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In the 1960s, the US began displacing around 600 families for a 40-mile reservoir; in 1975 the dam was shelved and their land became a 70,000-acre national park

The ambitious dam project planned for the Delaware River faced substantial backlash, resulting in its cancellation. This pivotal decision ultimately fostered the establishment of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, a refuge for the river's unspoiled segments. Factors such as environmental concerns and increasing financial burdens were significant in…

The Times of India

Philadelphia’s failing air quality hits hardest in neighborhoods near industry and highways, where asthma rates soar

Philadelphians who live near industrial land and major roads – those who live in the Port Richmond and Bridesburg neighborhoods along I-95, or the Delaware River port-industrial corridor, for example – face worse air pollution and are more likely to have asthma than residents who live farther from those sites.

The Conversation

Ship parade kicks off events celebrating 250 years of the US Navy and Marine Corps

A parade of ships streamed up and down the Delaware River beside Philadelphia to kick off a celebration of the 250th birthdays of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps

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Why authorities plan to sink this historic ocean liner in waters off Florida

The process of cleaning, transporting and sinking the vessel is expected to take at least one-and-a-half years

The Independent UK

I-95 Freeway Partially Collapses In Philadelphia Near Delaware River

A fuel tanker appeared to catch fire underneath the roadway, but the cause of the fire is still unknown.

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Philly will have more heat waves, and the Delaware projected to rise more than a foot over the next 25 years

The Delaware River could rise well more than a foot by midcentury, and temperatures could heat up nearly 6 degrees, accompanied by a rise in extreme heat days, according to a new report that localized data to create a snapshot of local climate change in Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The US is the world’s richest country. So why can’t I get a glass of clean drinking water?

This weekend, 8,000 gallons of latex were accidentally dumped in the Delaware River – and tap water across the country is laced with disturbing chemicals

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Bottled water run in Pennsylvania after Delaware River chemical leak

Between 8,100 and 12,000 gallons of a water-based latex finishing solution spilled into the river

The Independent UK

Skull found to belong to man believed murdered nearly 40 years ago after DNA test

Richard Thomas Alt, 31, disappeared in 1984 along with his girlfriend and a skull found in the Delaware River, Pennsylvania, has now been found to be his thanks to DNA testing

Daily Mirror

Delaware owns a small chunk of South Jersey

SOUTH JERSEY, or (maybe?) DELAWARE — In Salem County, New Jersey, about seven miles south of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, a small chunk of land abuts the Delaware River.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

NJ sues Monsanto over ‘reckless’ PCB contamination, including along Delaware River

PHILADELPHIA — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection filed suit Thursday against Monsanto for “extensive damage” caused by PCB contamination, citing “reckless long-term discharge of” polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) statewide and noting pollution from a company facility in Gloucester County on the Delaware River.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

David Murphy: Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson can’t escape politics after playing LIV round with Donald Trump

PHILADELPHIA — An hour and a half northeast of Philadelphia, across the Delaware River and through an arboreal patchwork of country estates and smallholder farms, the man who taught the world to never apologize lurched his considerable weight forward and jerked a golf club around his body. The contact was…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: America’s real college debt: How we failed an entire generation

Ewan Johnson’s college dreams nearly crashed down on him after just four days. The saga had started in the mid-2010s near the end of what by his own admission had been an unambitious time in high school. Then, his dreams were abruptly transformed by an unplanned trip across the Delaware…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mariner East Pipeline has sparked a boom in fracked gas exports from Philly region

Nearly once a day last year, a large tanker sailed up the Delaware River and docked at Marcus Hook Terminal in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, to take on a cargo of liquid fuel, produced mostly from the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations in Western Pennsylvania and neighboring states.

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Presidents such as Joe Biden have been super connected to pro football

CLAYMONT, Del. — The football field at Archmere Academy is just off the banks of the Delaware River, perfectly green artificial turf surrounded by the yellows and browns that dominate the color palette in winter when everything isn’t covered by snow. When the wind blows just right in the afternoon,…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Nothing 'like this in years.’ A ‘bomb’ and a blizzard rock Philly and the Shore

PHILADELPHIA — What became a coastal “bomb cyclone” rivaled a hurricane in intensity, incited an all-out whiteout blizzard at the Shore on Friday night into Saturday, threw back several inches of snow across the Delaware River, and elevated the “Queen of Resorts” to kingly status in the realm of snow…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Nearly 28,000 miles of Pennsylvania's streams are impaired by pollution, report finds

PHILADELPHIA — One-third of all Pennsylvania waterways are now considered polluted enough to harm wildlife, recreation or drinking water, according to a report released this week by the state's Department of Environmental Protection.

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