By Patrick Jackson Contributing Writer The plan to put 14 brownfields in Delaware’s Coastal Zone back into action was touted as a game changer when lawmakers OK’d legislation allowing redevelopment […]
Delaware State Chamber of Commerce The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce (DSCC) has represented the First State’s business community since 1837, and is now serving more than 1,000 members. “Our […]
DOVER – The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced that a draft report outlining recommendations for the formation and work plan of a Regulatory Advisory Committee (RAC) for Coastal […]
Mountaire Farms has withdrawn its Coastal Zone Act application for a 5,300-square foot expansion to its chicken processing plant in Millsboro, according to a letter sent by the company to […]
(AP) — State environmental officials are holding a public hearing on a proposed expansion of a poultry processing plant in Millsboro. Thursday evening’s hearing involves a request by Mountaire Farms […]
Gov. John Carney signed into law legislation overhauling Delaware’s Coastal Zone Act. The law allows the development of 14 former industrial sites within the coastal zone. It also puts aside […]
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A bill opening Delaware’s environmentally protected coastal zone to new heavy industry is facing a final vote in the General Assembly. The bill, which easily cleared […]
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A bill opening Delaware’s environmentally protected coastal zone to new heavy industry easily cleared the state House on Tuesday and now goes to the Senate. The […]
Members of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce heard from two legislators on opposite sides of the battle over changes to the Coastal Zone Act this morning, hours before hearings […]
The House Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on a proposed bill that would modify the Costal Zone Act — the environmental legislation that has restricted industry on […]
The Delaware Audubon Society and League of Women Voters are appealing DNREC Secretary David Smith’s permit to allow Delaware City Refinery to ship up to 10,000 barrels of ethanol daily. […]
Collin O’ Mara, the former DNREC director who now heads the National Wildlife Foundation, suggests that any review of the Coastal Zone Act should also update protections against rising sea […]
by Kathy Canavan A soybean field now grows on the spot near Angola where Tidewater Utilities’ wastewater treatment plant was supposed to rise. Company president Jerry Esposito said all his […]
By Kathy Canavan Tom Drye runs manufacturing plants in seven states, but Delaware’s Coastal Zone Act still knocked him for a loop. “The Coastal Zone Act permitting process sort of […]
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