Water Quality and Quantity
Is the Upper Delaware River ready for a Texas-like flood?
Molly Oliver knows of the flood risks lurking in the twisty-turny valleys of the Delaware River’s headwaters near the New...
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...
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...
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...
Philadelphia names newest spokesdog to fight ‘poo-llution’
Willow, a friendly one-year-old pup from Brewerytown, Pa., was named Philadelphia’s newest “spokesdog” on Sunday. Over the next year, Willow...
Racing to save Stone Harbor’s Scotch Bonnet Island before it’s swallowed by rising seas
Lenore Tedesco doesn’t need to venture far to witness sea-level rise. She tracks its relentless advance from her window at...
Water trail on Cooper River to advance environmental education in Camden
This article originally appeared in New Jersey Spotlight News. Can one paddle a kayak on Camden County’s Cooper River, fish...
How a nonprofit uses oysters to prevent shoreline erosion on the Delaware Bay
If you’ve eaten at an oyster bar in Philadelphia or Wilmington recently, it’s likely that you have helped to prevent...
Landmark trial pits NJ against DuPont over ‘forever chemical’ pollution in South Jersey
This article was originally published on NJ Spotlight. New Jersey’s lawsuit against the chemical giant DuPont and its spinoff Chemours...
Editorial report: Assessing the effects of the Trump administration on the Delaware River watershed
Right now, the Delaware River watershed is mired in a fog, and it's not meteorological. It's born of the anxiety...
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