WBUR's Morning EditionLocal content from WBUR's Morning Edition broadcastsAcross New England, a group is working to find – and save – native plantsThe Native Plant Trust estimates more than one-fifth of the region’s native plants are in danger from development, climate change, rising temperatures, and storm surges.PlayEnvironment04:00Oct 26, 2022How pavement can help cool overheated cities, even in chilly Mass.More communities, even those in historically colder states, must start reducing pavement or making it more reflective, experts say. These strategies will help slow global warming and cool cities. One...PlayEnvironment05:54Oct 24, 2022Advertisement Property owners must now manage stormwater runoff near Greater Boston riversEPA regional administrator Dr. David Cash joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy to discuss.PlayEnvironment04:58Sep 14, 2022Want to help the planet? Rethink your lawnAlternatives to the green lawn are growing in popularity in New England, motivated by homeowner's desire to lower their environmental footprint and support pollinators and other wildlife.PlayEnvironment05:47Aug 22, 2022Boston appoints its first-ever Green New Deal director. These are his prioritiesOliver Sellers-Garcia is tasked with tackling Boston's climate issues in areas including housing, transit and energy.PlayEnvironment05:21Aug 16, 2022One idea to reduce coastal flooding in Boston: create an artificial wetlandResearchers in East Boston are testing a floating ball of marsh grass and seaweed as part of a system to reduce coastal flooding. The project is called the Emerald Tutu.PlayEnvironment06:32Aug 11, 2022Meet the foresters keeping an eye on New Hampshire's trees from the skyAffectionately nicknamed the "Bug Patrol," the aerial survey team goes up in a tiny airplane every summer to record damage in New Hampshire's forests.PlayEnvironment04:00Aug 9, 2022Separating green hydrogen's hope from hypeHydrogen packs a powerful energy punch. But finding a clean — and cheap — way to unleash this power has remained elusive. Now several companies are working to unlock the...EnvironmentJul 28, 2022Planting 1,000 wildflowers to restore a biodiversity hotspot on Martha's VineyardVolunteers planted New England Blazing Star at Bamford Preserve, a rare sandplain grassland on Martha's Vineyard. Sandplain grasslands are biodiversity hotspots found only along the northeast Atlantic Coast.PlayEnvironment05:19Jul 6, 2022This biologist eavesdropped on humpback whales for decades. What he heard helped save the speciesBiologist Roger Payne, creator of the iconic album "Songs of the Humpback Whale" explains how the record came to be.PlayEnvironment05:52Jul 1, 2022A nonprofit farm in Mass. hopes to address hunger at its rootFood insecurity has reached historic levels in Massachusetts. One local effort is trying to address the lack of awareness about hunger, while also providing food.PlayEnvironment05:05Jun 20, 2022New England's birdsong is getting quieter. A scientist is trying to reconstruct those lost soundscapesScientists estimate North America has gradually lost about 30% of its bird life in the last half century.PlayEnvironment06:08Jun 10, 2022A climate-friendly greenhouse goes up in East BostonEastie Farm is building a geothermal greenhouse in East Boston, likely the first of its kind in Massachusetts.PlayEnvironment04:06May 26, 2022Climate change is coming for New England's highest peakA recent study finds temperatures at the summit of Mount Washington and at nearby Pinkham Notch are rising due to climate change. This has led to fewer frost days and...PlayEnvironment04:29May 2, 2022Cow burps drive global warming. Scientists think feeding them seaweed could helpA team of New England scientists is looking into whether feeding seaweed to the country's roughly 90 million cattle could help cut their methane emissions. The early results are promising...PlayEnvironment06:37Apr 22, 2022What's the future of gas in Mass.? Utilities and critics have different visionsNew reports from the state's five investor-owned gas utilities offer roadmaps to the companies' future. But critics say the plans rely on unproven technologies and warn they will spend billions...PlayEnvironment08:18Mar 18, 2022Many dams in Massachusetts are hazards. But demolishing them is no small featThere are over 3,000 dams in Massachusetts. Most no longer serve their original purpose, and many pose a risk to communities. Now, a growing movement is pushing to remove them...PlayEnvironment06:03Mar 1, 2022Rusting batteries could help power the electric grid of the futureA Somerville startup says its rust-based battery generates 25 times the power storage of its lithium-ion counterparts for a tenth of the cost.PlayEnvironment07:19Feb 24, 2022Urban forests may store more carbon than we thought, study findsIn the Northeastern U.S., trees around the edges of urban forests grow faster, and the soil gives off less carbon dioxide, than scientists expected and may play an outsized role...EnvironmentFeb 16, 2022Mass. startup transforms old electric car batteries into better-than-new onesA Massachusetts startup has an innovative method for recycling lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. The company says the recycled batteries are cheaper and perform better than new ones. They're...PlayEnvironment07:50Jan 25, 2022Next Page
