Environment
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Groups protest at Aqua America over fracking involvement
April 18, 2012
About a dozen demonstrators gathered outside Aqua America's Bryn Mawr headquarters Wednesday to protest the utility's plans to build a water-pumping station on the banks of the Susquehanna. The station would pump 3 million gallons of water a day to nearby Marcellus Shale drilling operatio... More »
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How Philadelphia quadrupled recycling rates in four years
July 11, 2011
Until very recently Philadelphians recycled a dismal five-percent of their trash. The city was once a leader in recycling - having passed the first mandatory curbside recycling law in the 1980s. But it wasn't until a few years ago that city officials got aggressive in trying to make that law ma... More »
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Hunters target overpopulated geese
February 25, 2009
Wildlife officials relax hunting rules to save a bloated snow goose population. More »
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Hurricane Sandy a boon to mid-Atlantic birders
October 31, 2012
As Hurricane Sandy barrelled up the Atlantic coast, thousands of seabirds came along for the ride. More »
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Hybrid X Prize
December 4, 2009
Some Philadelphia public school students who like fast, cool cars want to succeed where Detroit has failed. More »
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In wake of Japanese nuclear disaster, NRC questioned about Oyster Creek
March 23, 2011
In an unusual development, the U.S. Court of Appeals has sent a letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) asking the agency to respond to what impact, if any, the earthquake and tsunami that devastated a nuclear plant in Japan will have on the plans to re-license the Oyster Creek nuclea... More »
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Intersex fish may be linked to runoff
November 15, 2010
Researchers have found fish with both maleand female characteristics in lakes in the Delmarva peninsula. The male largemouth bass carrying eggs were found in six Delaware and Maryland lakes. It's not a new phenomenom -- similar intersex fish have been found in the Potomac and Susquehanna river... More »
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Invasive snakehead fish spreads in Philly waterways
March 27, 2012
The invasive Northern snakehead fish is continuing its slow spread across Philadelphia-area waterways: Last week, it was discovered at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, near the airport. More »
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Investigators focus on bridge mechanisms in Paulsboro train derailment
December 3, 2012
Residents of Paulsboro, N.J., were ordered to stay in their homes with their windows closed for most of Monday morning. Heightened concentrations of vinyl chloride were measured in the air there, three days after a derailed train fell from a bridge over Mantua Creek and spilled the chemical. More »
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Lawmaker aims to heat up solar market in Pa.
June 15, 2011
When it comes to solar panel installations, the hotbed of new sun-soaking power is New Jersey. In the meantime, the economic advantage of solar-power generation in Pennsylvania has started to fade. Solar energy development depends heavily on government incentives such as rebates, tax breaks and a t... More »
