
Science
Pennsylvania’s biggest environmental group is getting a new CEO
Jacquelyn Bonomo is succeeding Larry Schweiger as the leader of PennFuture. Schweiger is retiring.
8 years ago
Costa Rica banks on low-carbon coffee
The low-carbon coffee that Costa Rica is pushing is part of an overall plan by the country to become the first carbon neutral nation.
8 years ago
Pennsylvania’s environmental rights amendment is back from the dead
John Dernbach, director of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Center at Widener University sat down with StateImpact to discuss.
8 years ago
PUC’s West Goshen ruling cheers advocates for local control over pipelines
The commission voted unanimously on Thursday to uphold a judge’s ruling that prevented Sunoco from building the valve and associated equipment on private land.
8 years ago
Marcellus Shale boom cuts costs for Pennsylvania ratepayers
Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale gas boom has significantly cut energy costs for consumers across the state, according to a new study released Friday.
8 years ago
First Person: Delaware’s tech scene
The growing presence of a tech scene here in Delaware.
8 years ago
Horror movie sounds evoke primal fear
Sound designers have a bag of acoustic “scares” to frighten and unnerve an audience.
8 years ago
Listen 7:14NRDC: Global warming making heatwaves hotter and more common
If it seems as if summers are getting hotter, they are — at least from the perspective of more days when people are exposed to extreme ...
8 years ago
Future in limbo for coal ash site
A Greene County coal ash landfill won’t be receiving any more coal waste until December, at the earliest.
8 years ago
Pluto: The non-ringed non-planet
We begin with the story of Spitz Laboratories, based in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. In the 1960s, the space race kicked off a nationwide s ...
Air Date: October 23, 2017
Listen 07:42Black women at higher risk for pregnancy-related heart failure, prolonged recovery
A new study suggests that African-American women are more likely to suffer from Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and are more likely to worsen before getting better.
8 years ago
What we eat and how we feed ourselves is inherently cultural and political in nature.
Air Date: October 20, 2017
Listen 0:00From soup on the table to a bill in congress: a look inside the shark fin debate
Shark fin is the main ingredient in a much-prized soup. Fishermen commonly cut off the fins and throw the rest of the shark overboard to drown.
8 years ago
Listen 0:00Black farmers work to cultivate diversity
Farming is the second-whitest job in the United States.
8 years ago
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