Frank Kummer
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I cover the environment for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Southern New Jersey
Joined May 2009
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. ๐ https://t.co/1T7afqPwkH
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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:
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The state's wildfire trend continued this week with three blazes igniting.
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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. ๐ณ๐ฒ https://t.co/Wk6bk66b62 via @phillyinquirer
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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.
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The new money will go a long way toward making whatโs 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.๐ฆ
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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 โthe most elusive aquatic animal in Pa.โ https://t.co/PnAnVe7SKa via @phillyinquirer
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The sighting shows that the revival of the animal, which was once nearly extirpated from Pennsylvania, continues throughout the region.
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โI was so excited I was hyperventilating,โ said the herpetologist who found the first queen snake in NJ since '77. It was, literally, something the cat dragged in. https://t.co/3LM2NYqbZU via @phillyinquirer
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โI was so excited I was hyperventilating,โ 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 https://t.co/xKvzRHDIFH via @phillyinquirer
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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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๐บ๐ธ Spring Is Warmer In The Region. For Cherry Blossoms, That's Not Good โซThose early bloomers are just getting confused with the warming and then the sudden cold โซ@frankkummer โซ https://t.co/KGCxJLZbzH
#frontpagestoday #USA @PhillyInquirer ๐บ๐ธ
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The $10 million dredge of Wildwoodโs back bays is half finished. Will boaters find clear sailing by Memorial Day? https://t.co/0aa4UPaWWJ via @phillyinquirer
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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 museumโs expansion plans have been grounded for 13 years due to PFAS found at military base. https://t.co/jdBFptwxh2 via @phillyinquirer
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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. ๐๏ธ https://t.co/MbBgGPU9QE via @phillyinquirer
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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 โ finally. How much snow fell this week in the Poconos? See our data. https://t.co/asmUEBoCO2 via @phillyinquirer
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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 fatherโs severed head while ranting about the federal government. He called his father a โtraitor.โ https://t.co/xoMT55Dx5R via @phillyinquirer
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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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Phillyโs newest statue impasse ... https://t.co/8JXVaDL7eT via @phillyinquirer
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The goal is to place the Chief Tamanend statue in a new square planned for Second and Market Streets.
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