WBUR's Morning EditionLocal content from WBUR's Morning Edition broadcastsFar from home, a big, rare sea eagle finds devoted fans on the coast of MaineThe Steller's sea eagle, one of the largest raptors in the world, has traveled across the globe with recent stops in Massachusetts and Maine, captivating birders from around the country.PlayEnvironment04:35Jan 13, 2022Mass. is monitoring white-tailed deer for COVID. Here's whyThe SARS-CoV-2 virus has been found in white-tailed deer across the country, and Massachusetts is now one of 41 states participating in a national effort to study the prevalence of...PlayEnvironment05:28Jan 11, 2022Some N.H. towns are making more money on recycling than they have in years. What’s changed?Right now, Derry and other N.H. towns are making a lot of money off recycling. The prices municipalities are able to get are about double what they were four years...PlayEnvironment04:55Dec 28, 2021For Christmases yet to come, climate change threatens Maine's beloved evergreensScientists say that some of the state's best-loved conifers are under threat, with extreme weather making it difficult for them to grow.PlayEnvironment05:59Dec 24, 2021A Massachusetts company leads as the race for fusion energy heats upCommonwealth Fusion predicts it will have the world’s first net-energy fusion device by 2025 and is already building a factory in Devens to make the machine.PlayEnvironment07:27Dec 2, 202119th century New England whaling logs offer clues to 21st century climate changeLogbooks from the New England whaling industry contain meticulous descriptions of 19th century weather. Local researchers are now using those records to fill in gaps in modern climate science.PlayEnvironment04:43Nov 29, 2021Massachusetts pulled out of a regional emissions pact. Here's what that meansThe Massachusetts effort to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 has suffered a big setback. Last week, Gov. Baker took the state out of the Transportation Climate Initiative, a multi-state...PlayEnvironment05:12Nov 21, 2021Salt marshes soak up carbon. Restoring them is key to fighting climate changeScientists in Maine recently unlocked a mystery that helps explain what's happening to marshes —and how to restore them.PlayEnvironment06:15Nov 18, 2021Inside the effort to save a tiny, endangered turtle in western Mass.Conservationists in western Massachusetts have tried for decades to protect the endangered bog turtle. Now, they think the turtle is heading toward recovery.PlayEnvironment04:51Nov 1, 2021What the UN's climate conference could mean for cities"Cities, although they can do a lot ... they can't do it alone," says Boston University professor Cutler Cleveland. COP26 is a chance to persuade countries to commit to ambitious...PlayEnvironment05:25Oct 31, 2021The state of the whales: 4 takeaways from this year's Right Whale Consortium meetingResearchers, marine industry representatives and government officials met to discuss the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale at the annual consortium meetingPlayEnvironment05:26Oct 27, 2021Craft beer has a plastic problem. Some local breweries are finding solutionsMunicipal recycling facilities won't take plastic toppers that hold four-packs of craft beers. So brewers are finding an environmentally-friendly way forward.PlayEnvironment07:06Oct 26, 2021As turbines rise, small-scale fishermen have the most to loseExperts say fishing vessels owned by corporations can easily sail to fertile fishing grounds far off shore, where no wind turbines have been proposed. That's harder for a family-owned operations,...PlayEnvironment06:44Oct 14, 2021Offshore wind is America's new industry. Who will build it?Experts say careful planning is needed from policymakers and offshore wind developers to create good jobs in communities that need them. Some of that work has begun, but much of...PlayEnvironment06:41Oct 13, 2021
Far from home, a big, rare sea eagle finds devoted fans on the coast of MaineThe Steller's sea eagle, one of the largest raptors in the world, has traveled across the globe with recent stops in Massachusetts and Maine, captivating birders from around the country.PlayEnvironment04:35Jan 13, 2022
Mass. is monitoring white-tailed deer for COVID. Here's whyThe SARS-CoV-2 virus has been found in white-tailed deer across the country, and Massachusetts is now one of 41 states participating in a national effort to study the prevalence of...PlayEnvironment05:28Jan 11, 2022
Some N.H. towns are making more money on recycling than they have in years. What’s changed?Right now, Derry and other N.H. towns are making a lot of money off recycling. The prices municipalities are able to get are about double what they were four years...PlayEnvironment04:55Dec 28, 2021
For Christmases yet to come, climate change threatens Maine's beloved evergreensScientists say that some of the state's best-loved conifers are under threat, with extreme weather making it difficult for them to grow.PlayEnvironment05:59Dec 24, 2021
A Massachusetts company leads as the race for fusion energy heats upCommonwealth Fusion predicts it will have the world’s first net-energy fusion device by 2025 and is already building a factory in Devens to make the machine.PlayEnvironment07:27Dec 2, 2021
19th century New England whaling logs offer clues to 21st century climate changeLogbooks from the New England whaling industry contain meticulous descriptions of 19th century weather. Local researchers are now using those records to fill in gaps in modern climate science.PlayEnvironment04:43Nov 29, 2021
Massachusetts pulled out of a regional emissions pact. Here's what that meansThe Massachusetts effort to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 has suffered a big setback. Last week, Gov. Baker took the state out of the Transportation Climate Initiative, a multi-state...PlayEnvironment05:12Nov 21, 2021
Salt marshes soak up carbon. Restoring them is key to fighting climate changeScientists in Maine recently unlocked a mystery that helps explain what's happening to marshes —and how to restore them.PlayEnvironment06:15Nov 18, 2021
Inside the effort to save a tiny, endangered turtle in western Mass.Conservationists in western Massachusetts have tried for decades to protect the endangered bog turtle. Now, they think the turtle is heading toward recovery.PlayEnvironment04:51Nov 1, 2021
What the UN's climate conference could mean for cities"Cities, although they can do a lot ... they can't do it alone," says Boston University professor Cutler Cleveland. COP26 is a chance to persuade countries to commit to ambitious...PlayEnvironment05:25Oct 31, 2021
The state of the whales: 4 takeaways from this year's Right Whale Consortium meetingResearchers, marine industry representatives and government officials met to discuss the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale at the annual consortium meetingPlayEnvironment05:26Oct 27, 2021
Craft beer has a plastic problem. Some local breweries are finding solutionsMunicipal recycling facilities won't take plastic toppers that hold four-packs of craft beers. So brewers are finding an environmentally-friendly way forward.PlayEnvironment07:06Oct 26, 2021
As turbines rise, small-scale fishermen have the most to loseExperts say fishing vessels owned by corporations can easily sail to fertile fishing grounds far off shore, where no wind turbines have been proposed. That's harder for a family-owned operations,...PlayEnvironment06:44Oct 14, 2021
Offshore wind is America's new industry. Who will build it?Experts say careful planning is needed from policymakers and offshore wind developers to create good jobs in communities that need them. Some of that work has begun, but much of...PlayEnvironment06:41Oct 13, 2021
