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Lower Macungie Signs on to Protect Clean Water of the Upper Perkiomen Creek
(6/26/2008)
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Environmental groups and legislators call for forested buffers to protect PA strems and communities
(6/25/2008)
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Rendell Deceives New Jersey Over Deepening
(6/22/2008)
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GAO Agrees to Updated Review of Delaware Deepening
(5/19/2008)
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Court Rules On Easton's Riverwalk Transportation Development Project
(3/21/2008)
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A Victory for Horseshoe Crabs and Shorebirds along New Jersey shores
(3/17/2008)
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NJ Marine Fisheries Council Rejects Science; Sets Red Knot on Path to Extinction
(2/11/2008)
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Opinion Piece -- Bigger Dams Not Wanted or Needed on the Delaware
(1/14/2008)
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Preliminary injunction hearing on Easton Riverwalk
(11/21/2007)
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Documents Released Today Prove Corzine’s Deepening Deal Worthless -- New Jersey will be Dumped on Again
(10/31/2007)
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Delaware Riverkeeper Network Files for Injunction to Stop Floodplain Development
(8/9/2007)
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Bulldozers rev-up to bury Palmyra Cove Nature Park
(8/3/2007)
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PA Politics Presents False Promises on the Deepening
(7/30/2007)
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Lawsuit Challenges Factory Farm Secrecy
(7/26/2007)
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New Report Shows Red Knot Faces Extinction
(7/25/2007)
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Conservationists Seek Re-instatement of Delaware Crabbing Moratorium
(7/5/2007)
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Environmentalists On Hand For Deepening Announcement
(5/17/2007)
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Corzine Dumps on the Delaware: Picks Pennsylvania Politics Over New Jersey Citizens and Environment
(5/16/2007)
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Enviros to the Governors: Don't Deepen the Delaware River
(5/10/2007)
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John Pozsgai Finally Held Accountable for
(3/12/2007)
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New Report - Delaware River Deepening Dumped Again
(3/6/2007)
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Citizens Band Together to Challenge Development That Threatens Historic Community and Ithan Creek
(2/9/2007)
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GAO Discredits Army's VX Destruction Cost Analysis
(1/26/2007)
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Court Strikes Down EPA Regulations Regarding Cooling Water Fish Kills
(1/25/2007)
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VX Waste to Dupont in NJ is Dead, Says Dupont
(1/5/2007)
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Delaware Riverkeeper Network Sues Army to Stop VX
(12/22/2006)
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Cherokee Redevelopment -- Pennsauken Waterfront Redevelopment Project
(12/12/2006)
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Delaware Announces Decision to Protect Horseshoe Crabs and Birds of Delaware Bay
(11/21/2006)
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DRN Appeals Army Denial of VX Information
(10/23/2006)
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VX Proposal Halted by Legislation
(10/17/2006)
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NJ 300 Foot Buffer Rule Upheld by Highest State Court
(10/11/2006)
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Environmental and Animal Protection Groups Join Together To Stop Water Pollution from Foie Gras Factory Farm
(9/6/2006)
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DRN Calls for 180 Day Reveiw of CDC Report
(7/27/2006)
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Delran Wastewater Plant Dumping Sewage
(6/28/2006)
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DRN Statement: Flood of 2006
(6/28/2006)
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Merck Named as Culprit in Wissahickon Creek Fish Kill
(6/26/2006)
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Wissahickon Creek Hit Again: DRN Calls for Accountability
(6/21/2006)
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Conservation Groups File Legal Action to Protect Red Knot Shorebird
(6/16/2006)
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DRN Calls on Culprit to Confess and City to be Vigilant
(6/16/2006)
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Oil Slick in the Upper Delaware Bay
(5/15/2006)
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Update:Oil Slick in the Upper Delaware Bay May 1, 2006
(5/1/2006)
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Update: Oil Slick in the Upper Delaware Bay April 28, 2006
(4/28/2006)
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Update: Oil Slick in the Upper Delaware Bay April 25, 2006
(4/27/2006)
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Court Upholds NJ's Buffer Rule -- DRN Claims Important Regional and National Precedent
(4/12/2006)
