Activists pledge to resist any federal effort to lift fracking ban in Delaware River Basin
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for its newsletter here. Fears that the Trump administration is looking for ways to lift a longstanding ban on fracking for natural gas in the densely populated Delaware River Basin — which includes part of…
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Billions coming to Pennsylvania for natural gas and data center development
This article originally appeared in The River Reporter of Narrowsburg, N.Y., and is reprinted with permission. Billions of dollars will...
Gaining water quality clarity in New Jersey
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles to educate readers in southwestern New Jersey about the...
Advocacy group warns of grim future for Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
An advocacy group warned that current and pending cuts in National Park Service staff and funding will harm visitors’ experiences,...
Once an industrial hub, Petty’s Island is on a path to environmental renewal
In the Delaware River, between Camden, New Jersey’s Beideman neighborhood and the eastern side of Philadelphia, is Petty’s Island. The...
Warren County backs effort to name Paulins Kill a National Wild and Scenic River
An ongoing initiative to recognize the Paulins Kill, a 41-mile tributary of the Delaware River, as a National Wild and...
Toxins surface in the Delaware & Raritan Canal amid rollback of federal rules to fight them
When residents of Princeton or New Brunswick think of the Delaware River, they may imagine a remote place. After all,...
Philadelphia Water Department celebrates Manayunk Canal’s restoration and reopening
Philadelphia’s Manayunk Canal was a stagnant water body that suffered from low dissolved oxygen, frequent algal blooms and sedimentation for...
Deadline looms for new rules to improve Delaware River water quality. Will the EPA follow through?
This coming Monday, June 30, marks a significant deadline in the years-long fight over improving the water quality of a...
‘Politics has reached into the watershed’: DRBC adopts resolution about DEI and climate change
On the agenda for the Delaware River Basin Commission's June 11 meeting, the resolution didn't look all that newsworthy: "A...
Chemicals trouble Delaware River tributaries
We have our work cut out for us. A recent report from the scientists at the Delaware River Basin Commission...
Federal bill would heighten DRBC accountability and oversight
A bill introduced by a Pennsylvania congressman proposes to bring greater scrutiny to the operations of the Delaware River Basin...
Annual spring horseshoe crab migration celebrated at ‘Sunset on the Bay’
Horseshoe crabs travel onto mid-Atlantic coasts every spring to spawn during what is believed to be the world's oldest and...