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Kafi Dixon on her Boston farm. (Courtesy Lost Nation Pictures)

'I Wanted To Be On Land': A Conversation With Urban Farmer Kafi Dixon

Kafi Dixon founded the Common Good Cooperative, an urban farm in Dorchester

May 5, 2021

A wind turbine stands next to Hull High School in the shadow of Boston. (Stephan Savoia/AP/File)

Offshore Wind Pricing Plan Stirring Crosscurrents

May 7, 2021

Mishy Lesser stands at the green burial site of her mother, Nettie Lesser. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Greening The Grave: Why More People Are Choosing Climate-Friendly Burials

05:11May 6, 2021

A cargo vessel lies docked on the banks of Alden's 1:65 scale model of a section of the Mississippi River. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

A Mini Mississippi In Mass. May Help Save New Orleans From Rising Seas

04:33Apr 29, 2021

Water crashes along the seawall on Winthrop Parkway during a recent high tide. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

On Revere's Pearl Avenue, Residents Grapple With The Rising Tide Of Climate Change

06:49Apr 23, 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

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

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

Traffic on I-95 passes oil storage tanks owned by the Colonial Pipeline Company in Linden, N.J. on Sept. 8, 2008. A major pipeline that transports fuels along the East Coast says it had to stop operations because it was the victim of a cyberattack. (Mark Lennihan/AP)

US Pipeline Company Halts Some Operations After Cyberattack

A company that operates a major U.S. energy pipeline says it was forced to temporarily halt all pipeline operations following a cybersecurity attack. In a statement, Colonial Pipeline says the...

WBUR News

May 8, 2021

First Person: The Sounds, Tastes And Biology Of Cicadas

Cicadas have been an inspiration to researchers well beyond the world of entomology. We hear three stories on the remarkable things humankind has learned from these insects.

On Point

13:23May 7, 2021

Students take part in a climate strike demo on Feb. 14, 2020 in London, England. (Peter Summers/Getty Images)

New Jersey Adopts Climate Change As Part Of Core Curriculum In All Public Schools

Chatham High School is one of the more than 2,000 public schools in the state implementing its new curriculum this fall.

Here & Now

09:41May 7, 2021

A bald eagle grabs a fish from the Susquehanna River near the Conowingo Dam, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. A bald eagle died in March along the Charles River after being poisoned by a toxic substance meant to kill vermin. (Julio Cortez/AP)

Groups Push For Limits On Rat Poison After Bald Eagle Dies

The bald eagle that died in March along the Charles River was poisoned after ingesting a toxic substance meant to kill vermin.

May 7, 2021

Newly emerged adult cicadas dry their wings May 16, 2004 at a park in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

They Sing, Mate, Then Die: The Wonders Of The Cicada

After 17 years underground, periodical cicadas are emerging in 15 states.

On Point

47:06May 7, 2021

View of a glacier at Chiriguano Bay in South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. (Johan ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Study Predicts 'Rapid And Unstoppable' Antarctic Ice Melt If Paris Targets Missed

The Antarctic ice sheet could start disintegrating much faster after 2060 if global warming approaches 3 degrees Celsius, increasing sea-level rise.

May 6, 2021

Power lines in Houston. (David J. Phillip/AP/File)

Biden's Plan To Rewire The U.S. Power Grid Won't Be Easy, Experts Say

The president proposed a tax credit for new transmission lines. But even if Biden's plan is successful, building one line typically takes more than 10 years.

Here & Now

05:31May 5, 2021

Consider This: With A Drone And Patience, Scientists Track Endangered Right Whale In Cape Cod Bay

Consider This

08:17Apr 30, 2021

Siblings Teagan and Leo Ellsworth have been collecting — and crushing — cans in their Pittsburgh neighborhood since the pandemic began. (Andy Kubis for The Allegheny Front)

How This Brother-Sister Duo Started A Can Recycling Business During The Pandemic

Nine-year-old Teagan Ellsworth and her 7-year-old brother Leo collect aluminum cans in their Pittsburgh neighborhood. They crush them and bring them to a scrap metal business for recycling.

Here & Now

03:36Apr 30, 2021

As Drought Deepens, Southern Nevada Could Outlaw Thirsty Ornamental Lawns

Officials in Las Vegas say ornamental grass consumes as much as 10% of the region's water.

Here & Now

05:12Apr 29, 2021