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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
Energy

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 years ago

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A lobsterman paddles out to his boat in a harbor in Maine.
NPR
Environment
National
Outdoors
Sustainability

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 years 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
wind farm in Atlantic City
Delaware
Energy
Environment
Government

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 years ago

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A view of a car driving away from the Homer City Generating Station.
Business
Energy
Environment
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 years ago

Roger Payne attends the Raw for the Oceans Spring/Summer 2015 collection show presented by G-Star RAW and Bionic during Fashion Week on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 in New York
Animals
Biology
Environment

Roger Payne, scientist who discovered whales can sing, dies at 88

Payne saw the discovery of whale song as a chance to spur interest in saving the giant animals, who were disappearing from the planet.

3 years ago

The ChatGPT app
Innovation
Technology

How Europe is leading the world in the push to regulate AI

Lawmakers in Europe have signed off on the world’s first set of comprehensive rules for artificial intelligence.

3 years ago

An overhead view of a burnt forest.
NPR
Environment
International
Public Health
Public Safety

Rain may soon help put out flames in Canada’s worst recorded wildfire season

Rain is expected to start on Sunday evening, potentially helping to put out wildfires in Canada's Alberta and Quebec provinces.

3 years ago

Blood is drained from horseshoe crabs.
NPR
Animals
Environment
Medicine

Coastal biomedical labs are bleeding more horseshoe crabs with little accountability

Horseshoe crab blood is used to test vaccines around the world.

3 years ago

A person cycles past the Philadelphia skyline which is shrouded in a smoky haze.
NPR
Environment
National
Public Health

When will air quality improve? A lot is riding on the wind

Experts say the weather pattern could change by early next week, and stress the need to take precautions until then.

3 years ago

The Benjamin Franklin Bridge and the Philadelphia skyline are shrouded in haze, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside.
Environment
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Health
6abc

Why is smoke from Canada impacting the Philadelphia region and when will it go away?

A Code Red Air Quality Alert will be in effect for Delaware Thursday, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey will be under a Code Orange.

3 years ago

Solar panels from a project at a water treatment plant are shown Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Millburn, N.J., that provides enough electricity to power 95% of the treatment facilities electrical needs
Energy
New Jersey
Outdoors

N.J. utilities float solar panels on reservoir, powering water treatment plant

Two New Jersey utilities have joined forces on a clean energy project to pump water from a reservoir to 84,000 homes and businesses.

3 years ago

Tredyffrin Township police arrest protesters at the Matthews Road entrance to Vanguard offices. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Economy
Energy
Environment
Sustainability

How climate activists are working to shift trillions of dollars away from fossil fuels and into renewables

They are increasingly targeting corporations, asset managers, and retirement funds with both moral suasion and financial muscle.

3 years ago

Listen 7:15
Horseshoe crabs are visible on the beach.
Animals
Delaware
Environment

‘Sometimes they need a little help’: Flip a horseshoe crab if on its back, conservationists say

Horseshoe crabs are crucial to the watershed ecosystem. So conservationists want you to help them when they’re stuck on their backs.

3 years ago

Denver, Colorado
Delaware
Environment
Public Health

Delaware poor air quality alert until midnight Friday linked to Canadian wildfires

Vulnerable populations in Delaware, including children, older people, and those with asthma, heart disease, and lung disease, are advised to avoid outdoor activities.

3 years ago

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