
Environment
Clean water tax proposal in Delaware
Even with the support and the technology to clean the state’s very polluted waterways, Delaware just doesn’t have the money. ...
8 years ago
ListenSolar co-ops help homeowners harness the sun’s energy
Neighbors are teaming up to tackle the challenge of switching to sun-sourced electricty. Sal Fede’s house isn’t much t ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:06This Washington state dam is trying to be fish-friendly
The people at Wanapum Dam are trying to balance the interests of fish and clean power. The Wanapum Dam is massive. It̵ ...
8 years ago
Listen 3:42Mimicking nature, an artificial leaf can recycle CO2
An artificial leaf created by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago captures greenhouse gas and puts it to work again. ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:19Why don’t more farms convert poop to power?
Imagine 7,000 gallons of cow manure. It smells. Brett Reinford’s dairy farm in Central Pennsylvania has 700 cows, and that& ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:04Renewable energy jobs bring new life to old coal towns
In some former coal towns, residents continue to hold tight to that economy and identity. Reporter Elizab ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:42Pa. gubernatorial hopeful speaks for natural gas advocates in Harrisburg
More than a dozen county commissioners from Pennsylvania’s northern tier are working to organize around an issue that directly affe ...
8 years ago
Class action lawsuits on behalf of 130,000 in Bucks, Montco merge, seek medical testing
Up to 130,000 people may be included in a consolidated class action suit, filed on behalf of residents living near military air stations ...
8 years ago
Troubled oil recycler cited for hazardous waste violations
A Wilmington oil recycling plant fined last month by a federal judge for environmental crimes was issued a cease and desist order Monday ...
8 years ago
Legal recognition lags as expected ‘climate refugee’ population grows
People migrate for many different reasons – war, persecution, poverty. Here’s another reason: climate change. A 2015 ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:04Why Trump’s ‘big, beautiful wall’ might not be great for wildlife
Conservationists are worried about stopping non-human traffic at the border. The U.S./Mexico border region is one of the most dive ...
8 years ago
Listen 7:10Art and data marry to illuminate stories of life on the Schuylkill River
President Trump is committed to eliminating the Waters of the U.S. Rule, which outlines federally protected ...
8 years ago
We must mobilize now to protect rare and precious water supplies
President Trump is committed to eliminating the Waters of the U.S. Rule, which outlines federally protected waterways. Critics of the ...
8 years ago
Study: Less pollution in New Jersey streams; but more salt
A new study shows less pollution in most New Jersey streams over the last four decades, but cautions that salt levels are rising in some ...
8 years ago
Ill-conceived ‘waters of the U.S.’ rule faces regulatory rollback
President Trump is committed to eliminating the Waters of the U.S. Rule, which outlines federally protected ...
8 years ago