WBUR's All Things ConsideredLocal content from WBUR's All Things Considered broadcastsFor the first time, Boston has a chief climate officerBrian Swett will be Boston's first chief climate officer. The role will oversee address climate change efforts across city departments. ResumeEnvironment05:33Apr 17, 2024BU professor who studies urban trees and carbon dioxide wins 'genius grant'Lucy Hutyra discovered that urban trees are about twice as productive in absorbing carbon dioxide than trees in the country.ResumeEnvironment05:22Oct 6, 2023Climate change is threatening farms across New England. Here’s how farmers are respondingHeavy rains have caused massive damage for New England farmers this summer. Problems from heat, pests and drought are common. Some farmers are changing their practices to become more resilient...ResumeEnvironment04:24Aug 28, 2023Why heavy rains shut down many Mass. beaches on hot summer daysAbout 5% of the state’s saltwater beaches had too much bacteria in the water, leading to more than 1,000 days of posted closures. ResumeEnvironment04:57Jul 6, 2023A play in Dorchester aims to boost local climate activismAbout twenty community members joined to create the "Dorchester Weather," a play celebrating activism in climate change.ResumeEnvironment02:14Jun 30, 2023AdvertisementBraintree chemical fire reignites calls for public health and safety improvementsIn the wake of the Feb. 16 fire, residents want to know what they breathed in, and what local and state officials are going to do to keep them safe...ResumeEnvironment06:17Mar 28, 2023Fight for Chinatown park snagged by asbestos concernsNeighborhood advocates inch closer to securing a lease from the state for Reggie Wong Memorial Park, the only recreational park in Chinatown. But environmental hazards found in the area last...ResumeEnvironment05:23Dec 19, 2022What to know about a planned natural gas 'peaker' plant in Mass.Massachusetts has strong climate laws and has committed to hitting “net zero” emissions by 2050. So why is the state allowing the construction of a new natural gas power plant...ResumeEnvironment06:13Apr 8, 2022E.O. Wilson, pioneering Harvard biologist known as 'ant man,' dies at 92In 1979, “On Human Nature” — the third volume in a series including “The Insect Societies” and “Sociobiology” — earned Wilson his first Pulitzer Prize. His second Pulitzer came in...ResumeEnvironment02:55Dec 27, 2021
For the first time, Boston has a chief climate officerBrian Swett will be Boston's first chief climate officer. The role will oversee address climate change efforts across city departments. ResumeEnvironment05:33Apr 17, 2024
BU professor who studies urban trees and carbon dioxide wins 'genius grant'Lucy Hutyra discovered that urban trees are about twice as productive in absorbing carbon dioxide than trees in the country.ResumeEnvironment05:22Oct 6, 2023
Climate change is threatening farms across New England. Here’s how farmers are respondingHeavy rains have caused massive damage for New England farmers this summer. Problems from heat, pests and drought are common. Some farmers are changing their practices to become more resilient...ResumeEnvironment04:24Aug 28, 2023
Why heavy rains shut down many Mass. beaches on hot summer daysAbout 5% of the state’s saltwater beaches had too much bacteria in the water, leading to more than 1,000 days of posted closures. ResumeEnvironment04:57Jul 6, 2023
A play in Dorchester aims to boost local climate activismAbout twenty community members joined to create the "Dorchester Weather," a play celebrating activism in climate change.ResumeEnvironment02:14Jun 30, 2023
Braintree chemical fire reignites calls for public health and safety improvementsIn the wake of the Feb. 16 fire, residents want to know what they breathed in, and what local and state officials are going to do to keep them safe...ResumeEnvironment06:17Mar 28, 2023
Fight for Chinatown park snagged by asbestos concernsNeighborhood advocates inch closer to securing a lease from the state for Reggie Wong Memorial Park, the only recreational park in Chinatown. But environmental hazards found in the area last...ResumeEnvironment05:23Dec 19, 2022
What to know about a planned natural gas 'peaker' plant in Mass.Massachusetts has strong climate laws and has committed to hitting “net zero” emissions by 2050. So why is the state allowing the construction of a new natural gas power plant...ResumeEnvironment06:13Apr 8, 2022
E.O. Wilson, pioneering Harvard biologist known as 'ant man,' dies at 92In 1979, “On Human Nature” — the third volume in a series including “The Insect Societies” and “Sociobiology” — earned Wilson his first Pulitzer Prize. His second Pulitzer came in...ResumeEnvironment02:55Dec 27, 2021