The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced new water quality standards for a 38-mile stretch of the Delaware River between Philadelphia, Pa., and Wilmington, Del., capping what has been a twisty decade-long fight over how to improve the river’s health in that urban corridor. The final rule, which was announced on Sept. 22, is expected… The post EPA issues new water quality rules for urban stretch of Delaware River appeared first on Delaware Currents.| Delaware Currents
Dissolved oxygen (and the lack of it) has been the star of the show for many Water Quality Advisory Committee meetings of the Delaware River Basin Commission in the past few years, and it made a guest appearance at the committee meeting on Monday. Greg Voigt, from the Water Division of the Environmental Protection Agency… The post Dissolved oxygen rules set to come Sept. 22: EPA official appeared first on Delaware Currents.| Delaware Currents
The Gibbstown, N.J., port project that has created a swirl of legal action and opposition from environmental groups won a five-year extension on Wednesday from the Delaware River Basin Commission. The DRBC’s original approval of the so-called Dock 2 project at the Gibbstown Logistics Center included dredging of the river and the construction of a… The post DRBC grants a five-year extension for Gibbstown, N.J., port project appeared first on Delaware Currents.| Delaware Currents
Fears that the Trump administration is looking for ways to lift a ban on fracking is galvanizing environmentalists to defend the regulation.| Delaware Currents
The Delaware River Basin Commission adopted a resolution about DEI and climate change that drew blowback from environmentalists.| Delaware Currents
