Science
Solar-powered streetlights brighten up Philly’s Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood
The solar-powered streetlights aim to help residents feel safe while reducing the community’s impact on the electric grid.
7 months ago
Listen 1:36Searching for Ghosts: The Quest to Prove the Paranormal
From ghosts to ESP, a look at paranormal phenomena and the investigators who chase them.
Air Date: October 24, 2025
Listen 50:04New Jersey lawmaker proposes surcharge on data centers using a lot of electricity
Assemblywoman Andrea Katz is sponsoring a bill that would impose a surcharge on data centers and use the money to modernize the region’s electrical grid.
8 months ago
Listen 0:52Pennsylvania legislation aims to protect ratepayers from data center energy strain
The legislation would allow the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to create a regulatory framework for data centers.
8 months ago
Listen 1:13Conshohocken-area residents push back against proposed data center
The facility would replace the recently closed Cleveland-Cliffs steel mill, which sits on 66 acres of land along the Schuylkill River.
8 months ago
Listen 1:24New Jersey and Delaware report significant beach erosion following nor’easter
The nor'easter led to a state of emergency in New Jersey, and voluntary evacuations in parts of Delaware.
8 months ago
Listen 1:12Releases of toxic ‘forever chemical’ to be monitored more closely by EPA
PFHxS-Na is the latest “forever chemical” added to the Toxics Release Inventory.
8 months ago
Listen 1:07In the Delaware River, climate change and invasive species threaten shad, ‘America’s founding fish’
The fish are a critical food source for larger fish like striped bass, as well as bears, raptors, cormorants and gulls.
8 months ago
Listen 1:05Finding Focus in the Age of Distraction
Why “touching grass” is actually good advice when it comes to taking a break and restoring focus.
Air Date: October 10, 2025
Listen 50:33Trump administration could pull funding for 2 hydrogen hubs based in Philly and Pittsburgh
The Philly region’s MACH2 hydrogen hub promises to produce the fuel using renewable sources. The ARCH2, based in western Pa., would use fossil fuels to produce hydrogen.
8 months ago
Listen 1:01Can Phoenixville’s sewage become ‘guilt-free coal’?
The municipality has invested millions to pressure cook sewage sludge, in hopes of cutting its climate pollution.
8 months ago
Listen 1:12Chasing giants: One writer’s journey to bring nuance to India’s wild elephant conflict
About 10 years ago, writer Kim Frank set out to learn why wild elephants were trampling people in India. She revealed a complex human-wildlife conflict.
8 months ago
Why fall foliage may not be as bright in the Philly region this year
Cooler temperatures and a late season drought caused some trees to lose their leaves early, while also affecting the quality of fall colors.
8 months ago
Listen 1:03From composting to solar panels, NFL stadiums are working to be more sustainable
Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia and Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta are two stadiums that are frequently recognized for their efforts to lower their carbon footprint.
8 months ago
Philly-area MACH2 hydrogen hub spared in latest round of Trump administration clean energy cuts
The Department of Energy slashed more than $7.5 billion for clean energy projects in 16 Democratic-led states, yet Pennsylvania's "green" hydrogen hubs survive, for now.
8 months ago
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