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Environment

Activists gather outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 1, 2017, to protest President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the Unites States from the Paris climate change accord. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. lawmakers continue climate change fight after Trump rolls back clean power plan

The Trump administration decided to roll back President Obama’s clean power plan in August.

7 years ago

The city of Big Spring’s desert-like climate has pushed officials to come up with creative ways to conserve water. In 2013, the Colorado River Municipal Water District opened the nation's first Direct Potable Reuse water treatment plant, in order to recycle the city’s water. (Kristen Cabrera/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

From toilet to tap: Texas town makes the most of its ‘pre-owned’ water

Water shortages forced Big Spring, Texas to begin reusing its wastewater five years ago, but not all locals are on board.

7 years ago

Listen 8:06
The Pulse
Health

The Water We Drink

Most of us take our drinking water for granted — switch on the tap, and out it flows. But in much of the world, that’s not the case. ...

Air Date: November 30, 2018

Listen 48:51
For four years, Devi Lockwood has been traveling around the world to record 1,001 stories about water and climate change. (Image courtesy of Devi Lockwood)
The Pulse
Health

Water stories: 1,001 voices from around the world

After a bike ride down the Mississippi, Devi Lockwood set out to record water stories on every continent. Here are two: one from Afghanistan, the other from China.

7 years ago

Listen 6:47
NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife image.
Down the Shore
Courts & Law

Pa. men fined more than $2K for N.J. striped bass violations

Three Pennsylvania men were fined more than $2,000 each for fishing violations at the Jersey Shore, authorities say. Acting on a t ...

7 years ago

Kevin Lawerence, of Wynnewood, was pleasantly surprised to receive a fresh bag of groceries during his appointment at Lankenau Hospital's integrated health practice.
Health

Take two aspirin and a bunch of Swiss chard: Hospital farm aims to promote patient wellness

Lankenau's Wellness Farm yields thousands of pounds of produce for distribution to patients at no charge.

7 years ago

Listen 4:36
In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2018 photo, Ben Thyng does an exam of a newly arrived living Kemp’s ridley turtle to the ICU at the Audubon Society’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellfleet, Mass., as cold stunned turtles are brought in off area beaches after several days of below freezing weather. Mass Audubon Director Bob Prescott believes a warming trend in the Gulf of Maine has allowed the turtles to delay migration south. (Steve Heaslip/The Cape Cod Times via AP) (Associated Press)
Down the Shore
Community

Marine experts say to keep an eye out for ‘cold-stunned’ sea turtles on N.J. beaches

The cold snap around Thanksgiving that dropped ocean temperatures is putting migrating sea turtles at risk of washing ashore on New Jerse ...

7 years ago

A leak at Croda's Atlas Point plant near the Delaware Memorial Bridge caused massive delays for motorists and left nearby residents worried about the potential threat to their health. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Incorrect gasket blamed for toxic gas leak at Delaware facility

An incorrect gasket failed Sunday afternoon at Croda’s Atlas Point facility near New Castle, Delaware causing toxic, highly flammable ethylene oxide to leak.

7 years ago

The stacks of the Homer City Generating Station in Homer City, Pa., are shown in this 2014 file photo. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Climate petition calls on Pa. to cut emissions through cap-and-trade system

Among states, Pennsylvania is the third biggest emitter of carbon. The petition sets in motion a legal process that entails a response from the state.

7 years ago

Water pours from a faucet.
Health

Health effects uncertain, high toxin levels found in blood of residents near military bases

Blood tests for more than 230 residents of Bucks and Montgomery counties have come back showing high levels of a class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS.

7 years ago

Volunteers search a mobile home park in Paradise, Calif. Government scientists predict wildfires like the one that struck this community will contribute to billions in losses for the U.S. economy (Kathleen Ronayne/AP)
NPR
Science

New U.S. climate assessment forecasts dire effects on economy, health

7 years ago

File photo of minor tidal flooding in Seaside Park. (Courtesy of Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
Community

NWS: Potentially coastal, inland flooding Monday

Another round of flooding is likely Monday as a storm system moves through the New Jersey region, forecasters say. 

8 years ago

The Camp Fire started on Nov. 8 near the city of Paradise and rapidly overwhelmed the area. The city is still closed off to the public, and nearly 500 people remain missing in the region. (Bobby Allyn/NPR)
NPR
Community

As California wildfire winds down, rain and winds create new fears

8 years ago

(Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Down the Shore
Community

Officials: ‘Black material’ pumped ashore on Ocean County beach is peat

Officials say the unsightly material found along the shoreline on an Ocean County beach recently is naturally occurring.

8 years ago

Residences leveled by the Camp Fire line a cul-de-sac in Paradise, Calif., earlier this month. A massive federal report says climate change is contributing to larger wildfires as well as other deadly extreme weather.
(Noah Berger/AP)
NPR
Health

Climate change is already hurting U.S. communities, federal report says

The fourth National Climate Assessment is the culmination of years of research and analysis by hundreds of top climate scientists in the country.

8 years ago

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