Environment
DEP: Philadelphia region’s air quality is improving
Living in and around a major city, some amount of air pollution comes with the territory. But the Pennsylvania Department of Environmenta ...
11 years ago
Corbett lifts moratorium on gas leasing of state park and forest land
Governor Corbett issued ...
11 years ago
EPA calls for measuring benzene, other things wafting over from refineries
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new emissions rules for refineries aimed at protecting neighborhoods nearby from to ...
11 years ago
Feds consider rules for fracking chemical disclosure
The federal government is considering whether it should require companies to disclose the chemicals involved in hydraulic fracturing, or ...
11 years ago
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Chevron blocked DEP from scene of fatal Pa. gas explosion, fire for two days
When a Chevron natural gas well exploded in Greene County, killing a worker, the company blocked personnel with the state Department of E ...
11 years ago
No matter how you slice it, Chevron’s post-explosion gesture to Pa. town getting reaction
When a Chevron natural gas well exploded, killing a young worker, the company gave residents free pizza coupons, prompting an internation ...
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Worker still missing after southwestern Pa. gas well explosion
UPDATED 6:30 P.M. A worker is still unaccounted for after a natural gas well explosion in southwestern Pennsylvania. ...
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Pa. DEP seeks input on overhaul of drilling regulations
Five years into Pennsylvania’s shale gas boom, the state is overhauling environmental regulations for drillers and changing the way ...
11 years ago
‘Oil trains’ rumble into Philly, bringing Dakota crude, new jobs and safety concerns
Philadelphia is at the center of a new industrial boom. A visible sign of that are the long trains snaking through the city, bringing cru ...
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Extreme humidity can set off smoke alarms
It has been insufferable lately— hot and sticky enough to set off smoke alarms. The Philadelphia region has been especially mugg ...
11 years ago
A migrating bird makes an unexpected stopover in Philadelphia after crashing into a Center City high rise.
12 years ago
Magnificent magnolia in Germantown embraces neighbors, graces spring
Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood is known to many for its accessible historic sites, but one 150-year-old treasure, a massive ...
12 years ago
Natural gas reserve extends beneath Bucks County
The United States Geological Survey’s new estimates of ...
13 years ago
Delaware Riverkeeper protests possibility of fracking in N.Y.
The Delaware Riverkeeper is speaking out against newly revealed plans to permit natural gas drilling, including hydraulic fracturing, in ...
13 years ago
Closing Philadelphia-area refineries will make gas prices volatile
Two idled Delaware County refineries and a third in Philadelphia threatened with closure make up 50 percent of the East Coast’s oi ...
13 years ago