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Andrea Nyamekye (left) is the co-director of Neighbor to Neighbor. Dania Halak is a freshman an Amherst College and a Field Director with Our Climate. (Courtesy of Nyamekye and Halak)

08:11Sep 24, 2020

'I Feel Like I Have Already Lost A Home': Young Environmentalists On Why They're Fighting For Change

These young environmental activists got involved in the movement after seeing the effects of climate change -- and climate injustice -- firsthand.

Recent Stories from Earthwhile

Deepwater Wind's turbines stand in the water off Block Island, R.I. on Aug. 23, 2019. (Rodrique Ngowi/AP)

The 2020 Election And The Future Of Offshore Wind Power In The U.S.

07:51Sep 23, 2020

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

The Weymouth Natural Gas Compressor Station, photographed on Sept. 13. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Feds Give Weymouth Natural Gas Compressor Station Final Green Light To Begin Operations

Sep 24, 2020

A crowd of climate activists marching behind a banner. A coalition of climate, Indigenous and racial justice groups gathered at Columbus Circle to kick off Climate Week with the Climate Justice Through Racial Justice march, Sept. 20, 2020. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

How To Create Anti-Racist Energy Policies

Cognoscenti

Sep 23, 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

An array of mirrors at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating site in Primm, Nevada, in 2014. (John Locher/AP)

The State Of Solar Energy

Residential solar installations in the U.S. were down nearly 25% in the second quarter of this year. But the future may still be bright for the power source that accounted...

Here & Now

03:40Sep 25, 2020

Polarbear mom and cub close to Polarstern and Akademik Fedorov. October 3, 2019. (Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Sebastian Grote)

Researchers Wrap Up Largest Polar Expedition In History To Better Understand Climate Change

Over the past year, scientists onboard have been circling the North Pole, collecting data in the Arctic Ocean to better understand climate change.

Here & Now

07:06Sep 25, 2020

Why Georgia's 50-Year-Old Salt Marsh Law Matters For The Future

Fifty years ago, Georgians pressured their state government into passing a progressive law that protects its salt marshes.

Here & Now

05:19Sep 25, 2020

Protesters in Miami join the March for Science on April 22, 2017. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The Climate Voters Are Coming

The climate movement’s power is growing, writes Nathaniel Stinnett. Politicians are increasingly viewing environmental leadership as a political necessity, rather than a policy choice.

Cognoscenti

Sep 25, 2020

California Moves To Ban Sales Of Gas-Powered Cars By 2035

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday the state will end sales of new gasoline-powered cars and trucks by 2035.

Here & Now

03:44Sep 24, 2020

In this June 1, 2017 file photo, protesters gather outside the White House in Washington to protest President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the Unites States from the Paris climate change accord. (Susan Walsh/AP)

Ed Markey: The 2020 Election Is A Matter Of Life And Death. Urgent Action On Climate Change Can't Wait

There is no time for compromise on the existential threat we face, writes Sen. Ed Markey. We must pass a Green New Deal.

Cognoscenti

Sep 24, 2020

People look through the remains of homes destroyed during Hurricane Sandy October 30, 2012 in the Breezy Point neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Climate Change Is Taking A Toll On The Human Body

Extreme fires, flooded streets and homes battered by storms are effects of climate change that we can see. Dr. Neelu Tummala discusses what isn't as readily visible from climate change...

Here & Now

08:24Sep 23, 2020

The Bobcat Fire burning in Los Angeles County, California, on Sept. 17, 2020. (Kyle Grillot/AFP/Getty Images)

Rising Temperatures From Climate Change And Extreme Wildfires Go ‘Hand-In-Hand,’ Scientist Says

Researchers say it's clear that the deadly and destructive fires in Oregon, California and Washington are being fueled by climate change, but what does that really look like?

Here & Now

06:58Sep 22, 2020

Once nearly extinct, beavers are now inadvertently contributing to climate change. (Ken Tape)

The Unusual Connection Between Beavers, Permafrost And Climate Change

Blame it on the beavers: The industrious, buck-toothed rodents are inadvertently contributing to climate change.

Here & Now

08:52Sep 22, 2020

Google Aims To Run Entirely On Carbon-Free Energy By 2030

Leigh Gallagher, director of external affairs at Google, joins us to discuss the company's pledge.

Here & Now

05:41Sep 22, 2020