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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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Seaside Heighs boardwalk (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors
Public Health

How the ‘new normal’ might look at a Jersey Shore amusement park this summer

Maria Saltzman, a spokesperson for the Casino Pier & Breakwater Beach in Seaside Heights, offers a glimpse into how boardwalk amusement parks might operate.

5 years ago

wind farm offshore
Down the Shore
Energy
New Jersey
Sustainability

Surveys set to begin for second wind farm off N.J.

Ocean floor surveying will be getting underway off the southern New Jersey coast as part of a second major offshore wind project planned for New Jersey.

5 years ago

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Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors

NWS: Widespread power outages possible at the Jersey Shore with strong wind gusts

Widespread power outages are possible Thursday amid a storm system that will generate strong wind gusts, forecasters warn.

5 years ago

Philadanco
Things To Do
Community Events
April 30 - May 6, 2020

Museum music, Morris Arboretum at home and dance for all in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

The Delaware Valley’s cultural institutions offer new online content including music and dance.

5 years ago

Listen 4:12
Plant starters are for sale at Greensgrow Farm in Kensington. (Greensgrow)
PlanPhilly
Environment
Outdoors

Make your pandemic garden bloom: Free resources, online supply stores and more

Gov. Tom Wolf’s emergency shutdown orders closed garden supply stores in Pa., but there are plenty of safe ways to buy plants and learn how to grow.

5 years ago

File photo. (Justin Auciello/WHYY)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. will guide municipalities on how to handle beaches this summer, Gov. Murphy says

New Jersey officials will offer guidance to municipalities on how to manage beaches during the upcoming summer months, Gov. Phil Murphy said on Wednesday.

5 years ago

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Philadelphia
Sex & Relationships
Billy Penn

A dating game inspired by Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ is launching in Philly

Do dates with strangers work on Zoom? We’re about to find out.

5 years ago

Rodriguez Grocery at 9th and Cumberland Streets in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Business
Economy
Philadelphia

Essential, overlooked and ‘tough’: Philly’s bodegas are fighting for survival

Ubiquitous and necessary, the corner store or bodega is a staple of modern urban life. Now these small businesses face unprecedented headwinds.

5 years ago

Customer picks up takeout from The Better Box.
Business
Economy
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Need money to keep your small business afloat? Here’s a how-to guide.

How can you, a small business owner, stay afloat during the coronavirus crisis? Here’s some advice from financial experts and some fellow business owners.

5 years ago

Charlie Secrest teaches his grandson, Connor, to fish at Bellevue State Park. (Provided by Terri Hansen)
Delaware
Home & Family

Charlie Secrest, 82, Southern ‘tomcat’ in Delaware, fixer of cars and father who ‘made it clear he cared’

Charlie Secrest’s family remembers a complicated man: stubborn, yet a patient teacher. Rough around the edges, yet loving — in his own way.

5 years ago

Listen 3:03
Brian Holcomb (Courtesy of Casie Bodine)
Public Health

South Jersey filmmaker Brian Holcomb, 46, died before finishing his greatest work

Brian Holcomb spent two decades making his greatest film. After his death from COVID-19, three childhood friends from Atco want to help him finish it.

5 years ago

Listen 2:33
Dennis
Business
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

Black barbershop owners are divided over coronavirus social distancing

"These barbers, they're risking their lives, but they're doing fine," said one barbershop owner. "You going to die from infection or you going to die from starvation?"

5 years ago

Jeanne Landgraf (left) of Mayfair, in Philadelphia, and Liz Thomsen (right) from Bailey, Colorado, shoot a selfie on the beach in Ocean City on May 27, 2019. (Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
New Jersey
Public Health

Ocean City N.J. officials say they are planning for a partial opening for Memorial Day

After first saying it won't be open in time for Memorial Day, Ocean City now says it is going to try to partially reopen in time for the holiday weekend.

5 years ago

African heritage dancers perform at Philadelphia's Odunde Festival.
Community Events
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Philly’s annual African American street festival Odunde canceled due to COVID-19

Organizers have set a tentative date of Sunday, June 13, 2021 for next year’s event.

5 years ago

A tree in spring bloom next to the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia
Neighborhoods
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

22 gorgeous Instagrams of pink spring blossoms brightening Philly neighborhoods

Let's remember the good parts of April 2020.

5 years ago

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