Environment
Climate change wakeup: Humans likely made Harvey much worse
Hurricane Harvey is precisely the extreme “weather event” that climate scientists have long been warning about. But while Tru ...
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Hurricane Harvey, 5 years after Sandy
Guests: James Lee Witt, Matt Arco, Tony Broccoli Hurricane Harvey has brought floods and devastation to Southeast ...
Air Date: August 29, 2017
Listen 00:48:59Delaware takes another try at offshore wind [video]
Gov. Carney signed an executive order to explore the possibility of offshore wind in Delaware. Gov. John Carney, D-Delaware, ...
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ListenWhy more and more homes are getting taller in Ocean City, N.J.
Many more homes are being lifted above expected future flood heights, or razed and replaced to comply with newer, more stringent flood protection standards.
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South Jersey paint factory caused ‘cancer cluster,’ lawsuit alleges
Several current and former Camden County residents have developed cancer and other illnesses as a result of toxic contamination emanating ...
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ListenPhiladelphia students get dirt under their nails producing fresh fruit for their neighborhoods
In a city where far too many lack access to fresh fruits and vegetables, opportunities for communities to create their own sources of hea ...
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Urban garden brings life to Wilmington’s East Side
Revitalization projects on Wilmington’s East Side are helping to nourish, raise hope and rebuild a community plagued with poverty, ...
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Panic is the biggest enemy for those caught in a rip current
“Don’t Panic.” In Douglas Adam’s brilliant sci-fi comedy “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ...
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The only way to beat poison ivy; the beneficial insects in your backyard; the wasp without which you could not get figs and the most impo ...
Air Date: August 18, 2017
Listen 00:53:13Congressman Frank Pallone warns that ocean drilling could lead to an oil spill
New Jersey officials are standing up against President Donald Trump’s offshore oil drilling proposal. Congressman Frank Pall ...
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Environmentalists in New Jersey urge Congress not to cut the EPA’s budget
Environmental groups and New Jersey officials are urging Congress to reject President Donald Trump’s proposed 30 percent cut in the ...
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What’s a cloud forest without clouds?
Scientists say climate change could dry out misty jungles in the Andes of Peru. Along mountainsides in Central and South America, ...
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Listen 6:08Returning restaurants’ oyster shells back to the water
Shell recycling keeps them out of landfills and improves ecosystem health. About 120 miles east of Washington, D.C., Delaware’s ...
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Listen 6:44Gulf Coast land loss threatens food sovereignty
Pointe-au-Chien and other Louisiana tribes want to protect native ways of eating. Native Americans living along Louisiana’s ...
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Listen 9:46When natural history collections bow to other priorities
In 1962, Neil Douglas accepted a position in the brand new biology department of what is now the University of Louisiana Monroe. The scho ...
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