There is a significant presence of toxic chemicals in the tributaries that feed the Delaware River Estuary, according to new data from The Delaware River Basin Commission delawarecurrents.org/2025/06/25/che…

The recognition of Delaware Currents's freelance team underscores the importance of supporting freelance journalists who bring diverse perspectives and expertise to local newsrooms. delawarecurrents.bluelena.io/index.php?acti…

A 38-mile stretch of the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Wilmington is chronically polluted. The EPA has until June 30 to change that. delawarecurrents.org/2025/06/27/epa…

Horseshoe crabs travel onto mid-Atlantic coasts every spring to spawn during what is believed to be the world’s oldest and largest wildlife migration, dating back an estimated 450 million years delawarecurrents.org/2025/06/23/hor…

Forever chemicals were detected in a canal that links the Delaware and Raritan Canal in Central New Jersey amid rollbacks of federal rules to fight them delawarecurrents.org/2025/07/07/the…

Paulins Kill, a 41-mile tributary of the Delaware River, could get a National Wild and Scenic River System designation 👀 delawarecurrents.org/2025/07/14/pau…

The project “strengthens our infrastructure, supports aquatic life and restores a historic waterway that means so much to the neighborhood and to our city." delawarecurrents.org/2025/06/30/man…

One way to stop poo-lution? Scoop your dog's poop! 💩 Willow, a one-year-old pup is Philadelphia's newest "spokesdog" educating residents on the effects of improperly discarded dog waste. delawarecurrents.org/2025/06/09/dog…

Meet Petty's Island, a gem in the Delaware River that boasts beautiful scenery and wildlife, minus the humans. delawarecurrents.org/2025/07/21/pet…

This means the health of the Delaware River, as well as of the tributaries feeding into the D&R Canal, affects central Jerseyans’ drinking water. Yet little is known about the quality of the canal water itself. delawarecurrents.org/2025/07/07/the…

Advocacy group the National Parks Conservation Association warned that cuts in National Park Service staff and funding will degrade facilities and risk public safety at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area delawarecurrents.org/2025/07/24/nat…

New Jersey has one of the best water monitoring systems in the country. But it didn't happen overnight delawarecurrents.org/2025/07/27/gai…

The Trump administration hasn’t made specific moves to target the Delaware River Basin's fracking ban. But environmentalists aren’t confident it’ll stay that way. delawarecurrents.org/2025/07/30/fra…

Generative AI systems, such as Chat GPT or Google Gemini, require power-hungry data centers to run their back-end computations. Should Pennsylvania’s natural gas power them? delawarecurrents.org/2025/07/28/pen…

Hilly terrain that holds scores of streams and creeks in the Delaware’s headwaters are capable of bearing flash floods. Is the New York-Pennsylvania border ready for severe weather? delawarecurrents.org/2025/08/04/is-…

New Jersey officials announced a historic environmental settlement that secured an estimated $2 billion from chemical companies over decades of contamination at four industrial sites delawarecurrents.org/2025/08/05/new…

“It’s so much more complicated than just hitting the big red button when it’s going to flood, and then people get out of there,” said Molly Oliver, executive director of the nonprofit Friends of the Upper Delaware River. delawarecurrents.org/2025/08/04/is-…

Fly, birdy, fly! 🥹🐦 delawarecurrents.org/2025/08/09/nom…

The shipping sector along the Delaware River is bracing for impact of Trump administration tariffs delawarecurrents.org/2025/08/11/del…

The threat of flooding can last for *several years* after a wildfire and vulnerable regions have been hit hard in recent years. delawarecurrents.org/2025/08/14/bur…