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Living on Earth is an environmental news and information program. Each week host Steve Curwood guides the listener through a mix of news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues.

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In this image from video, Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks about voting during the third night of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)
Politics & Policy

Democrats pound their message: To oust Trump, you must vote

Tonight's speakers include Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Sen. Kamala Harris, and Barack Obama.

6 years ago

A rider waits for a SEPTA train.
PlanPhilly
Community

How your commute will get worse if the state yanks SEPTA funding

SEPTA GM Leslie Richards told lawmakers that transit services, including the Broad-Ridge Spur, would vanish without funding from Harrisburg.

6 years ago

City Reach Philly Church in Northeast Philadelphia. (Google Maps)
Health

City officials investigate COVID-19 outbreak at Northeast Philly church

Nine members of City Reach Philly Church in the Tacony section of Northeast Philadelphia have tested positive for COVID-19.

6 years ago

Surveillance footage from  Sunday January 5, 2020 in Milford, Del. (Delaware DOJ)
Courts & Law

AG backs Delaware officers who killed Black man

The report cleared Milford police officers Nigel Golding and Brandon Karpin of criminal wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of Brandon Roberts, 27.

6 years ago

Drexel University
Health
NBC10

Drexel University undergraduate students to stay home this fall

Drexel will also cancel the tuition increase and implement a tuition freeze for all undergraduate students in the fall 2020 term to help them deal with financial difficulties.

6 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney
Politics & Policy

Del. coronavirus recovery: Gov. Carney ‘mad as hell again’ at N.J. quarantine list

Gov. John Carney says he’s “mad as hell again” that New Jersey has once more put Delaware on its list of mandatory quarantines for visitors.

6 years ago

Flood damage from Tropical Storm Isaias and piles of garbage that have gone uncollected for days or weeks as Upper Darby scrambles to deal with twin crises of a weather disaster and coronavirus cluster among sanitation workers. (Photos via Chuck Nguyen)
Weather

Twin crises of flooding and COVID still hamper trash collection in Upper Darby

Residents frustrated with the local government's response want officials to resign for not doing more to speed up response to all the uncollected garbage.

6 years ago

President Barack Obama accepts the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award
Politics & Policy

Obama to address DNC from American Revolution Museum in Philadelphia

Obama will deliver his live address to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

The former Sigma Sound Studio building on North 12th Street.  (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

Developer who wants to turn Sigma Studios into condos wins delay at Historical Commission

In addition to hosting Stevie Wonder and David Bowie, Sigma Studios is where Philadelphia International Records – the Gamble, Huff, and Bell label – got its start.

6 years ago

Advocates and workers protest outside of Ashley Furniture facility in Leesport, Pa. (Courtesy of Make the Road)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

‘Pandemic changed nothing’: Manufacturing workers voice concerns over COVID safety

Employee concerns highlight the struggle taking place in workplaces across America, where companies are debating how much to invest in retrofitting their workspaces.

6 years ago

The exterior of Benjamin Franklin High School
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘Deplorable’ conditions at Philly high school caused by rushed construction, report says

An investigation found that the School District of Philadelphia cut corners on a flagship construction project at one of its high schools.

6 years ago

USPS carrier Henrietta Dixon
Community

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to the chaos at USPS

Tamara Russell aka Revive P.O.C hits the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents feel about the growing controversy of mail-in ballots and post office funding.

6 years ago

Listen 4:30
Trebs Thompson
Community

Putting Planet Fitness membership on hold amid COVID-19 becomes ‘silly’ ordeal for Del. woman

Trebs Thompson just wanted the gym to freeze her account until she decides it's safe to work out again. Planet Fitness put up roadblocks, but relented after WHYY inquired.

6 years ago

Listen 1:53
(Commonwealth Media Services)
Health
Spotlight PA

A decades-old law is shielding the Wolf administration from scrutiny of its coronavirus response

Pa. is denying journalists' requests for COVID-19 data and records using a law authored in the heyday of syphilis.

6 years ago

In this July 7, 2020 photo a woman drops off a mail-in ballot at a drop box in Hackensack, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Courts & Law

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Trump campaign, GOP sues to block vote-by-mail; Murphy says ‘bring it on’

The state GOP hooks up with national counterparts and the Trump campaign to undo Murphy’s executive order calling for an all-mail November election.

6 years ago

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