Topic: Delaware River

'Fracking': Did Energy Department report clear up controversy?

According to the US panel, 'fracking' to release gas deposits in shale can be done in an environmentally responsible way. The industry hailed the report as refuting shrill critics, but environmentalists decried 'advocacy-based science' by a panel tilted toward the industry.

Taliban's Kabul raid as a Vietnam-like PR ploy

The 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam spelled the end for Johnson and the US role in that war. Will Obama fail to see a similar Taliban 'psych ops,' aimed at American opinion to hasten the US exit from Afghanistan?

10 bits of baseball history I learned from "A Game of Inches"

"A Game of Inches" by Peter Morris takes present-day readers on a tour of baseball's origins. Here are 10 interesting glimpses into the game of the past – and how it impacts baseball as we know it today.

Washington: A Life

America’s first president emerges from this marvelous biography an admirable, flawed, and very human figure.

Fracking debate prompts EPA hearing in New York on gas drilling

Fracking opponents carried signs saying "Kids can't drink gas" and "Protect our water. Stop fracking America." Supporters, including union workers eager for jobs, carried signs that said "Yes to science, no to paranoia" and chanted "Pass gas now!"

USS Olympia, one-of-a-kind steel cruiser, battles for survival

USS Olympia either will sink at its moorings on the Delaware River, be sold for scrap, or be scuttled offshore without a major refurbishment.

Duck boat crash: Woman found dead in river is missing tourist

Duck boat crash on Wednesday took the life of a Hungarian tourist. The search continues for a missing male tourist.

Duck boat crash: Female body found in river; search continues for missing man

Duck boat crash: A female body has been found in the Delaware River at Philadelphia. The search continues for a missing Hungarian male tourist.

Duck boat crash survivor calls boating accident 'harrowing'

Duck boat crash survivor Sandy Cohen shared a lifejacket with a Hungarian teenager until she was pulled out of the water.

A horse rescuer who saves thoroughbreds headed to slaughterhouses

Near Philadelphia, Erin Hurley finds adopted homes for retired race horses, saving them from a trip to the slaughterhouse.

No more power lines?

Buried super-cooled electrical cables may replace towering transmission lines and carry solar and wind energy efficiently over long distances.

Coal-ash waste poses risk across the nation

Hundreds of landfills and slurry ponds – like the one that failed in Tennessee – are dotted across the US, endangering communities and water supplies.

Finally, a Philadelphia sports title

The Phillies' win may go beyond the city to benefit Major League Baseball more widely.

Sonar enters the third dimension

New style of 3-D sensors lets ships avoid hidden obstacles.

Horseshoe crabs are landing – the spawn is on

The ancient arachnid is on the rebound – so why isn’t the bird that depends upon it?

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Supreme Court upholds Delaware border claim

Ruling 6 to 2, the justices say New Jersey has no right to build a liquefied natural gas plant with a Delaware River pier.