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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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Politics & Policy

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
New Jersey

Poll finds Murphy’s approval rating hasn’t budged in N.J. for more than a year

A Monmouth University poll released Tuesday found that 38% of Garden State residents disapproved job the first-term Democrat has done.

7 years ago

A voter fills out a provisional ballot by hand for the midterm elections at a polling place in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
PA Post

Pa. lawmakers set election reform agenda: Five takeaways

Ahead of the fall session, Pennsylvania state Senate and House committees spent more than two hours Monday afternoon hashing out key election reform issues.

7 years ago

Ralliers at the state Capitol often fill the rotunda floor and line its stairs and balconies. In this photo, hundreds of demonstrators gathered for an annual Second Amendment rally. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Pennsylvania

Activists protest Wolf administration’s decision to limit rally sizes in Capitol

The administration says it wants to make sure the rotunda is accessible to people with disabilities. Some disability advocates say the move is unnecessary.

7 years ago

In this Dec. 16, 2005 photo, an Iraqi soldier guards at a checkpoint backdropped with posters, some are pictures of terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Radio Times
International
Military

“The Targeter:” tracking terrorism in Iraq after 9/11

Former CIA analyst Nada Bakos discusses her work tracking terrorism in Iraq, including ISIS founder Abu Masab al-Zarqawi, after 9/11.

Air Date: September 17, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:01
Trenton City Hall (Google Maps)
New Jersey
Religion
Social Justice

Trenton mayor says council members quietly apologized for anti-Semitic remark

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora says two members of the city council have apologized over use of the phrase “Jew her down.”

7 years ago

A pedestrian walks by the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, June 28, 2019.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pennsylvania

Pa.’s lawmakers return to Harrisburg this month. Here’s their plan.

Expect arguments on everything from energy to guns, from criminal justice to wages, and more.

7 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters just after the House Judiciary Committee approved guidelines for impeachment hearings on President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Public Safety

Gun control must include background checks, Dems tell Trump

Pelosi, D-Calif., and Schumer, D-N.Y., said they made clear that any proposal lacking the House legislation "will not get the job done" by leaving dangerous loopholes.

7 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.  (Tom Williams/Pool Image via AP)
Government Accountability
Law

Dem presidential candidates call for Kavanaugh’s impeachment

The New York Times now reports that Kavanaugh faced a separate allegation from his time at Yale University and that the FBI did not investigate the claim.

7 years ago

Microsoft President Brad Smith says governments need to set rules for big technology companies.
NPR
National
Technology

Microsoft president: Democracy is at stake. Regulate big tech

Brad Smith says governments need to step in and set rules for the Internet giants. "Almost no technology has gone so entirely unregulated, for so long, as digital technology."

7 years ago

In Houston on Thursday, Democratic presidential hopefuls Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren participate in the third Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season.
NPR
Elections
Government Accountability

What is the filibuster — and why do some Democrats want to end it?

The fate of the filibuster — a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the U.S. Senate — is again an issue of controversy among Democratic presidential candidates.

7 years ago

Along with increasing awareness of the dangers of climate change, Thunberg says she wants people to use the power of their votes to elect leaders who will work to reduce carbon emissions and slow global warming. (Mhari Shaw/NPR)
NPR
Environment

Greta Thunberg to U.S.: ‘You have a moral responsibility’ on climate change

The climate activist led a protest at the White House on Friday. But she wasn't looking to go inside: "I don't want to meet with people who don't accept the science."

7 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, center, signs a gun control bill during a ceremony in Berkeley Heights, N.J., Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New Jersey
Public Safety

N.J. has used its new ‘red flag’ law more than once a day since it took effect

Law enforcement agencies can confiscate the guns of a person who poses a threat to themselves or others after getting judicial approval.

7 years ago

A view of the Delaware River.
Environment

Pa. business advocates celebrate Trump’s Clean Water rollback

Meanwhile, environmental groups like the Chesapeake Bay Foundation say the move is an “assault” on clean water.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidates are introduced for the Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC on the campus of Texas Southern University Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Radio Times
Elections
National

Democratic debate analysis

After Thursday night's Democratic primary debate, we discuss what the candidates said and how may play among voters.

Air Date: September 13, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:01
From left, Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke and former Housing Secretary Julian Castro are introduced for the Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC on the campus of Texas Southern University Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
National Interest
National Interest

Groundhog Day politics: Democratic idealism collides with realism

In the long-awaited sequel to "Groundhog Day," Bill Murray will wake up to see video clips of Democratic presidential candidates deluding themselves over and over again.

7 years ago

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