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Frank Kummer @frankkummer

I cover the environment for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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This will pave a path to workaround 1st amendment. H.R. 9495 includes a poison pill that would remove due process for nonprofits and hand over considerable power to future administrations. Join us in urging Congress to vote NO on H.R. 9495. 🔗bit.ly/STOP9495

Tell your Reps: VOTE NO on H.R. 9495! Defend nonprofit workers NOW.

This week the U.S. House of Representatives is voting on H.R. 9495, a bill which includes language that would give the Secretary of the Treasury almost unilateral power to strip the tax-exempt status...

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Multiple notable wildfires have broken out across New Jersey since October amid the ongoing drought, threatening buildings, causing evacuations, and forcing road closures. More from @frankkummer: inquirer.com/news/new-jersey…

N.J. Forest Fire service battle multiple wildfires, one near popular preserve, another near gun...

The state's wildfire trend continued this week with three blazes igniting.

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A drone might have just uncovered a buried Civil War sub sought for decades

A new report indicates a large magnetic anomaly weighing from two to 10 tons resting under the mud in South Jersey that could be the Alligator Jr. Civil War-era sub.

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About 13 acres in Lower Merion once slated to become athletic fields will now be preserved by Natural Lands, a nonprofit. 🌳🌲inquirer.com/news/pennsylvan… via @phillyinquirer

Lower Merion School Board votes to sell storied Oakwell estate it took in controversial condemnation

About 13 acres of land once slated to become athletic fields will now be preserved by Natural Lands, a nonprofit.

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Y'all think I'm kidding. We are investing heavily in our trail network in Philly and the suburbs. As Chair of DVRPC and Chester County, I couldn't be more proud. inquirer.com/news/philadelph…

‘Landmark’ $200M in funds for new trails in Philly, Chester, Delco, Montco

The new money will go a long way toward making what’s known as the Spring Garden Connector in Philadelphia a reality.

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This rare butterfly is only found on a military base in Pennsylvania. The feds say it needs to be placed on endangered list. inquirer.com/news/pennsylvan…

Rare butterfly only found on Pa. military base should be listed as endangered, feds say

The location is the most heavily used National Guard training center in the U.S.

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Hexavalent chromium, a toxic carcinogen was found along four locations of Bartram's Mile Trail in Philly. inquirer.com/news/philadelph…

Excessive levels of chromium, a toxin, were found along a now-closed part of Bartram’s Mile Trail,...

Several hundred feet of the 1.5-mile trail will remain closed for continued monitoring, though officials emphasized the public was never at risk from the discharge.

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Is this prototype civil war sub buried in the muck of a South Jersey marsh. She's spent 20 years trying to find it. This clue might be her last. inquirer.com/news/new-jersey…

For 20 years she’s tried to solve a Civil War mystery in NJ. Now she has a big clue.

Alice Smith's search for a buried submarine prototype in the Rancocas Creek has been strewn with tantalizing, but ultimately disappointing clues. She's on one final quest.

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New Jersey's bald eagles were thought safe. Until they weren't.🦅 inquirer.com/news/new-jersey…

As fatal virus looms over bald eagles, N.J. conservationists fight to keep the bird on the endang...

The New Jersey Conservation Foundation says a deadly avian influenza has already been detected in peregrine falcons along the coast.

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A river otter took a selfie in Ridley Creek, ending a 100-year absence for ‘the most elusive aquatic animal in Pa.’ inquirer.com/science/river-o… via @phillyinquirer

A river otter took a selfie in Ridley Creek, ending a 100-year absence for ‘the most elusive...

The sighting shows that the revival of the animal, which was once nearly extirpated from Pennsylvania, continues throughout the region.

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“I was so excited I was hyperventilating,” said the herpetologist who found the first queen snake in NJ since '77. It was, literally, something the cat dragged in. inquirer.com/science/rare-qu… via @phillyinquirer

This snake had disappeared from New Jersey for half a century. It’s back.

“I was so excited I was hyperventilating,” said the herpetologist who found the first queen snake in the state since 1977.

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The last private mountain in Pa. is now public land, open to hiking, biking, and bird watching inquirer.com/news/pennsylvan… via @phillyinquirer

The last private mountain in Pa. is now public land, open to hiking, biking, and bird watching

All 2,500-acres of Miller Mountain was purchased last year for $5 million from an LLC managed by Louis DeNaples, a Scranton-area businessman often in the news over the years,

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🇺🇸 Spring Is Warmer In The Region. For Cherry Blossoms, That's Not Good ▫Those early bloomers are just getting confused with the warming and then the sudden cold ▫@frankkummer ▫tinyurl.com/28jzaqnw #frontpagestoday #USA @PhillyInquirer 🇺🇸
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The $10 million dredge of Wildwood’s back bays is half finished. Will boaters find clear sailing by Memorial Day? inquirer.com/news/new-jersey… via @phillyinquirer

The $10 million dredge of Wildwood’s back bays is half finished. Will boaters find clear sailing by...

The project will make navigation easier and safer by bringing channels to between 5.5 and 12.5 feet.

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Montco aviation museum’s expansion plans have been grounded for 13 years due to PFAS found at military base.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvan… via @phillyinquirer

Montco aviation museum’s expansion plans have been grounded for 13 years due to PFAS

The Harold F. Pitcairn Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum has donors lined up to help fund an expansion. But when that can happen is unclear.

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Where have all the snow geese gone at Middle Creek, Pa.? #ClimateChange might be at work. 🕊️inquirer.com/science/climate… via @phillyinquirer

200,000 snow geese once flocked to this Pennsylvania lake, but climate change has caused the number...

This year, just 62,000 birds were counted. Climate change is likely a factor.

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Snow could mean a big weekend for Poconos skiing — finally. How much snow fell this week in the Poconos? See our data. inquirer.com/business/pocono… via @phillyinquirer

This week’s snow could mean a big weekend for Poconos skiing — finally

After a long snow drought, Poconos ski resorts are hopeful that this week's accumulation will bring skiers and snowboarders to the mountains.

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He displayed his father’s severed head while ranting about the federal government. He called his father a “traitor.” inquirer.com/crime/bucks-cou… via @phillyinquirer

A Bucks County man is facing murder charges after allegedly decapitating his father, then posting...

A man was found dead in his home in Middletown Township, and his son was arrested a few hours later, authorities said.

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Philly’s newest statue impasse ... inquirer.com/news/philadelph… via @phillyinquirer

Proposal to move Philly’s Chief Tamanend statue stalls as tribe objects

The goal is to place the Chief Tamanend statue in a new square planned for Second and Market Streets.

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