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EPA issues new water quality rules for urban stretch of Delaware River
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced new water quality standards for a 38-mile stretch of the Delaware River between...
Dissolved oxygen rules set to come Sept. 22: EPA official
Dissolved oxygen (and the lack of it) has been the star of the show for many Water Quality Advisory Committee...
DRBC grants a five-year extension for Gibbstown, N.J., port project
The Gibbstown, N.J., port project that has created a swirl of legal action and opposition from environmental groups won a...
As Trump pushes natural gas exports, residents in Pennsylvania towns push back to stop a proposed LNG terminal
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign...
Clean-up of Manhattan Project-era radioactive waste at DuPont site along Delaware River continues in N.J.
Following the discovery of more contaminated soil last year, the cleanup of Manhattan Project-era radiological waste at the former DuPont...
Water operators appeal to Trump administration for reprieve to water quality improvement rules on Delaware River
Public water utilities are appealing to the Trump administration for a last-minute reprieve from new federal rules that would raise...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Officials weigh final decision on giant petroleum storage caverns along the Delaware
This article appeared in New Jersey Spotlight. A controversial plan to build two giant caverns to store propane and butane...
Essay: The son of Steve Irwin of ‘Crocodile Hunter’ fame promotes his father’s legacy of conservation
If there ever was a sun around which the conservation world orbited, it would be Steve Irwin. But for those...
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