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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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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York.
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Public Health

What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick for health secretary

Here's a look at Kennedy and the agency he'll be tasked with leading.

2 years ago

The Delaware General Assembly in session at the Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware
Delaware
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Delaware House Dems say staffers forced to sign confidentiality agreements

It’s unclear how many staffers were instructed to sign non-disclosure agreements. Lawmakers speaking confidentially say staffers weren’t given copies.

2 years ago

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A sign for Jenkintown Borough
Government Accountability
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Jenkintown spends 40% more per capita on policing than other Montgomery County towns

The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development did not recommend a “definitive course of action.”

2 years ago

Bob Casey and Dave McCormick
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. Senate race goes into recount as Republicans file lawsuits over mail-in ballots

The secretary of state said the Pa. Senate race has gone into automatic recount. GOP candidate David McCormick has sued to stop officials from counting some mail-in ballots.

2 years ago

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature
Energy
Environment
New Jersey

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy pledges commitment to fighting climate change amid Trump presidency

Murphy said policies aiming to tackle climate change are crucial “more than ever” as the state faces severe drought and wildfires.

2 years ago

Joe Picozzi
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The turbo-charged Republican candidate who flipped Philly’s Northeast state Senate seat — without local leadership’s help

29-year-old Joe Picozzi won a seat that Philly’s GOP never intended to flip.

2 years ago

A flock of geese fly past a smokestack at a coal power plant near Emmitt, Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Studio 2
Energy
Environment
Explainers
Government
Politics
Sustainability

Climate policy under a second Trump presidency

President-elect Trump has called climate change a hoax, led his supporters in chants of “drill baby drill” and said he’d pull out of the Paris climate agreement.

Air Date: November 14, 2024 12:00 pm

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Matt Gaetz appears before the House Rules Committee
Government Accountability
National

Matt Gaetz once faced a sex trafficking investigation by the Justice Department he could now lead

Trump’s attorney general is expected to oversee radical changes to the Justice Department, which has been the target of the president-elect's ire.

2 years ago

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump smiles at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Elections
Government
National

Republicans win 218 U.S. House seats, giving Donald Trump and the party control of government

With the thin majority, a highly functioning House is far from guaranteed.

2 years ago

Matt Meyer speaking into a microphone
Delaware
Elections
Government

‘Crazy insider game’: Gov.-elect Meyer wants Delaware Democrats to hold primaries — not anoint nominees — for vacant Senate seats

The offices are opening up in January because Sen. Sarah McBride is going to Congress, and Sen. Kyle Evans Gay will become lieutenant governor.

2 years ago

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Sen. Bob Casey and David McCormick
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pennsylvania Senate contest headed toward a recount, and possibly litigation

Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said vote totals fall within the one-half of 1% margin.

2 years ago

President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump
Elections
Government
National

Trump makes a victor’s return to Washington and pledges a ‘smooth’ transition of power from Biden

President-elect Donald Trump held a nearly two-hour Oval Office meeting Wednesday with President Joe Biden and committed to a straightforward transition of power.

2 years ago

Donald Trump stands in front of a crowd
Elections
Pennsylvania

The polls underestimated Trump’s support — again. Here’s why

President-elect Donald Trump has long presented pollsters with a challenge. Here's what polling underestimated and what it accurately foreshadowed in this election.

2 years ago

Former President Donald Trump
Criminal Justice
Elections
Government

What happens to Donald Trump’s criminal conviction? Here are a few ways it could go

A New York judge says he'll make a decision as early as next week on the future of Donald Trump's hush money case.

2 years ago

On the left sits Democratic Montgomery County Commissioner Neil Makhija. On the right is is former Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker, a Republican Bucks County native.
Studio 2
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

In purple Bucks County, voters grapple with the election's aftermath

We are joined by former Republican Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker and Democratic Montco Commissioner Neil Makhija for this live event at the Indian Valley Public Library.

Air Date: November 13, 2024 12:00 pm

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