Tag: pollution
New Jersey voters may soon decide whether they have a right to a clean environment
The ballot question for the November general election would ask, “Do you approve amending the Constitution to grant every person the right to a clean and healthy environment?”
2 weeks ago
More than 100 tires have washed ashore Delaware beaches since December
Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is investigating whether washed ashore tires came from decades-old artificial reefs.
2 months ago
Companies behind Mariner East II pipeline paid $42 million in pollution fines to Pennsylvania
$10 million of that total comes from a plea deal the state attorney general’s office brokered with Energy Transfer, but little has gone toward residents directly affected.
4 months ago
Delaware filed lawsuit against 3M for alleged role in PFAS contamination
The lawsuit seeks monetary damages to restore natural resources and for public health services.
5 months ago
Evacuation recommended for some Doylestown residents after propane truck overturns
According to police, residents near Ferry Road and Old Iron Hill Road are advised to evacuate as of 10:51 a.m.
5 months ago
3,000-plus illegally dumped tires found in dredging of Schuylkill River
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says that more than 3,000 tires have been hauled out of the River during the second phase of the project aimed at clearing the river.
6 months ago
New Jersey reaches restoration deal for Toms River Superfund site
Ciba-Geigy Chemical Corp. dumped toxic substances into waterways and buried 47,000 drums of toxic waste into the ground, causing a cancer cluster among children.
8 months ago
New Jersey is among 10 states planning to sue EPA over standards for residential wood-burning stoves
They say EPA's failure to review and ensure emissions standards for residential wood-burning stoves has allowed the continued sale of appliances that could worsen pollution.
9 months ago
Power plants among the largest industrial climate polluters in Pennsylvania
In a new report, environmental advocates crunched EPA data to call out Pennsylvania’s “dirty dozen.”
11 months ago
Listen 1:23EPA agrees to make Pennsylvania cut Chesapeake Bay pollution
A proposed settlement agreement says Pennsylvania will be forced to minimize its outsized role in polluting the Chesapeake Bay.
11 months ago
Philly leaders say water contamination threat a ‘teachable moment’ for emergency preparedness
Officials say all residents should keep a two-day supply of water on hand for emergencies.
1 year ago
Pennsylvania quietly lifts ban on gas production in polluted Dimock
“We got played,” said Ray Kemble, the most outspoken of a small group of Dimock residents who have battled the drilling company and state regulators alike.
1 year ago
Camden officials take over illegal dumpsite to begin cleanup
Long a nuisance in Camden’s Bergen Square neighborhood, officials cut the chain to access an illegal dumpsite that includes a 70,000-ton toxic dirt pile.
2 years ago
DEP plan to clean up Bishop Tube site contamination draws criticism from environmentalists
Environmental advocates are speaking out against a Pa. DEP plan to clean up decades-old contamination at the site of the former Bishop Tube facility in East Whiteland Township
2 years ago
Listen 1:25EPA to designate ‘forever chemicals’ as hazardous substances
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is designating some toxic industrial compounds used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances.
2 years ago