years ago
In New Jersey, opponents of offshore drilling gear up for a fight
Fishermen, environmentalists, realtors, and local business owners, descended on a hotel near Trenton voicing their unified opposition to drilling off the coast of N.J.
7 years ago
What will Sunoco’s $12.6 million Mariner East 2 penalty be spent on?
The Department of Environmental Protection’s penalty for dozens of permit violations over the last year was among the largest ever handed out by the agency.
7 years ago