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Delaware City Refinery cited for March pollution incident
Delaware Public Media - Delaware
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June 24, 2025
The Delaware City Refinery faces penalties from a pollution control failure earlier this year. The refinery was cited by DNREC for a March 13 incident, during which an equipment failure caused the release of some 38,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide...
Delaware County DA joins chorus calling to leave drug program funding in place
Delaware County Daily Times - Pennsylvania
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June 24, 2025
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer is joining other elected officials across the country asking federal elected representatives to oppose sections of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget that would slash funding for a drug...
Water advisory issued for part of Rehoboth Beach ahead of holiday weekend
WJLA 7 - Washington D.C.
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REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — Just before one of the busiest beach weekends of the year, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has issued a recreational water advisory for a portion of Rehoboth Beach. Officials on...
The Most Educated Americans Want Global Warming Taught In Schools
24/7 Wall St.
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June 20, 2025
Key Points Nationwide, 22.6% of U.S. adults disagree that schools should teach about global warming. One demographic strongly in support of climate education in schools is college-educated Americans. At the county level, a 1 percentage-point...
Restaurants may be banned from handing out ketchup packets, napkins under Delaware bill
Fox News
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June 27, 2025
Ashley Tyrner-Dolce, a mother and the Boston-based founder of FarmboxRx, discusses the threat of food deserts on chronic disease. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Restaurant operations and processes could be affected by a bill in...
Proposed law quadruples penalties for environmental polluters
The News Journal - Delaware
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Delaware House Bill 210 aims to increase penalties for environmental violations and direct more funds to affected communities. Supporters say the bill addresses environmental injustice, while agricultural groups and some Republicans worry about...
Deadline looms for new rules to improve Delaware River water quality. Will the EPA follow through?
Delaware Currents - New York
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June 27, 2025
This coming Monday, June 30, marks a significant deadline in the years-long fight over improving the water quality of a 38-mile stretch of the Delaware River between Philadelphia, Pa., and Wilmington, Del., which has been chronically polluted....
Farms near me? Delaware food, fun adventures for your next getaway
The News Journal - Delaware
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It may seem like Delaware's strongest marketplace right now comes in sand and surf. After all, millions of tourists visit its beaches every summer. But another economic driver might draw you off the coast. Agriculture. And on a smaller scale than...
Mack, International Buy Environmental Credits From Nikola
Transport Topics
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June 26, 2025
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Mack Trucks and International Motors were two of the three winners in an auction of environmental credits owned by bankrupt hydrogen fuel cell Class 8 truck maker Nikola, according to...
$100K in environmental mini grants awarded in the Lehigh Valley
WLVR-FM - Pennsylvania
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June 26, 2025
EASTON, Pa. — A dozen Lehigh Valley municipalities and organizations have been awarded mini-grants as part of a $100,000 effort to fund conservation efforts across the region. Administered through the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor,...
Patent Claims Applying Machine Learning Methods to New Environment Do Not Withstand § 101 Scrutiny
JD Supra - California
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June 26, 2025
RECENTIVE ANALYTICS, INC. v. FOX CORP. Before Dyk, Prost, and Goldberg. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: The Federal Circuit found that claims applying established methods of machine learning to a...
Salaam: Why a federal Clean Slate Bill matters to Delawareans
Daily State News - Delaware
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Haneef Salaam is a Delaware resident advocating for others in his community with a record. By Haneef Salaam I left prison 21 years ago, determined to turn my life around after being locked up on and off for four years, first for drug charges, then...
New Jersey wants to rename Delaware Bay to Bay of New Jersey
Shore News Network
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June 26, 2025
37 TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey lawmakers are proposing to rename the Delaware Bay to the “Bay of New Jersey,” asserting state pride over a waterway that borders both New Jersey and Delaware but serves as the outflow of the Delaware River. The bill...
Body recovered from Delaware River believed to be that of missing N.J. man, officials say
Lehigh Valley Live - Pennsylvania
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June 26, 2025
Officials say a body recovered from the Delaware River is believed to be that of a 24-year-old Trenton man who went missing while swimming on Tuesday evening. The body was recovered from the river on Wednesday evening by the Yardley-Makefield Fire...
Bowfishing charters offer novel experience on the Delaware
Daily Record - New Jersey
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Steve Foster operates a charter boat business specializing in bowfishing on the Delaware River. Bowfishing trips typically occur at night in shallow waters, targeting non-game, invasive fish species. A fishing license is required for bowfishing,...
Community Development At The Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Governor Michael S. Barr, At The Policy Summit 2025: Building Strong And Sustainable Communities, Hosted By The Federal Reserve Bank Of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
Mondovisione
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Thank you, Eric, thank you to the conference organizers for asking me to speak today, and thank you, especially, to the practitioners here for the work you do in building stronger communities.1 Your mission has also been at the center of my career...
Nevada lawmakers aim to lure business incorporations amid Delaware’s ‘Dexit’ concern
The Nevada Independent
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June 26, 2025
By MINGSON LAU, Associated Press CLAYMONT, Del. (AP) — Lawmakers in Nevada, Texas and Oklahoma have recently approved changes aimed at helping their states dip into the lucrative side of corporate litigation that Delaware, with a specialized court...
‘Politics has reached into the watershed’: DRBC adopts resolution about DEI and climate change
Delaware Currents - New York
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June 26, 2025
On the agenda for the Delaware River Basin Commission’s June 11 meeting, the resolution didn’t look all that newsworthy: “A Resolution for the Minutes concerning the Commission’s use of Federal funds.” But when it was read out in full, (you can...
Highland Reviews Environmental Report for $40M Camp FIMFO Project
Radio Catskill - New York
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June 25, 2025
In the Town of Highland, a years-long debate over the proposed Camp FIMFO resort-style campground is approaching a critical juncture. The local planning board is now reviewing a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) that could determine the...
American Library Association’s Delaware tour stop to highlight library investments
Delaware Live
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June 25, 2025
WILMINGTON — As part of a regional tour coinciding with the American Library Association’s (ALA) Annual Conference, Senator Darius Brown, D-Wilmington, will speak at the North Wilmington Public Library Campus Hub this Friday to spotlight recent...