PFASData centers, energy costs, and fracking loom as Democrats finally get full control of Pa. legislatureDemocrats could be under pressure to act quickly on hyperscale data centers and energy costs. But they'll only have a slim majority in the Senate. Frank Kummer ‘Forever chemicals’ found in nearly all waterways of Philly, its suburbs, and South JerseyFrank Kummer Contaminated fish prompts ‘do not eat’ advisory for Wissahickon and cancellation of Philly trout stockingFrank Kummer EPA will spend $2.5M in Camden to clean up site where giant dirt pile caused underground contaminationFrank Kummer Microplastic pollution found in 100% of Delaware River tributaries testedFrank Kummer AdvertisementPhillies installed artificial turf at FDR Park field without environmental permit, record showsThe field was completed in time for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in July. Frank Kummer A landfill shutdown in the 1980s has been leaking chemicals into Chester County well water. Residents will get a public water line next year.In 2023, forever chemicals were uncovered at the Strasburg landfill in Newlin. Three years later, residents are getting filtration systems for their wells.Brooke Schultz Willingboro utility sues six companies over PFAS-contaminated drinking waterThe MUA says some of the companies, including an electronics manufacturer, released hazardous “forever chemicals” from nearby facilities into an underground aquifer.Frank Kummer Pennsylvania reaches $11.5M settlement with polluters of Chesco’s Bishop Tube siteThe former Bishop Tube Co. property is a 13.7-acre, vacant industrial site on Malin Road in Frazer, East Whiteland Township. Steel tubing was once made there.Frank Kummer How one South Jersey soybean farmer is being squeezed by warehouses, rising costs, and tariffsPatrick Giberson, a soy farmer in Pemberton, Burlington County, says he’s determined to adapt and endure.Frank Kummer DuPont part of up to $2 billion settlement over PFAS in N.J.Shawn LaTourette, the state Department of Environmental Protection commissioner, called it “the largest environmental settlement in our state’s history.”Frank Kummer People who lived near Bucks, Montco military bases had higher level of toxic compounds in blood than U.S. averagePennsylvanians living near the military bases had among the highest average levels of other PFAS compounds among those tested.Frank Kummer All adults and children tested near Pa. military bases have PFAS in their blood, study saysStudy subjects who lived in Bucks and Montgomery Counties near military bases had water wells that contained PFAS amounts thousands of times over EPA limits.Frank Kummer French company opens $35 million plant to remove PFAS from polluted Chester County creeksVeolia says its new facility cleans water for 100,000 people from Red and White Clay Creeks.Joseph N. DiStefano FDR Park is about to unveil a reimagined entrance, but renovation challenges persist A ribbon cutting is slated for the new entrance on Saturday at 11 a.m. Ximena Conde 3M will pay New Jersey $450M over PFAS contaminationIt marks the largest settlement regarding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – known as PFAS — in the state’s history.Frank Kummer Philadelphia EPA workers protest at City Hall, saying ‘clean water is under attack’ amid Trump’s cutsEPA workers and supporters gathered in a “solidarity march” during their lunch break Tuesday, protesting Trump's cuts to the agency's workforce.Ariana Perez-Castells and Frank Kummer OpinionPa. budget should fully fund environmental protectionGov. Josh Shapiro’s Feb. 4 budget proposal did not go far enough to address the need to fund programs in oil and gas, water, air, and hazardous sites cleanup.Greg Vitali, For The Inquirer Aqua Pa. sues company, alleging it contaminated drinking water source with ‘significant’ levels of PFASThe suit claims a waterway tested downstream of Arkema's West Chester plant showed three compounds were above allowable levels.Frank Kummer Amid a battle over turf plans for FDR Park, experts say claims of PFAS-free fake grass are misleading The Inquirer asked the three turf companies the city might hire for samples of their product so we could test it. None would reply.David Gambacorta and Barbara Laker See more storiesAdvertisement
Data centers, energy costs, and fracking loom as Democrats finally get full control of Pa. legislatureDemocrats could be under pressure to act quickly on hyperscale data centers and energy costs. But they'll only have a slim majority in the Senate. Frank Kummer
Data centers, energy costs, and fracking loom as Democrats finally get full control of Pa. legislatureDemocrats could be under pressure to act quickly on hyperscale data centers and energy costs. But they'll only have a slim majority in the Senate. Frank Kummer
‘Forever chemicals’ found in nearly all waterways of Philly, its suburbs, and South JerseyFrank Kummer
‘Forever chemicals’ found in nearly all waterways of Philly, its suburbs, and South JerseyFrank Kummer
Contaminated fish prompts ‘do not eat’ advisory for Wissahickon and cancellation of Philly trout stockingFrank Kummer
Contaminated fish prompts ‘do not eat’ advisory for Wissahickon and cancellation of Philly trout stockingFrank Kummer
EPA will spend $2.5M in Camden to clean up site where giant dirt pile caused underground contaminationFrank Kummer
EPA will spend $2.5M in Camden to clean up site where giant dirt pile caused underground contaminationFrank Kummer
Phillies installed artificial turf at FDR Park field without environmental permit, record showsThe field was completed in time for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in July. Frank Kummer
Phillies installed artificial turf at FDR Park field without environmental permit, record showsThe field was completed in time for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in July. Frank Kummer
A landfill shutdown in the 1980s has been leaking chemicals into Chester County well water. Residents will get a public water line next year.In 2023, forever chemicals were uncovered at the Strasburg landfill in Newlin. Three years later, residents are getting filtration systems for their wells.Brooke Schultz
