Jon Hurdle

1 month ago | njspotlightnews.org | Jon Hurdle

Critics of a plan to build New Jersey’s first export terminal for liquefied natural gas urged the Delaware River Basin Commission to deny an application to extend the project’s building permit another three years. Although any denial by the basin commission would be a reversal from earlier approvals, there are now more grounds to deny than when the first permit was issued in 2020 and extended for the first time in 2022, opponents say. The permit is set to expire in June.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Jon Hurdle |Hannah Beier

With recent recognition from the Green Building Council, the 1,200-acre development is poised to welcome its first residential tenants this fall. The Navy Yard developers have plans for 38 more buildings. Credit... From an elevated section of Interstate 95 in South Philadelphia, drivers can look down on several mothballed war ships moored at the edge of the Delaware River.

1 month ago | tanielchemsian.com | Jon Hurdle |Hannah Beier

From an elevated section of Interstate 95 in South Philadelphia, drivers can look down on several mothballed war ships moored at the edge of the Delaware River. They recall a time when Philadelphia’s Navy Yard hummed with naval shipbuilding and repair, but for the last quarter-century the area has been a growing campus for businesses ranging from cake making and clothing manufacture to molecular diagnostics and gene therapy.

1 month ago | delawarepublic.org | Jon Hurdle

Contributor Jon Hurdle reports on the debate over horseshoe crab protections Delaware conservationists and the commercial fishing industry are still searching for ways of protecting horseshoe crabs and the species that depend on them while allowing fishermen to make their living without being further restricted by state quotas.

1 month ago | publicsource.org | Jon Hurdle

Public health advocates assessing Josh Shapiro’s first two years as Pennsylvania’s governor concluded that he hasn’t done enough to protect residents from the damaging effects of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas — despite charting a roadmap for such actions almost five years ago while he was attorney general.