Environment
‘Bird Town’ Media Borough is hoping to embrace its new designation
Media, Nether Providence, Swarthmore and Springfield Bird Town chapters are hosting an event on Feb. 25 to educate the public about their feathered neighbors.
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Listen 0:59Environmental groups want NOAA to protect horseshoe crab habitats, and restrict how the species are harvested.
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Listen 1:20Climatologist Michael Mann’s Defamation Lawsuit, Bucks County Election, Gen Z on ‘Nomance’
Climate scientist Michael Mann on his $1 million defamation lawsuit victory and the fight against disinformation.
Air Date: February 14, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 43:01Philly launches training program to grow and diversify electric vehicle workforce
A pre-apprenticeship program will aim to help people become electricians focused on electric vehicle chargers.
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Listen 1:08New EPA soot standard could bring healthier air to parts of the Philly region
Officials predict Delaware County, Pa., and Camden County, N.J., will fail to meet the new standard without further action to reduce pollution.
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Listen 1:14Young climate activists arrested at Biden’s Wilmington campaign headquarters: ‘We want a future’
Members of the Sunrise Movement were urging President Biden to declare a climate emergency.
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Expect winter storm to impact Tuesday morning commute
In the city, it could be sloppy with rain changing to wet snow during the height of the morning commute.
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A gnome in FDR Park will speak for the trees
Performance artist Alex Tatarsky revives their gnome character in an effort to save The Meadows at FDR Park from clearcutting.
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Listen 1:04‘Long Live Sturgeon!’: WHYY, Drexel to host discussion on endangered species
Researchers will discuss the importance of researching and protecting endangered species, including the Atlantic sturgeon.
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Climate scientist Michael Mann wins defamation case against conservative writers
Mann, a Penn professor, had sued Rand Simberg, a policy analyst, and Mark Steyn, a right-wing author, for online posts published over a decade ago.
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Pa. home repair and energy efficiency program resuscitated in Shapiro’s budget proposal
The program can pay for improvements that help Pa. homes adapt to climate change and lower their carbon emissions.
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Listen 0:57Pa.’s Democratic governor has sought to regulate natural gas development and embrace it at the same time, a sharp contrast to his approach to fracking as attorney general.
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Extreme rain and rising tides threaten Philly’s Revolutionary War-era Fort Mifflin
Fort Mifflin sits right along the Delaware River. It’s one of many historic sites across the country at risk from climate change.
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Listen 5:44Parker splits job of Philly streets commissioner, with new role focused on sanitation
Parker also made two key appointments to her education team: Sharon Ward as deputy chief education officer and Debora Carrera as chief education officer.
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Listen 1:07The trolls at Philly Zoo have a message: Save nature and you’ll save yourself
A set of troll sculptures made from reclaimed wood by Thomas Dambo presses visitors to think about the environment.
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