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Groups from 6 States Urge Safe Destruction Of Nerve Agent Wastes
(4/6/2006)
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Volunteers Needed To Assess the Alexauken Creek
(2/3/2006)
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PADEP Grant Permit; PPL Reopens Basin and Coal Fueled Units at Martin's Creek Plant
(12/29/2005)
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NJDEP terminates agreement with Pennsauken and Cherokee
(11/5/2005)
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USEPA Grants DRN Petition Concerning PPL Martin's Creek Plant
(10/21/2005)
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Storm Flows in Delaware River Spread Pollution From PPL Ash Pit
(10/12/2005)
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USEPA Reconsiders DRN's Petition for Control over PPL
(9/30/2005)
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Pollution from Ash Pit Moves Downstream and Downwind
(9/23/2005)
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Statement on Petty's Island
(9/19/2005)
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DRN files Petition with USEPA Concerning Coal Fly Ash Basin Failures
(9/12/2005)
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Emergency Coal Waste Basin at Martin's Creek Plant Springs a Leak; Coal Fired Units Shut Down
(9/9/2005)
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PPL Ash Pit Blows Out into Delaware River; Pollution Event Continues During Clean Up
(8/29/2005)
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PPL Power Plant Ash Pit Blows Out Into Delaware River
(8/26/2005)
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Delaware Bay Bird Close to Extinction -- Organizations Fighting for its Protection
(8/2/2005)
Best Practices
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Lower Macungie Signs on to Protect Clean Water of the Upper Perkiomen Creek
(6/26/2008)
Floodplains And Buffers
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Environmental groups and legislators call for forested buffers to protect PA strems and communities
(6/25/2008)
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Dredging
Delaware Deepening
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Rendell Deceives New Jersey Over Deepening
(6/22/2008)
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GAO Agrees to Updated Review of Delaware Deepening
(5/19/2008)
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Harmful Development
Easton Parking Authority
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Court Rules On Easton's Riverwalk Transportation Development Project
(3/21/2008)
Back to the Top
Endangered Species
Red Knot And Horseshoe Crabs
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A Victory for Horseshoe Crabs and Shorebirds along New Jersey shores
(3/17/2008)
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NJ Marine Fisheries Council Rejects Science; Sets Red Knot on Path to Extinction
(2/11/2008)
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Dams, Levees and Flood Control Structures
New York City Reservoirs
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Opinion Piece -- Bigger Dams Not Wanted or Needed on the Delaware
(1/14/2008)
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Harmful Development
Easton Parking Authority
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Preliminary injunction hearing on Easton Riverwalk
(11/21/2007)
Back to the Top
Dredging
Delaware Deepening
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Documents Released Today Prove Corzine’s Deepening Deal Worthless -- New Jersey will be Dumped on Again
(10/31/2007)
Back to the Top
Harmful Development
Easton Parking Authority
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Delaware Riverkeeper Network Files for Injunction to Stop Floodplain Development
(8/9/2007)
Back to the Top
Dredging
Palmyra Cove
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Bulldozers rev-up to bury Palmyra Cove Nature Park
(8/3/2007)
Delaware Deepening
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PA Politics Presents False Promises on the Deepening
(7/30/2007)
Back to the Top
Factory Farming
Hudson Valley Foie Gras
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Lawsuit Challenges Factory Farm Secrecy
(7/26/2007)
Back to the Top
Endangered Species
Red Knot And Horseshoe Crabs
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New Report Shows Red Knot Faces Extinction
(7/25/2007)
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Conservationists Seek Re-instatement of Delaware Crabbing Moratorium
(7/5/2007)
Back to the Top
Dredging
Delaware Deepening
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Environmentalists On Hand For Deepening Announcement
(5/17/2007)
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Corzine Dumps on the Delaware: Picks Pennsylvania Politics Over New Jersey Citizens and Environment
(5/16/2007)
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Enviros to the Governors: Don't Deepen the Delaware River
(5/10/2007)
Back to the Top
Regulation and Law
Water Quality
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John Pozsgai Finally Held Accountable for
(3/12/2007)
Back to the Top
Dredging
Delaware Deepening
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New Report - Delaware River Deepening Dumped Again
(3/6/2007)
Back to the Top
Harmful Development
Ithan Creek
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Citizens Band Together to Challenge Development That Threatens Historic Community and Ithan Creek
(2/9/2007)
