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Departure of the SS United States from Philadelphia is scuttled again

UPDATE: Plans to move the SS United States from Philadelphia to Mobile, Ala., have been delayed because of follow-up details sought by the U.S. Coast Guard, a spokesman for Okaloosa County, Fla., said ...
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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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Nearly 100 percent of Lower Delaware Basin streams found to be substandard

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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Ta-DA! First big step in getting the Delaware River cleaner

Where are the fireworks? Marching bands? The scientific and engineering work that could well give us a significantly cleaner Delaware River — from Trenton, N.J., on south — has been completed. Those ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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For the first time in a dozen years, the feds will pay their fair share of DRBC funding

There’s good news about funding for the Delaware River Basin Commission. The shortfall between what the states and the federal government owe the very body that the four states (Delaware, New Jersey, ...