New Jersey sounds alarm on coming wildfire season as drought persists
This story was originally published by The New Jersey Monitor. The Monitor, Delaware Currents and NJ Spotlight News are part of a collaborative of news organizations working together to provide comprehensive climate change coverage for New Jersey. Four months after state officials declared a drought warning, New Jersey environmental officials said that ongoing, record-setting dry conditions portend a busy…
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Delaware Aqueduct repair remains in limbo
The possibility this year of seeing the three-times postponed Delaware Aqueduct repair go forward remains in limbo. The repair was...
As oceans warm, predators are falling out of sync with their prey
This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 For decades on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic coast, recreational anglers have braved the cold temperatures...
Hawkeyed fans come to watch the eagles on the Delaware River
At the confluence of the Lackawaxen and Delaware Rivers the winter freeze of January and February will often draw eagles...
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But DRBC graphics help understanding
That drought we experienced in the autumn? It's not over yet, at least for much of the four-state watershed. (New...
New Jersey Watershed Conference addresses flooding, climate change and resilience
Editor's note: Lake is a student at the College of New Jersey. You can read more about him in the note...
Could the Northeast burn again?
Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and...
‘Startlingly high’ levels of PFAS pollution found in Warren County hot spot
This article originally appeared in NJ Spotlight News and is reprinted with permission. A private well at the heart of...
Delaware Currents honored with Excellence in New Jersey Local News Award for chemical spill coverage
Delaware Currents, a nonprofit online magazine that is the only news outlet dedicated to covering the four-state watershed and 330-mile...
NY and PA agencies develop plan to manage trout in Delaware River tailwaters
Officials from Pennsylvania and New York recently convened with anglers and other interested community stakeholders to discuss the protection and...
Water agency renews concern that sea-level rise will flood drinking-water intakes in Philadelphia, Southern N.J.
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Local representatives and Trump administration reopen fracking conversation for Delaware River Basin
This article originally appeared in The River Reporter. Local representatives and members of the Trump administration discussed ways on Sunday...
Preaching to the choir: Draft State Development Plan comes to the NJ Highlands
New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the United States with a seemingly unquenchable desire to develop, which...