Environment
Tackling the heat island problem in concrete jungles
Health issues and energy costs soar when the temperatures rise. It’s a hot day in June when I visit Ledean Durant’s ...
8 years ago
Listen 8:02Pa. voters must hold elected officials accountable on climate protection
It’s been a few weeks since President Trump put partisan politics ahead of the health of future generations with his announcement t ...
8 years ago
On ‘Radio Times:’ Lead-poisoned soil in Philadelphia
Kensington, Fishtown and Port Richmond neighborhoods were once the heart of Philadelphia’s industrial hub. Lead dust emitted from smoke ...
8 years ago
How much lead is hiding in Philly’s former industrial neighborhoods?
The construction boom in the so-called “river wards,” once Philadelphia’s industrial hub, has unleashed a “lurkin ...
8 years ago
South Jersey residents warned to avoid Big Timber Creek until sewage spill dissipates
Officials in Camden County are warning residents to avoid swimming, fishing, or drinking water in Big Timber Creek until about 6 p.m. Mon ...
8 years ago
NOAA: New Jersey will see an increase in nuisance flooding in 2017
For Jersey Shore residents and regular summer visitors, it’s just part of life. Once in a while, even on a still and sunny day, tid ...
8 years ago
With deadline looming, Senators call for revamp of National Flood Insurance system
In a deeply partisan period in Washington, New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has joined a bi-partisan group of high-profile senators calling f ...
8 years ago
Why the Red Knot bird lives and dies by what happens here
Everything is in place along the Delaware Bay beach on an early late Spring morning. The net is carefully folded, the cannons set at the ...
8 years ago
On ‘Radio Times’: How climate change became more abstract to voters
On Friday’s Radio Times, host Marty Moss-Coane discussed Trump’s decision, as well as the views that American voters and politicians ...
8 years ago
The end of the Shore as we know it
The Jersey Shore is in danger, but instead of forcing it to adapt to what we want it to be and what we remember, we should adapt to what it will eventually become.
8 years ago
This farmer wants to give animals a better life — and death
Hear what a ‘kinder slaughter’ sounds like. As farmer Jon McConaughy wades through his flock of 400 sheep, lambs bleat, seemin ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:58Clean 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
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