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President Biden at the press conference at the shipyard.
Employment
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Biden touts offshore wind at Philly Shipyard, opens door for turbines in Gulf of Mexico

President Biden visited Philly to stump for new clean energy jobs in the region. He says a new vessel built at the Philly Shipyard will employ about 1,000 people.

2 months ago

Cows on a farm
Animals
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Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Penn State study aims to help Pa. dairy farmers cut methane — and show carbon offsets are real

Methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

2 months ago

Paintings by Diane Burko show climate change data in a painting form.
Environment
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Philly exhibit highlights how art can move the needle in public perception of climate change

A recent study shows fine art can more effectively communicate climate change than data visualization.

3 months ago

A woman uses an umbrella for protection from the sun in Juniata Park
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Philly’s summer has been wetter than normal. So what’s with the drought watch?

Drought declarations are not just based on rain. They also consider soil moisture, stream flow, and groundwater, which tends to lag behind rain.

3 months ago

An up-close view of water flowing from a water fountain.
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Philadelphia region among hotspots for PFAS in tap water, study finds

The USGS study is the first to evaluate PFAS in both public and private drinking water nationwide.

3 months ago

A view of a boat with a sign that reads OceanGate.
NPR
Business
Technology

OceanGate suspends its commercial and exploration operations after Titan implosion

OceanGate did not offer additional details about pausing its operations. Its CEO, Stockton Rush, was among the five people killed when the company's submersible imploded.

3 months ago

The Flower Moon is seen through trees in May 2021 in Amesbury, United Kingdom.
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The first supermoon of the year will light up the night sky Monday evening

Monday's moon is a so-called supermoon because it will be both full and located close to Earth on its elliptical orbit around our planet.

3 months ago

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The Pulse

Degrees of Freedom

We’ll look at freedom from different perspectives.

Air Date: June 30, 2023

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Idaho National Laboratory builds and tests nuclear reactors that are often housed in silver domes in the high desert area. (Susan Phillips/WHYY)
The Pulse
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Will climate change force the future of nuclear energy to look smaller and more mobile?

A new microreactor being developed at the Idaho National Laboratory will be small enough to put on a tractor trailer and nimble enough to send to a disaster site.

3 months ago

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In a photo from the Papers of J. Hartley Bowen Jr. at the Science History Museum, workers load a barrel of contaminated waste into a B-17 aircraft. (The Papers of J. Hartley Bowen Jr. at the Science History Museum)
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Pennsylvania

A secret mission to dump radioactive cargo in Atlantic Ocean tells history of nuclear tests

Answer to decades-long mystery uncovered in the archive at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia.

3 months ago

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A worker stencils the destination on to fuel storage module at Holtec International in Camden. This one is headed for D.C. Cook Nuclear Plant in Michigan. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Pulse
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Where can the U.S. put 88,000 tons of nuclear waste?

While the U.S. struggles to build long-term storage for nuclear waste, other countries like Sweden, Finland, and Canada move forward with plans for geologic repositories.

3 months ago

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This fishing gear can help save whales. What will it take for fishermen to use it?

Fishing grounds are being closed, but new technology could help avoid that.

3 months ago

A worker drives cart through a tunnel inside a radioactive waste storage facility in New Mexico. The underground repository was created to house nuclear waste created by decades of research and bomb-making. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)
The Pulse

Buried Secrets, Buried Waste

We unfold the never-before-told story of Earle and the classified operation that he was a part of, and explore the remnants of the atomic age and the waste it has left behind.

Air Date: June 23, 2023

Listen 49:28
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Delaware
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Delaware lawmakers want state to assess offshore wind potential

The legislation would direct DNREC to evaluate the potential benefits and roadblocks of offshore wind.

3 months ago

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s largest coal plant to shut down

Homer City Generating Station will shut down by July due to competition from cheap natural gas and pollution upgrade costs. The plant was a major air polluter in its heyday.

3 months ago

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