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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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Volunteers collect 900 pounds of trash at three Delaware River basin sites and gain insights about plastics pollution

Recent volunteer cleanups at three sites in the Delaware River Basin organized by an environmental group not only collected 900 pounds of trash but also gained key detailed data to help better define ...
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Delaware River scientists and enthusiasts come together at FUDR’s River Rendezvous

Friends of the Upper Delaware River hosted its second “River Rendezvous” conference and continued the theme of last year — getting scientists and fans of the Delaware River together to share their ...
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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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Landowners and anglers clash over access in the Upper Delaware River

The mostly placid waters of the two branches of the Delaware River (not very imaginatively named the West Branch and the East Branch) hide a turbulence that only sometimes is visible to the ...
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Summer flooding in Delaware River Basin to increase in size and frequency, study finds

Summer flooding in the Delaware River Basin is expected to increase in both size and frequency as the climate continues warming, intensifying future floods along the Delaware River’s mainstem, a study ...
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Improving water quality as a business: Why downstream users think it’s worth footing the bill

In a perfect world, polluters would take responsibility for their impact on local waterways, whether that means taking measures to reduce their own pollution in their operations or partnering on clean ...
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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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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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Clean-up of Manhattan Project-era radioactive waste at DuPont site along Delaware River continues in N.J.

Following the discovery of more contaminated soil last year, the cleanup of Manhattan Project-era radiological waste at the former DuPont Chambers Works in Deepwater, N.J., will continue until 2038, ...