Old trees line Brookline Street in Cambridge. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

06:30Jan 24, 2020

Old Growth, New Problems: The Battle Over Tree-Cutting In Cambridge

One year after severely restricting tree removal on private property, the Cambridge City Council must decide whether to renew the policy.

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Mike Nichols, Tomas Cardoso and Romeo Gonzales place the tree in a hole at Prescott Sq. Park in East Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

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The Massachusetts State House. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

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A Gap Mountain Drilling truck at work in Brookline, Mass. (Bruce Gellerman/WBUR)

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In this 2018 file photo, a Bangs Island Mussels worker sets juvenile mussels onto a rope. (Fred Bever/ Maine Public Radio)

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Series: The Nuclear Option

The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

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Floating nuclear power plant 'Akademik Lomonosov' is towed out of the St. Petersburg, Russia shipyard where it was constructed in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Dmitri Lovetsky/AP)

Big Plans For Small Nuclear Plants

08:41Sep 18, 2019

Martin Greenwald demonstrates how you can use a magnetic fields to contain and insulate a hot fusion plasma. Here the magnet pushes the bright plasma away from the wall of the glass tube. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

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07:09Sep 19, 2019

Series: Closing Pilgrim

In this photo, circa 1971, the 525-ton, 65-foot-tall reactor vessel arrives by boat at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. (Courtesy U.S. Department of Energy)

Timeline: The 52-Year History Of The Pilgrim Nuclear Plant

08:30May 29, 2019

Spent fuel casks at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Pilgrim Is Closing. So Then What Happens To The Radioactive Waste?

06:45May 30, 2019

Entergy's Chiltonville Training Center is an identical twin mock-up of the control room at the Pilgrim nuclear power plant. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

In An Identical Simulator, Pilgrim Operators Prep For Shutdown

07:25May 31, 2019

You Asked, We Answered: Questions About The Pilgrim Shutdown

May 28, 2019

The discharge canal at Pilgrim, where water used for cooling at the plant is released back into Cape Cod Bay. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

For 46 Years, Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Has Used Water From Cape Cod Bay. How Has It Impacted The Ecosystem?

07:24Apr 22, 2019

Signs warn of radiation and restrict access to working areas above the reactor at Pilgrim. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

As Pilgrim Powers Down, Some Worry It Will Leave Behind Too Much Radiation

05:35Apr 25, 2019

The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, in the town of Vernon, is seen in a 2013 file photo. (Toby Talbot/AP)

This Vermont Town Took A Big Hit When Its Nuclear Plant Closed

09:55Apr 23, 2019

Historic Plymouth Looks To A Future Without Pilgrim

10:11Apr 24, 2019

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Clark County Wetlands Park is shown in front of Frenchman Mountain in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Technology co-inventor of CRISPR-CAS9 Jennifer Doudna speaks onstage at WIRED Business Conference Presented By Visa At Spring Studios In New York City on June 7, 2017 in New York City. (Brian Ach/Getty Images for Wired)

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46:40Jan 23, 2020

Congress Will Decide If The U.S. Military Can Expand Into A Nevada Wildlife Refuge

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04:14Jan 22, 2020

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, center, waves at the conclusion of his state of the state address in the House Chamber as Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, behind left, and Senate President Karen Spilka, right, look on, Tuesday, at the State House. (Steven Senne/AP)

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Wildfires in Australia have killed at least 28 people and destroyed thousands of homes. (Siobhan Threlfall/AP)

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Old Growth, New Problems: The Battle Over Tree-Cutting In Cambridge

Recent Stories from Earthwhile

Street Trees Could Help Boston Adapt To Climate Change. If They Can Survive, That Is

Package Of State House Climate Bills Would Apply Carbon Pricing To All Emissions

How A Climate Change Nonprofit Got Eversource Thinking About A Geothermal Future

Artificial Intelligence Could Help Scientists Predict Where And When Toxic Algae Will Bloom

Series: The Nuclear Option

To Combat Climate Change, Do We Need The Nuclear Option?

Big Plans For Small Nuclear Plants

For Green Energy, MIT Aims To Build 'A Star On Earth'

Series: Closing Pilgrim

Timeline: The 52-Year History Of The Pilgrim Nuclear Plant

Pilgrim Is Closing. So Then What Happens To The Radioactive Waste?

In An Identical Simulator, Pilgrim Operators Prep For Shutdown

You Asked, We Answered: Questions About The Pilgrim Shutdown

For 46 Years, Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Has Used Water From Cape Cod Bay. How Has It Impacted The Ecosystem?

As Pilgrim Powers Down, Some Worry It Will Leave Behind Too Much Radiation

This Vermont Town Took A Big Hit When Its Nuclear Plant Closed

Historic Plymouth Looks To A Future Without Pilgrim

More Environmental Coverage from WBUR

Wetlands Protection Rollback Will Have Significant Impact In The West

Here & Now

Military Looks To Remote Alaskan Island Town As Climate Change Shrinks Arctic Sea Ice

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Baltimore's Trash Wheels Are 'Last Best Hope' For Keeping City's Trash Out Of Ocean

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State Senate Plan Calls For Net-Zero Emissions By 2050

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Lawmakers Seek Safeguards On Nuclear Plant Decommissioning

Mass. Senate Plans To Release Comprehensive Climate Change Bill

CRISPR Has The Potential To Improve Lives. But At What Cost?

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Congress Will Decide If The U.S. Military Can Expand Into A Nevada Wildlife Refuge

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Baker Homes In On Climate Change, Transportation, Housing In Annual Address

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'Sadness, Guilt And Relief': Public Health Researcher Talks About Her Miscarriage During Australia Wildfires

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