Back to the Top
Waste Dumping
VX
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GAO Discredits Army's VX Destruction Cost Analysis
(1/26/2007)
Back to the Top
Power Plants
Salem Nuclear Generating Station
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Court Strikes Down EPA Regulations Regarding Cooling Water Fish Kills
(1/25/2007)
Back to the Top
Waste Dumping
VX
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VX Waste to Dupont in NJ is Dead, Says Dupont
(1/5/2007)
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Delaware Riverkeeper Network Sues Army to Stop VX
(12/22/2006)
Back to the Top
Harmful Development
Petty's Island
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Cherokee Redevelopment -- Pennsauken Waterfront Redevelopment Project
(12/12/2006)
Back to the Top
Endangered Species
Red Knot And Horseshoe Crabs
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Delaware Announces Decision to Protect Horseshoe Crabs and Birds of Delaware Bay
(11/21/2006)
Back to the Top
Waste Dumping
VX
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DRN Appeals Army Denial of VX Information
(10/23/2006)
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VX Proposal Halted by Legislation
(10/17/2006)
Back to the Top
Best Practices
Stormwater
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NJ 300 Foot Buffer Rule Upheld by Highest State Court
(10/11/2006)
Back to the Top
Regulation and Law
Water Quality
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Environmental and Animal Protection Groups Join Together To Stop Water Pollution from Foie Gras Factory Farm
(9/6/2006)
Back to the Top
Waste Dumping
VX
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DRN Calls for 180 Day Reveiw of CDC Report
(7/27/2006)
Back to the Top
Sewage Dumping
Rancocas Creek
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Delran Wastewater Plant Dumping Sewage
(6/28/2006)
Back to the Top
Flood
2006 Flood
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DRN Statement: Flood of 2006
(6/28/2006)
Back to the Top
Chemical Spill
Wissahickon Creek
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Merck Named as Culprit in Wissahickon Creek Fish Kill
(6/26/2006)
Back to the Top
Sewage Dumping
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Wissahickon Creek Hit Again: DRN Calls for Accountability
(6/21/2006)
Back to the Top
Endangered Species
Red Knot And Horseshoe Crabs
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Conservation Groups File Legal Action to Protect Red Knot Shorebird
(6/16/2006)
Back to the Top
Chemical Spill
Wissahickon Creek
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DRN Calls on Culprit to Confess and City to be Vigilant
(6/16/2006)
Back to the Top
Oil Spill
Delaware Bay
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Oil Slick in the Upper Delaware Bay
(5/15/2006)
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Update:Oil Slick in the Upper Delaware Bay May 1, 2006
(5/1/2006)
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Update: Oil Slick in the Upper Delaware Bay April 28, 2006
(4/28/2006)
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Update: Oil Slick in the Upper Delaware Bay April 25, 2006
(4/27/2006)
Back to the Top
Harmful Development
Stormwater
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Court Upholds NJ's Buffer Rule -- DRN Claims Important Regional and National Precedent
(4/12/2006)
Back to the Top
Waste Dumping
VX
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Groups from 6 States Urge Safe Destruction Of Nerve Agent Wastes
(4/6/2006)
Back to the Top
Water Quality Threat
Alexauken Creek
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Volunteers Needed To Assess the Alexauken Creek
(2/3/2006)
Back to the Top
Pollution Discharge
PPL Power Plant
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PADEP Grant Permit; PPL Reopens Basin and Coal Fueled Units at Martin's Creek Plant
(12/29/2005)
Back to the Top
Harmful Development
Petty's Island
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NJDEP terminates agreement with Pennsauken and Cherokee
(11/5/2005)
Back to the Top
Pollution Discharge
PPL Power Plant
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USEPA Grants DRN Petition Concerning PPL Martin's Creek Plant
(10/21/2005)
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Storm Flows in Delaware River Spread Pollution From PPL Ash Pit
(10/12/2005)
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USEPA Reconsiders DRN's Petition for Control over PPL
(9/30/2005)
•
Pollution from Ash Pit Moves Downstream and Downwind
(9/23/2005)
Back to the Top
Harmful Development
Petty's Island
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Statement on Petty's Island
(9/19/2005)
Back to the Top
Pollution Discharge
PPL Power Plant
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DRN files Petition with USEPA Concerning Coal Fly Ash Basin Failures
(9/12/2005)
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Emergency Coal Waste Basin at Martin's Creek Plant Springs a Leak; Coal Fired Units Shut Down
(9/9/2005)
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PPL Ash Pit Blows Out into Delaware River; Pollution Event Continues During Clean Up
(8/29/2005)
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PPL Power Plant Ash Pit Blows Out Into Delaware River
(8/26/2005)
Back to the Top
Endangered Species
Red Knot And Horseshoe Crabs
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Delaware Bay Bird Close to Extinction -- Organizations Fighting for its Protection
(8/2/2005)