A landfill shutdown in the 1980s has been leaking chemicals into Chester County well water. Residents will get a public water line next year.In 2023, forever chemicals were uncovered at the Strasburg landfill in Newlin. Three years later, residents are getting filtration systems for their wells.Brooke Schultz
Willingboro utility sues six companies over PFAS-contaminated drinking waterThe MUA says some of the companies, including an electronics manufacturer, released hazardous “forever chemicals” from nearby facilities into an underground aquifer.Frank Kummer
Willingboro utility sues six companies over PFAS-contaminated drinking waterThe MUA says some of the companies, including an electronics manufacturer, released hazardous “forever chemicals” from nearby facilities into an underground aquifer.Frank Kummer
Pennsylvania reaches $11.5M settlement with polluters of Chesco’s Bishop Tube siteThe former Bishop Tube Co. property is a 13.7-acre, vacant industrial site on Malin Road in Frazer, East Whiteland Township. Steel tubing was once made there.Frank Kummer
Pennsylvania reaches $11.5M settlement with polluters of Chesco’s Bishop Tube siteThe former Bishop Tube Co. property is a 13.7-acre, vacant industrial site on Malin Road in Frazer, East Whiteland Township. Steel tubing was once made there.Frank Kummer
How one South Jersey soybean farmer is being squeezed by warehouses, rising costs, and tariffsPatrick Giberson, a soy farmer in Pemberton, Burlington County, says he’s determined to adapt and endure.Frank Kummer
How one South Jersey soybean farmer is being squeezed by warehouses, rising costs, and tariffsPatrick Giberson, a soy farmer in Pemberton, Burlington County, says he’s determined to adapt and endure.Frank Kummer
DuPont part of up to $2 billion settlement over PFAS in N.J.Shawn LaTourette, the state Department of Environmental Protection commissioner, called it “the largest environmental settlement in our state’s history.”Frank Kummer
DuPont part of up to $2 billion settlement over PFAS in N.J.Shawn LaTourette, the state Department of Environmental Protection commissioner, called it “the largest environmental settlement in our state’s history.”Frank Kummer
People who lived near Bucks, Montco military bases had higher level of toxic compounds in blood than U.S. averagePennsylvanians living near the military bases had among the highest average levels of other PFAS compounds among those tested.Frank Kummer
People who lived near Bucks, Montco military bases had higher level of toxic compounds in blood than U.S. averagePennsylvanians living near the military bases had among the highest average levels of other PFAS compounds among those tested.Frank Kummer
All adults and children tested near Pa. military bases have PFAS in their blood, study saysStudy subjects who lived in Bucks and Montgomery Counties near military bases had water wells that contained PFAS amounts thousands of times over EPA limits.Frank Kummer
All adults and children tested near Pa. military bases have PFAS in their blood, study saysStudy subjects who lived in Bucks and Montgomery Counties near military bases had water wells that contained PFAS amounts thousands of times over EPA limits.Frank Kummer
French company opens $35 million plant to remove PFAS from polluted Chester County creeksVeolia says its new facility cleans water for 100,000 people from Red and White Clay Creeks.Joseph N. DiStefano
French company opens $35 million plant to remove PFAS from polluted Chester County creeksVeolia says its new facility cleans water for 100,000 people from Red and White Clay Creeks.Joseph N. DiStefano
FDR Park is about to unveil a reimagined entrance, but renovation challenges persist A ribbon cutting is slated for the new entrance on Saturday at 11 a.m. Ximena Conde
FDR Park is about to unveil a reimagined entrance, but renovation challenges persist A ribbon cutting is slated for the new entrance on Saturday at 11 a.m. Ximena Conde
3M will pay New Jersey $450M over PFAS contaminationIt marks the largest settlement regarding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – known as PFAS — in the state’s history.Frank Kummer
3M will pay New Jersey $450M over PFAS contaminationIt marks the largest settlement regarding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – known as PFAS — in the state’s history.Frank Kummer
Philadelphia EPA workers protest at City Hall, saying ‘clean water is under attack’ amid Trump’s cutsEPA workers and supporters gathered in a “solidarity march” during their lunch break Tuesday, protesting Trump's cuts to the agency's workforce.Ariana Perez-Castells and Frank Kummer
Philadelphia EPA workers protest at City Hall, saying ‘clean water is under attack’ amid Trump’s cutsEPA workers and supporters gathered in a “solidarity march” during their lunch break Tuesday, protesting Trump's cuts to the agency's workforce.Ariana Perez-Castells and Frank Kummer
OpinionPa. budget should fully fund environmental protectionGov. Josh Shapiro’s Feb. 4 budget proposal did not go far enough to address the need to fund programs in oil and gas, water, air, and hazardous sites cleanup.Greg Vitali, For The Inquirer
OpinionPa. budget should fully fund environmental protectionGov. Josh Shapiro’s Feb. 4 budget proposal did not go far enough to address the need to fund programs in oil and gas, water, air, and hazardous sites cleanup.Greg Vitali, For The Inquirer
Aqua Pa. sues company, alleging it contaminated drinking water source with ‘significant’ levels of PFASThe suit claims a waterway tested downstream of Arkema's West Chester plant showed three compounds were above allowable levels.Frank Kummer
Aqua Pa. sues company, alleging it contaminated drinking water source with ‘significant’ levels of PFASThe suit claims a waterway tested downstream of Arkema's West Chester plant showed three compounds were above allowable levels.Frank Kummer
Amid a battle over turf plans for FDR Park, experts say claims of PFAS-free fake grass are misleading The Inquirer asked the three turf companies the city might hire for samples of their product so we could test it. None would reply.David Gambacorta and Barbara Laker
Amid a battle over turf plans for FDR Park, experts say claims of PFAS-free fake grass are misleading The Inquirer asked the three turf companies the city might hire for samples of their product so we could test it. None would reply.David Gambacorta and Barbara Laker
