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Protesters gathered at the Usdan Student Center at Brandeis University and called on the school to divest from fossil fuels. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Feb 13, 2020

Students Call For Mass. Colleges To Divest From Fossil Fuel Companies In National Protest

Students at more than a dozen colleges and universities across Massachusetts will escalate their calls for their institutions to divest from fossil fuel companies.

Recent Stories from Earthwhile

Overhead view of hydroponically grown vegetable plants, College Park, MD. (Edwin Remsberg / VWPics via AP Images)

Hydroponics 101: How To Create Your Own Indoor Garden

Feb 12, 2020

General Electric had a large plant in Pittsfield that polluted the Housatonic River, seen here, with PCBs. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)

In Housatonic River Deal with GE, Towns Agree To Toxic Waste Dump In The Berkshires

Feb 10, 2020

Trinity Episcopal Church in Stoughton is surrounded by woodland. In the foreground is a copse of trees which could be cut down to make space for solar panels. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Chopping Down Trees For Solar Panels? The Choice Isn't Clear-Cut For Stoughton Church

07:30Feb 6, 2020

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

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

06:30Jan 24, 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

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

More Environmental Coverage from WBUR

The remnants of Long Island Bridge. A trial is underway regarding allegations of abuse at a shuttered youth services facility on the island. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Court Denies Tribe's Request For Environmental Review Of Long Island Bridge Project

The Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Tribe wants to intervene in the legal back-and-forth to rebuild the Long Island bridge. The tribe contends that there could be ancestral artifacts or remains on the...

03:36Feb 24, 2020

Kangaroo Island dunnart (Courtesy of Natural Resources Kangaroo Island in Australia)

As Australia Recovers From Fires, Government Takes Steps To Protect Wildlife

The Australian government is working alongside scientists to help wildlife recover from habitat loss after massive bushfires killed an estimated 1 billion animals.

Here & Now

09:39Feb 20, 2020

Building The Bighorn Sheep Population In West Texas

After disappearing from the state in the 1960s, there are about 1,500 bighorns in Texas now thanks to a relocation program.

Here & Now

05:42Feb 19, 2020

Jeff Bezos Pledges $10 Billion To Fight Climate Change

Amazon's CEO announced this week he is pledging $10 billion of his personal fortune to fight climate change.

Here & Now

03:32Feb 18, 2020

More Rain Threatens To Deepen Severe Flooding In Mississippi

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency Saturday as hundreds of homes and buildings have flooded and people have been forced to evacuate.

Here & Now

03:29Feb 18, 2020

One alternative source of water that regions are increasingly investing in is desalination. (Jean Chung/Getty Images)

Driven By Climate Change, Desalination Researchers Seek Solutions To Water Scarcity

As water scarcity becomes a growing concern in the U.S., one alternative source of water that regions are increasingly investing in is desalination.

Here & Now

09:30Feb 18, 2020

Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica spawns new iceberg on February 11, 2020. (Courtesy of NASA)

An Iceberg Triple The Size Of San Francisco Breaks Off Antarctica's Most Endangered Glacier

Pine Island Glacier is one of the fastest retreating glaciers in Antarctica.

Here & Now

05:41Feb 17, 2020

The Fight Over A Maine Power Transmission Line Could Hit The Ballots

Maine Public Radio's Fred Bever joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes to report.

03:40Feb 17, 2020

Delta airplanes sit on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy airport. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

What It Means For Major Carbon Emitters To Go 'Carbon Neutral'

BP says it'll offset its carbon emissions by 2050, and Delta is aiming for the end of the decade.

Here & Now

03:42Feb 14, 2020

High Temperatures Set Record In January

Last month was the hottest January on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Here & Now

05:07Feb 14, 2020