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Environment

In Kiribati, an island republic in the Central Pacific, large parts of the village Eita (above) have succumbed to flooding from the sea. (Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

The refugees the world barely pays attention to

Since 2008, an average of 24 million people have been displaced by catastrophic weather disasters each year.

8 years ago

Waves breaking along a Jersey Shore beach. (Image: Justin Auciello/for WHYY)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Trump administration replaces Obama-era ocean policy

The Trump administration has revoked an environmental and economic management program for the United States' coastal ecosystems.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Report: Jobs in efficiency, renewables grow while clean transportation lags

A new report shows that jobs in most parts of Pennsylvania’s clean energy industry grew over the past year.

8 years ago

Mariner East 2 Pipeline construction in Delaware County. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Pull the Mariner East permit, environmental group urges Delaware River Basin Commission

Delaware Riverkeeper Network says Sunoco has violated conditions on drilling and water pollution.

8 years ago

German Chancellor Angela Merkel
PBS NewsHour
Politics & Policy

Angela Merkel says climate change is ‘a fact,’ laments U.S. stance

8 years ago

A Bradford County drilling rig.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Study: Bradford County water quality improving despite shale gas drilling

Using big data, research shows water impacts near well sites is rare.

8 years ago

A screen-capture from a video posted on YouTube by Wildwood Video Archive of the MV Twin Capes sinking last Friday.
Down the Shore
Community

Cape May-Lewes ferry sunk to expand artificial reef

A ferry boat that once transported countless people and vehicles between New Jersey and Delaware is on another mission after it was sunk last Friday.

8 years ago

Tidal flooding in Stone Harbor in Feb. 2016 as photographed by Zeke Orzech (‏@Zeke_O via Twitter).
Down the Shore
Science

Study: 251,000 N.J. homes at risk of chronic tidal flooding by 2100

A new study released by a science advocacy organization paints a sobering picture of the sea level rise threat to New Jersey.

8 years ago

Forty percent of Philadelphians — many of them with lower incomes — drink bottled water at home, so a coalition is promoting tap water to residents. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey water providers may have to document what pipes have lead

A bill advanced by an Assembly committee would require public water systems to submit a list of lead service lines in their distribution system to the DEP.

8 years ago

The remains of a dead fish lies on the dried bed of Lake Colorado City near Colorado City, Texas
Science

Global warming cooks up ‘a different world’ over 3 decades

We were warned. On June 23, 1988, a sultry day in Washington, James Hansen told Congress and the world that global warming wasn't approaching — it had already arrived.

8 years ago

U.S. Army soldiers in Puerto Rico unload food on Oct. 17, 2017. Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria hit, the federal government was still delivering basic supplies, like food and water. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

FEMA blamed delays in Puerto Rico on Maria; agency records tell another story

Internal briefing documents show FEMA never had 500 generators on the island before the storm — it had 25.

8 years ago

A 2012 fire at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, Calif., led the state to update regulations governing how disasters at refineries are investigated, and requiring companies to disclose information to emergency workers and citizens. The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to block similar federal chemical regulations from taking effect. (Paul Sakuma/AP)
NPR
Science

Fear and frustration over EPA move to kill chemical-disaster protections

The EPA is taking public comments on the new chemical disaster regulations until July 30, and expects to make a final decision later this year.

8 years ago

NPR
Science

As nuclear struggles, a new generation of engineers is motivated by climate change

The number of people graduating with nuclear engineering degrees has more than tripled since a low point in 2001, and many are passionate about their motivation.

8 years ago

This undated photo provided by the California State Lands Commission shows Platform Holly, an oil drilling rig in the Santa Barbara Channel offshore of the city of Goleta, Calif. The platform will be decommissioned and its operator is seeking bankruptcy protection, nearly two years after the platform was idled when an onshore pipeline ruptured and spilled a massive amount of oil into the ocean, the state and Venoco LLC said Monday, April 17, 2017. (State Lands Commission via AP)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

New Jersey’s offshore drilling ban

Guests: John Moor, Cindy Zipf New Jersey passed the one of the toughest offshore drilling bans in the nation in A ...

Air Date: June 15, 2018 10:00 am

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The Pulse
Science

Hurricanes

The Atlantic hurricane season is here — that time of the year when tropical storms whip their way in from the sea, cutting paths of des ...

Air Date: June 15, 2018

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