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Joe Hernandez covers South Jersey for WHYY.
He previously worked at WNYC, as a producer on the local news desk and at The Takeaway, WNYC and PRI's morning drive show. His work has appeared on NPR, the Columbia Journalism Review, and NJ Spotlight.

Email: jhernandez@whyy.org

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$The Delaware River at Washington Crossing, Pa. Fracking for natural gas is essentially banned in the river basin under a regulation from the Delaware River Basin Commission. But the commission may allow the storage, treatment, and disposal of fracking waste and the removal of water for fracking in other places.$

June 13, 2019 | 11:26 AM

Environmentalists call for full fracking ban in the Delaware River watershed

The Delaware River Basin Commission has a de facto ban on fracking in place, but it is considering new rules that would include allowing the storage, treatment, and disposal of fracking waste, and the removal of water for fracking in other places.

By Joe Hernandez/WHYY

January 21, 2016 | 9:46 PM

NJ homeowners hire D.C. law firm to fight PennEast pipeline

By Joe Hernandez/WHYY

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