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Living on Earth is an environmental news and information program. Each week host Steve Curwood guides the listener through a mix of news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues.

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Block G is toured in the West section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix Friday June 1, 2018 in Collegeville, Pa. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania will stop keeping death-row inmates in indefinite solitary confinement

They’ll now get at least 42½ hours per week out of their cell, and will be allowed to eat and attend religious services with other inmates.

6 years ago

Suzanne Yorty lost her fiancee, partner, and father of her children, Ryan Myers, to a drug overdose in 2016. She is shown with her children, Jarryn, 12, and Sophia, 6.  Ryan would have turned 32 on May 15. On the table are photos taken on Ryan's 27th birthday in 2013. The family was on an outing in Gettysburg. They are shown in their suburban York home.   (Charles Fox / The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The Why
Courts & Law

Treating drug overdoses as homicides in Pa.

Pa. leads the nation in prosecuting drug overdose deaths as homicides. Why it may not be doing much to help stop the opioid epidemic.

Air Date: November 18, 2019

Listen 13:28
Justin Gabor runs up for a kick during practice at Neshaminy High School. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Community

Bucks football team gives special needs athletes ‘a chance to play’ with friends to help

The Bucks County Challenger Flag Football program has paired young people with special needs with local high school athletes for 13 seasons.

6 years ago

Listen 3:09
A bill introduced this fall by Speaker of the House Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, would add a new branch to Pennsylvania’s school-choice tree — school vouchers. (AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

GOP leaders want to pilot private school vouchers in Harrisburg

The law itself would only apply to parents in Harrisburg. But one of Pa.’s most powerful legislators calls it a “pilot” program for school vouchers.

6 years ago

In this illustration, angry settlers approach a Conestoga village, where they murder all the inhabitants. (Weshoyot Alvitre)
Arts & Entertainment

Native American comic artists tell story of 1763 massacre of Conestoga tribe in Lancaster, Pa.

“Ghost River,” commissioned by the Library Company of Philadelphia, tells the story of the 1763 slaughter of Conestoga from the perspective of the tribe.

6 years ago

Representative Patty Kim speaks at a September 17 rally for a higher minimum wage. Advocates have been using the likenesses of Kim and her co-sponsor, Representative Chris Rabb, in their lobbying effort. (Katie Meyer / WITF)
Politics & Policy

Is Pa. heading toward a $9.50 an hour minimum wage? Tune in next week when lawmakers return to Harrisburg

"Our priority remains finding pathways for Pennsylvanians to earn far beyond the minimum.”

6 years ago

Low milk prices have made the past few years tough for Pennsylvania’s dairy farmers. (Carrie Antlfinger/AP Photo)
Education

Series of webinars aims to give Pa. dairy producers more tools for success

Low milk prices have made the past few years tough for Pennsylvania’s dairy farmers.

6 years ago

(From left) Jimi Patrick, 19, Dean Finocchiaro, 19, and Thomas Meo, 21, along with Mark Sturgis, 22, (not pictured) were murdered in July 2017. Sean Kratz was found guilty of first-degree murder for the slaying of Finocchiaro and guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the deaths of Meo and Sturgis. Kratz's cousin, Cosmo DiNardo is serving four life sentences for the murders of the four men. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
Courts & Law

Kratz guilty in gruesome 2017 slaying of three men at Bucks County farm

A Bucks County jury has reached a mixed verdict in the case of Sean Kratz, convicting him of first- and second-degree murder, and finding him guilty of voluntary manslaughter.

6 years ago

An exterior of a prison is shown, with green grass visible in the foreground.
The Why
Courts & Law

When the rules for treating transgender inmates aren’t followed

The federal government has guidelines for how imprisoned transgender inmates should be treated. But a recent Philadelphia case shows those rules aren’t always followed.

Air Date: November 14, 2019

Listen 14:55
For months, PNC Bank customers have complained about connectivity failures between their accounts and third-party services, including Venmo.
(Graphic by Sarah Kovash/WESA)
Money

PNC customers frustrated over restricted access to third party payment apps

For months, PNC Bank customers have complained online that they’re having trouble using third party payment apps like Venmo.

6 years ago

Marijuana-related arrests in New Jersey jumped about 35% over a four-year period. (Andy Colwell for Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Half a billion dollars: Pa. medical marijuana sales skyrocket 500% in year two

Nearly 150,000 Pennsylvanians are now certified to buy weed.

6 years ago

Demonstrators gather on the steps of the state capitol in Harrisburg to demand action on climate change on Friday, September 20, 2019. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Money

State Auditor General: Climate change could be costing Pa. hundreds of millions

Pa. Auditor General DePasqule wants lawmakers to come up with a more comprehensive plan to improve infrastructure, and hopefully prevent future damage from severe weather.

6 years ago

The Andover estate in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, along the route of the Mariner East 2 pipeline which began operating on Dec. 29. A valve site for the pipeline is in the center of the picture. (Courtesy of Eric Friedman)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Timeline: Mariner East 2 pipeline project’s permit problems and investigations

Explore this timeline to see how the story of problems and investigations has unfolded.

6 years ago

Wolf speaks to reporters after an event in Camp Hill on Nov. 13. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Wolf says he’s unaware of any wrongdoing in Mariner East pipeline permitting process

Wolf said he was surprised when he began hearing reports of an FBI corruption investigation into permits his administration issued for a major natural gas pipeline.

6 years ago

An officer walks up a blocked off drive way, in, Solebury, Pa., as the search continues Wednesday, July 12, 2017, for four missing young Pennsylvania men feared to be the victims of foul play. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

First day of jury deliberations in Bucks murder trial ends without a verdict for Sean Kratz

The jury deliberated for more than six hours, returning to the Doylestown courtroom after nearly three hours with a series of questions for the judge.

6 years ago

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