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PennDOT rejects group’s offer to buy Skinners Falls Bridge

After getting a permit from the National Park Service to demolish the Skinners Falls Bridge last week, the Pennsylvania Department...
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Departure of the SS United States from Philadelphia is scuttled again

UPDATE: Plans to move the SS United States from Philadelphia to Mobile, Ala., have been delayed because of follow-up details...
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Delaware divers brave the cold for a cause

The Delaware River certainly looks tempting for a cool dip on a hot day in July or August, but on...
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Florida county reaches contingent agreement to buy and sink the SS United States

The prospects for the historic cruise ship the SS United States, which has been docked in Philadelphia for years and...
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Environmental group publishes guidebook on Pennsylvania land-use laws

Pennsylvania residents have a new tool to learn about local land use and development, a guidebook published by the nonprofit...
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Gibbstown LNG project shows a flicker of life

After repeated setbacks, a controversial proposal to transport liquified natural gas from a plant in Pennsylvania to a port on...
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Climate change raises the risks of hazardous materials getting into the Delaware River

The effects of climate change — such as sea level rise, more intense rainfall and flooding — can increase the...
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Batten down the hatches!

Wherever you live in our watershed, flooding is increasing, from Bristol, Pa., to Dover, Del., from Delaware County in New...
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Wyalusing-Gibbstown LNG project suffers another setback

A contentious on-again, off-again plan to process liquified natural gas in Pennsylvania and transport it to a port on the...
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No news is not always good news

  THE FOUR STATES — and New York City — with interest in the the Delaware River have not yet come...
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New Jersey Sierra Club protests proposed PennEast pipeline

JEFF TITTEL, DIRECTOR of the New Jersey Sierra Club, remarked to about 100 people who came to show their opposition to...
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PennEast pipeline proposal arrives at the Delaware River Basin Commission

The PennEast Pipeline proposal has landed at the Delaware River Basin Commission, one of the many regulatory bodies whose approval...
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