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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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Morning traffic moves along Interstate 76 in Philadelphia
Lifestyle

Traveling from the Philly area Memorial Day weekend? Expect traffic

AAA predicts close to half a million residents of the Philadelphia area will travel this Memorial Day weekend — the most since before the pandemic.

3 years ago

A for sale sign is visible on a street in Fishtown, Philadelphia.
Money

Home prices across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware continue to climb

Realtors across the tri-state region say homebuyer demand remains strong despite a steady hike in the cost to purchase a home, recent housing data shows.

3 years ago

Michael Stahler kneels onstage. Actors David Shriner and Daniel Passer look on behind him.
Arts & Entertainment

‘It’s essential’: Hedgerow Theatre’s new play about autism stars an actor with autism

“The Puzzle” by Juliette Dunn is loosely based on her own non-verbal son. It stars a Philadelphia actor who is also on the autism spectrum.

3 years ago

An abandoned well is seen on the property of Cheryl and Joe Thomas in Duke Center, Pennsylvania.
(Nate Smallwood / For Spotlight PA)
Science
Spotlight PA

Pa. limited a board’s power to regulate abandoned oil and gas wells. Democrats want to restore it.

The state House panel passed a bill Tuesday that would restore the Environmental Quality Board’s ability to raise bond prices on conventional well drillers.

3 years ago

A view of the exterior of the Eastern State Penitentiary.
Arts & Entertainment

For the first time in 29 years, Eastern State Penitentiary museum has a new leader

Kerry Sautner will take over the historic prison museum in Philadelphia.

3 years ago

(via 6ABC)
Community
6abc

Sally Song of Dim Sum Garden is the new chef-in-residence at Volvér

Sally Song's residency runs through June 4th.

3 years ago

Incumbent Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, his wife Casey and their children on stage after speaking to supporters at an election night party after winning his race for reelection in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
Politics & Policy

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launches 2024 GOP presidential campaign to challenge Trump

Questions loom about his readiness for the national stage. But DeSantis is seen as Trump’s strongest Republican rival.

3 years ago

Multivitamin tablets are photographed in Philadelphia on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. A study published Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, shows a daily multivitamin may boost memory function in some people, although the results don't change recommendations about use of the supplements. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Health

Taking a daily multivitamin appears to boost brains of adults over 60, but more study is needed

A new study shows a daily multivitamin may boost memory function in some people, although the results don't change recommendations about use of the supplements.

3 years ago

Tina Turner smiling
Arts & Entertainment

Tina Turner, unstoppable superstar whose hits included ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It,’ dead at 83

Turner died Tuesday, after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager.

3 years ago

Franklin High School building from above.
Education
6abc

Frankford High School to likely remain closed next school year due to damaged asbestos

The school's 1,100 students have been learning virtually since earlier this spring when the school initially closed.

3 years ago

CHerelle Parker posing for a photo with her former rivals.
Politics & Policy

After losing Philly mayoral primary, former Democratic candidates rally behind Cherelle Parker

In the aftermath of the primary, Parker and her former contenders stress that the election is far from over.

3 years ago

In this Oct. 18, 2016 file photo, an Amtrak Acela train travels through Old Lyme, Conn. On Friday, Dec. 16 federal railroad regulators endorsed an ambitious and costly plan to rebuild the congested Northeast Corridor over the next 30 years. The plan recommends a tunnel through Old Lyme after residents complained about the prospect of elevated tracks. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Community
6abc

Stephen Starr serving up the new menu for Acela’s First Class riders on Northeast Corridor

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3 years ago

smoke stacks
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania high court to consider plan to make power plants pay for greenhouse gas emissions

A lower court halted Pennsylvania's participation in a multi-state consortium that imposes a price and declining cap on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

3 years ago

The Delaware General Assembly in session at the Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware
Politics & Policy

Delaware committee approves state pay raises, adds funds for marijuana industry

The committee added more than $2.2 million and 34 new positions to Carney’s recommended budget to begin implementing a state-licensed and regulated marijuana industry.

3 years ago

Bucks County Correctional Facility in Doylestown.
Courts & Law

Civil rights lawsuit against Bucks County, jail employees gains momentum

An incarcerated man alleges officers used excessive force, and that the county fails to properly train officers on interacting with prisoners who have mental illnesses.

3 years ago

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