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Flood waters cover Morrissey Boulevard in November 2020. (Matt Stone/ MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)

07:03Jun 17, 2021

As Sea Levels Rise in Boston, Stormwater May Have Nowhere To Go

The labyrinth of underground pipes that collect rainwater from catch basins on the street and conveys it to rivers or Boston Harbor isn’t equipped to handle the rising sea levels and more intense storms climate change will cause.

In a photo from the 1880s, men inspect sewer construction in Boston. (Courtesy Boston Public Library)

Boston’s Stormwater Problems Are Older Than The City Itself

Jun 17, 2021

The Vertex building by Fan Pier in the Boston Seaport. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

The Seaport Cost Billions To Build. What Will It Take To Save It?

07:13Jun 16, 2021

A Blue Line train passes over a culvert next to the DCR Bennington Street Pump Station. Water from Suffolk Downs flows through the culvert into this pond. Water flowing in the opposite direction, from Belle Isle Marsh, is blocked by tide gates. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

The Blue Line Was Named For Boston Harbor. Now The Sea Threatens The Service

06:24Jun 15, 2021

This image shows Island End River in Chelsea, with the marsh, boardwalk, Island End Park and Admiral's Hill Marina. The Mystic River is in the distance. (Ibrahim Lopez-Hernandez for GreenRoots)

Chelsea Residents Already Fight For Clean Air, Green Space — And Now, Protection From Rising Seas

Cognoscenti

Jun 17, 2021

Environmental Justice

A 2019 protest in Springfield against the Palmer Plant. (Courtesy of Rene Theberge)

Mass. Revokes Air Permit For Controversial Biomass Facility In Springfield

Apr 2, 2021

The Weymouth compressor station by the Fore River. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Why A Federal Order In The Weymouth Compressor Case Has The Natural Gas World Worried

07:04Mar 19, 2021

The location of the proposed electrical substation in East Boston (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

In A Blow To Environmental Justice Advocates, State Regulators Approve Controversial East Boston Substation

Feb 22, 2021

Shalanda Baker poses for a portrait in 2017. (Courtesy Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University)

'It's Not Inevitable That This Will Be Unjust': A Q&A With Shalanda Baker On Energy Justice

Jan 20, 2021

Climate Change And Health

Patient Steve Kearns describes his experience after contracting West Nile Virus during a follow up appointment at CHA Somerville Hospital. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Teaching Doctors In Training To Connect Climate Change And Health Care

04:24Sep 25, 2020

Morning traffic heading north on I-93 in Dorchester. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Study Finds Significant Racial Disparities In Vehicular Air Pollution Exposure Around Boston

Jul 23, 2020

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

Dead And Dying Trees Have More Methane In Their Soil, Study Finds

Jun 5, 2020

Some experts believe pandemics like the coronavirus are made worse as climate change effects increase. Climate change protesters demonstrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London back in February. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

Climate Change Worsens Effects Of Global Outbreaks Like Coronavirus, Expert Says

05:37Apr 22, 2020

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Building Solutions

Gas streetlamps on Temple Street in the early evening. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Beacon Hill's Iconic Gas Lamps Are Going Green

05:35Oct 27, 2020

On this site in Roxbury, developers are planning to build a five-story, mixed-use building out of a "revolutionary" type of timber. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

In A First, Boston Building Will Be Constructed With 'Revolutionary' Timber

06:05Jul 21, 2020

Finch Cambridge is a 98-unit affordable housing development being built to "passive house" standards for energy efficiency. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Cambridge's 'Passive House' Is Built With Focus On Affordable Housing, Climate Change

07:20Dec 13, 2019

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

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

07:34Jan 13, 2020

Series: The Nuclear Option

The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

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

07:31Sep 17, 2019

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)

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

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

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

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

The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Historic Plymouth Looks To A Future Without Pilgrim

10:11Apr 24, 2019

More Environmental Coverage from WBUR

A worker operates a furnace for steelmaking at Hend steel company in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, in 2020. (Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images)

'Green Steel' Is On The Horizon. How Will It Impact Climate Change?

We break down the ways in which the steel industry is moving toward producing less climate-changing greenhouse gases.

Here & Now

09:38Jun 21, 2021

Crowds of passengers are pictured in the South terminal at Gatwick Airport in Sussex, England in August 2006.(Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Images)

I Just Took My First Plane Trip In 14 Months. Here's Why I’ve Decided To Fly Less

Many of us got through the pandemic without stepping on an airplane. Writer Miles Howard makes the case for flying more intentionally.

Cognoscenti

Jun 21, 2021

Zy Baer's "Polarity" installation imagines how the Fort Point and Seaport neighborhoods could look if nothing is done to reverse the effects of climate change. (Courtesy Fort Point Arts Commission)

'Your Condo Is Going To Flood': A Sculptural Installation Predicts What Climate Change Could Bring

Interdisciplinary artist Zy Baer's installation, called "Polarity," warns about the threat of rising sea levels, and what the Seaport District will look like if no action is taken on climate...

The ARTery

03:13Jun 18, 2021

Old Sewers, New Problem: Boston's Stormwater System Is Threatened By Climate Change

Of the 666 miles of stormwater pipes running underneath the city, nearly half were built during the 1930s or earlier -- and at least 120 miles predate World War I.

Radio Boston

14:44Jun 17, 2021

Record Shattering Heat Takes A Toll On The West With Water, Power Resources Stretched Thin

The intense heat is threatening fragile power grids, exacerbating the crisis-level drought, and threatening people, farmland and wildlife.

Here & Now

05:04Jun 17, 2021

Buildings near Rowes Wharf are seen from the Seaport District in Boston. (Hadley Green for WBUR)

Boston City Councilor Wants Big Buildings To Become Carbon Neutral

Boston city councilors plan to force the owners of the city's largest buildings to reach carbon neutrality over the next three decades, arguing the measure is needed to enable Massachusetts...

WBUR News

Jun 16, 2021

Consider This: Boston's Seaport District Stands On The Frontlines Of Climate Change

Sea-level rise spells trouble for this trendy neighborhood, built where mudflats and marshes once stood.

Consider This

09:33Jun 16, 2021

Scientists Look To Prevent Fires Through Vegetation Moisture

In California and other states, scientists are collecting information on vegetation moisture with plans to use that information to prevent more damaging fires.

Here & Now

03:51Jun 16, 2021

A Biologist releases genetically modified mosquitoes in Brazil. (Victor Moriyama/Getty Images)

Cicadas, Shmicadas: Florida Is Releasing Thousands Of Genetically Modified Mosquitos

The federally approved project aims to kill the Aedes aegypti species, which can carry Zika, dengue, yellow fever and other diseases.

Here & Now

05:33Jun 16, 2021

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Test Your Boston And Climate Change Knowledge With Our Quiz

Think you know Boston's waterfront? Try your hand at this quiz.

Jun 16, 2021