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‘Our community says no’: Speakers decry LNG plant proposal on the Delaware River in Southeastern Pennsylvania

Speakers at a hearing on Wednesday warned of lasting environmental and health harms that would come with siting a liquefied ...
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Delaware Riverkeeper sues DRBC over Gibbstown LNG port permit extension

An environmental group has sued to block the permit extension of a controversial port on the Delaware River that would export ...
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Streams in the Delaware River watershed face a variety of threats

For Earth Day, Delaware Currents launches another one of its ambitious projects. This story kicks off a 10-part series to help you understand the health of the nine basins in Pennsylvania that are ...
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Concerns about water and power demands surface as data centers boom in Delaware River watershed

Most Pennsylvanians probably couldn’t point out Tobyhanna Township on a map. But parents of young children likely know Kalahari resorts, a popular indoor waterpark that draws visitors to this rural ...
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Four experts weigh in about possible White House impacts on the Delaware River watershed

Editor’s note: We sent a three-question survey to 20 experts in the watershed for their insights in light of the current moves by the Trump administration and how those actions might affect the ...
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How water providers in Delaware, Pa. and N.J. are tackling ‘forever chemicals’

At the end of a sparsely traveled road in northern Delaware, one drinking water provider is tens of millions of dollars and years ahead of nationwide efforts to address toxic “forever chemicals” in ...
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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 indicates there is a significant presence of toxic chemicals in the tributaries that feed ...
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FUDR has a new executive director but she’s not new to the community

Molly Oliver, the new executive director of the Friends of the Upper Delaware River, is clear-sighted about the troubling times that environmental organizations face, yet she is excited by the ...
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EPA awards $6.8M to clean up brownfields in Delaware River watershed

Early on Monday afternoon, Shone London was fishing the lower Schuylkill River near his home in Southwest Philadelphia. London, 23, a resident of Kingsessing, has lived in the neighborhood all his ...
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Harmful ‘forever chemicals’ more prevalent in lower urbanized areas of Delaware River, report finds

A class of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS that have been identified as a health hazard are more commonly found in the lower reaches of the Delaware River where industrial uses are more heavily ...
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More than $17M in National Fish and Wildlife Foundation funding to benefit Delaware River watershed projects

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a round of funding amounting to more than $17 million for 45 new or continuing conservation and restoration ...