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Summertime and the living is (mostly) easy!!
An uninhabited island in the middle of the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Camden is not home to humans —...
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste…
Maybe it's because I'm celebrating a "significant" birthday tomorrow. Or maybe because I'm still recovering from my most recent bout...
Federal silence on water quality but noisy on DEI and climate change
Crickets. The silence from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is deafening. The deadline for the EPA to issue new rules...
Delaware Currents honored with journalism awards
OH WOW!! Some great news (for Delaware Currents) in the midst of the not-so-great news for the rest of the...
Rain, rain, go away!
I'm writing this in the middle of yet another rain event in Northeast Pennsylvania. Surely, we've left the drought of...
All over our watershed, people are working hard
It's been a while since I've given you all a round-up, and as I prepare this newsletter, I'm really proud...
Action beats depression
Would YOU jump off a 21-story building for clean water? I'm not sure I would, but Neill Clark, the mayor...
Out in the field, on the river
Like most journalists, I'm happiest when I'm "out in the field," learning something new about this amazing river of ours!...
The bridge is gone but community remains
Pretty soon I will have to abandon the idea of running a not-for-profit because I can't NOT say the things...
Chaos is a ladder
Of course I love all the stories we do at Delaware Currents — or why would we do them? But...
Lack of heat can kill, and so can too much
It takes a visit to the arid Southwest to realize just how lush our watershed is and how lucky we...
So much news. What does it mean?
I really do hate to be this prescient on news like this, but in last week's newsletter I asked you...