With the Cambridgeside Galleria closed, First Street is deserted. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Mar 25, 2020

With Fewer Cars On The Road In Mass., Emissions Are (Slightly) Down

So far, scientists report a dip in some greenhouse gas emissions, but no change in others.

Recent Stories from Earthwhile

Levi Draheim, 11, wears a dust mask as he participates in a demonstration, Friday, July 12, 2019, in front of the Miami City Hall in Miami. Several youth organizations participated in the demonstration and die-in ahead of the start of Youth Climate Summit in Miami. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)

Why Don’t We Treat The Climate Crisis With The Same Urgency As Coronavirus?

Cognoscenti

Mar 12, 2020

Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden. (AP)

Where Sanders And Biden Agree, And Disagree, On Climate

Cognoscenti

Mar 12, 2020

Male sockeye and one female—the one without the hook jaw at lower right—ready for spawning in the Adams River, British Columbia. (Eiko Jones/Courtesy of Patagonia Books)

Q&A: Author Mark Kurlansky Discusses Salmon's New England Roots

Mar 4, 2020

A woman runs along the Charles River in Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Coronavirus And Climate Change: 2 Compelling Reasons To Stay Close To Home

Cognoscenti

Mar 11, 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

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the novel coronavirus. (NIAID-RML via AP)

Temperature, Sunshine, Humidity And The Coronavirus

There is speculation out there that warmer summertime weather could help to quell the effects of the COVID-19. Unfortunately, the evidence is inconclusive at best and there is actually research...

Weather

Mar 26, 2020

The coal fueled Fiddlers Ferry power station emits vapor into the night sky in Warrington, United Kingdom. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

During Focus On Coronavirus, What Will Happen To Climate Change Reporting?

Climate change reporters to talk about the stories they are focusing on and how the COVID-19 pandemic may impact their reporting going forward.

Here & Now

09:47Mar 26, 2020

The Trustees of Reservations oversees 116 properties in Massachusetts, including the Crane Estate right along the shore in Ipswich. (Courtesy The Trustees)

Mass Audubon, Trustees, Closing Their Outdoor Facilities

The two organizations, whcih have been providing an outdoor respite for Massachusetts residents feeling cooped up because of the coronavirus pandemic, are closing their doors to visitors Tuesday.

WBUR News

Mar 24, 2020

A member of Tufts medical staff removes protective gloves without touching their exterior surface. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

11 Things You Can Do To Manage Your Coronavirus Anxiety

You’re doing the best you can to protect yourself, your loved ones and your community by making wise, considered choices. And yet you’re still a nervous wreck. Read this.

Cognoscenti

Mar 13, 2020

In this August 2012 file photo provided by Wolves of the Rockies a wolf pack stands on a hillside of the Lamar Canyon in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. (Wolves of the Rockies,File/AP)

The Wolf Runt Who Rose To Alpha-Male Status In Yellowstone

The remarkable story of Wolf 8, the nervy runt who became the alpha male of the pack in Yellowstone National Park.

On Point

46:52Mar 11, 2020

View of the air pollution over downtown Los Angeles in 2006, the year when several U.S. states and environmental organizations engaged in the fight against global warming by taking their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images)

How The Supreme Court Made 'Climate History' In Massachusetts V. EPA

A new book details Massachusetts v. EPA — a watershed case for environmental law that was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2007.

Here & Now

10:52Mar 9, 2020

Brook trout in their vibrant autumn spawning colors gather in the Pleasant River in Windham, Maine, Friday, Nov. 16, 2001. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

Mass. Fish And Wildlife Has Started Stocking State's Ponds, Lakes And Rivers With Over 500,000 Trout

The state's fish and wildlife officials have started stocking Massachusetts ponds, lakes and rivers with more than 500,000 trout raised in five hatcheries.

Mar 7, 2020