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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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Lampreys: ugly? Maybe, but they play a big role in river health.

But, if you’re interested in the health of the Delaware River, you should say “Yay!” Which is what Jessica Newbern, a biologist with the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, would say, as ...
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Warren County backs effort to name Paulins Kill a National Wild and Scenic River

An ongoing initiative to recognize the Paulins Kill, a 41-mile tributary of the Delaware River, as a National Wild and Scenic River gained the support of Warren County, N.J., which is home to a ...
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New Jersey reaches historic $2B settlement with DuPont over decades of pollution

Note: This article and video interview were reported by NJ Spotlight News. In what’s being hailed as a landmark victory for the state, New Jersey officials on Monday announced a historic environmental ...
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The beneficiaries of removing mill dams in Delaware River watershed? ‘Fish, fish, fish’

On a spring day more than 300 years ago, the people of the Lenape tribe gathered in their homeland along the Brandywine Creek in Delaware. Hundreds of fish had just begun to make their way from the ...
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Chester LNG plant viewed as dead after Biden directive, opponents say

Opponents of a plan to site a liquified natural gas plant in Chester, Pa., applauded a White House directive that they say could permanently derail a project that would exacerbate harmful health ...
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‘Forever chemicals’ plague Crosswicks-Neshaminy basin

Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of stories exploring water quality in the nine basins in Pennsylvania that are part of the larger Delaware River watershed. How clean are your waterways, ...
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Delaware River is largest source of plastics pollution in North America, report says

Amid continuing efforts to curb plastics in the Delaware River, a study finds that the river, among all the waterways in North America, is the leading source of macroplastics pollution in the Atlantic ...
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EPA seeks to improve dissolved oxygen levels and water quality in urban stretch of Delaware River

All in all, it was a good week for the Delaware River. Two significant developments point toward possible improvements in water quality in the urban section of the river — approximately from ...
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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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Special report: New Jersey warehouses bloom in the Delaware River watershed

It’s well known that New Jersey is rife with warehouse and distribution centers, which have sprouted like weeds throughout the Garden State. How many of these mammoth structures are proposed in all or ...
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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 ...