Zoë Read | WHYY
Zoë Read is WHYY’s watershed reporter. She joined WHYY in 2015 as a multimedia reporter covering Delaware news for the web and FM.
Zoë’s expansive reporting coverage ranged from efforts to legalize marijuana in the State House and the high-profile Matusiewicz trial, to feature profiles on dancers and musicians and a feature on speed dating for people over 70. The feature story on speed dating for seniors won 1st Place in the National Federation of Press Women contest in 2016.
Zoë is most passionate about giving a voice to underserved individuals and communities and shedding a light on injustice.
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Researchers at Temple University want to know how drinking water from private wells increases the risk of illness among children. -
A Decade After Paulsboro, N.J. Train Derailment, Questions Linger Over Rail Safety and Public HealthResidents in East Palestine, Ohio, worry about the health impacts of vinyl chloride exposure – after February’s train derailment. Seven CDC workers investigating the incident also reported symptoms. -
Climate change could potentially impact future water supplies in the Delaware River watershed. From the WHYY News Climate Desk, Zoe Read reports the Delaware River Basin Commission is exploring water storage options should the need arise. -
A plan to transport liquified natural gas along the Delaware River has hit another roadblock. WHYY's Zoe Read reports a federal agency has denied an extension for a permit to transport LNG by rail from western Pennsylvania to Gibbstown, New Jersey, where it would then be shipped overseas. -
Water quality in the Lehigh River is in jeopardy because of development. That’s according to an annual report about the state of U.S. rivers out Tuesday by the conservation organization American Rivers. WHYY’s Zoe Read reports the Lehigh made the organization’s list of “most endangered” waterways. -
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service wants to expand its proposed protected habitats for the federally threatened red knot bird. WHYY's Zoe Read reports the shore birds rest and refuel in the Delaware Bay on their yearly trek from South America to the Arctic. -
Philadelphia’s tap water got the all-clear Tuesday evening, as officials say it is now safe from any contamination related to the recent chemical spill in the Delaware River. -
Environmental activists across the region are celebrating the EPA’s proposal to restrict toxic PFAS chemicals in public drinking water for the first time nationwide. WHYY's Zoe Read reports water suppliers would be required to test and treat their supplies. -
Local environmentalists will use a new method to restore saltwater marshes in Delaware and New Jersey. WHYY's Zoe Read reports Ducks Unlimited is getting $500,000 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and other donors. -
More than a dozen attorneys general are calling for immediate action to address PFAS contamination – a class of toxic chemicals found in household products like nonstick cookware that's been linked to serious health problems.