Across New England, a group is working to find – and save – native plantsThe Native Plant Trust estimates more than one-fifth of the region’s native plants are in danger from development, climate change, rising temperatures, and storm surges.PlayEnvironment04:00Oct 26, 2022
How pavement can help cool overheated cities, even in chilly Mass.More communities, even those in historically colder states, must start reducing pavement or making it more reflective, experts say. These strategies will help slow global warming and cool cities. One...PlayEnvironment05:54Oct 24, 2022
Property owners must now manage stormwater runoff near Greater Boston riversEPA regional administrator Dr. David Cash joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy to discuss.PlayEnvironment04:58Sep 14, 2022
Want to help the planet? Rethink your lawnAlternatives to the green lawn are growing in popularity in New England, motivated by homeowner's desire to lower their environmental footprint and support pollinators and other wildlife.PlayEnvironment05:47Aug 22, 2022
Boston appoints its first-ever Green New Deal director. These are his prioritiesOliver Sellers-Garcia is tasked with tackling Boston's climate issues in areas including housing, transit and energy.PlayEnvironment05:21Aug 16, 2022
One idea to reduce coastal flooding in Boston: create an artificial wetlandResearchers in East Boston are testing a floating ball of marsh grass and seaweed as part of a system to reduce coastal flooding. The project is called the Emerald Tutu.PlayEnvironment06:32Aug 11, 2022
Meet the foresters keeping an eye on New Hampshire's trees from the skyAffectionately nicknamed the "Bug Patrol," the aerial survey team goes up in a tiny airplane every summer to record damage in New Hampshire's forests.PlayEnvironment04:00Aug 9, 2022
Separating green hydrogen's hope from hypeHydrogen packs a powerful energy punch. But finding a clean — and cheap — way to unleash this power has remained elusive. Now several companies are working to unlock the...EnvironmentJul 28, 2022
Planting 1,000 wildflowers to restore a biodiversity hotspot on Martha's VineyardVolunteers planted New England Blazing Star at Bamford Preserve, a rare sandplain grassland on Martha's Vineyard. Sandplain grasslands are biodiversity hotspots found only along the northeast Atlantic Coast.PlayEnvironment05:19Jul 6, 2022
This biologist eavesdropped on humpback whales for decades. What he heard helped save the speciesBiologist Roger Payne, creator of the iconic album "Songs of the Humpback Whale" explains how the record came to be.PlayEnvironment05:52Jul 1, 2022
A nonprofit farm in Mass. hopes to address hunger at its rootFood insecurity has reached historic levels in Massachusetts. One local effort is trying to address the lack of awareness about hunger, while also providing food.PlayEnvironment05:05Jun 20, 2022
New England's birdsong is getting quieter. A scientist is trying to reconstruct those lost soundscapesScientists estimate North America has gradually lost about 30% of its bird life in the last half century.PlayEnvironment06:08Jun 10, 2022
A climate-friendly greenhouse goes up in East BostonEastie Farm is building a geothermal greenhouse in East Boston, likely the first of its kind in Massachusetts.PlayEnvironment04:06May 26, 2022
Climate change is coming for New England's highest peakA recent study finds temperatures at the summit of Mount Washington and at nearby Pinkham Notch are rising due to climate change. This has led to fewer frost days and...PlayEnvironment04:29May 2, 2022
Cow burps drive global warming. Scientists think feeding them seaweed could helpA team of New England scientists is looking into whether feeding seaweed to the country's roughly 90 million cattle could help cut their methane emissions. The early results are promising...PlayEnvironment06:37Apr 22, 2022
What's the future of gas in Mass.? Utilities and critics have different visionsNew reports from the state's five investor-owned gas utilities offer roadmaps to the companies' future. But critics say the plans rely on unproven technologies and warn they will spend billions...PlayEnvironment08:18Mar 18, 2022
Many dams in Massachusetts are hazards. But demolishing them is no small featThere are over 3,000 dams in Massachusetts. Most no longer serve their original purpose, and many pose a risk to communities. Now, a growing movement is pushing to remove them...PlayEnvironment06:03Mar 1, 2022
Rusting batteries could help power the electric grid of the futureA Somerville startup says its rust-based battery generates 25 times the power storage of its lithium-ion counterparts for a tenth of the cost.PlayEnvironment07:19Feb 24, 2022
Urban forests may store more carbon than we thought, study findsIn the Northeastern U.S., trees around the edges of urban forests grow faster, and the soil gives off less carbon dioxide, than scientists expected and may play an outsized role...EnvironmentFeb 16, 2022
Mass. startup transforms old electric car batteries into better-than-new onesA Massachusetts startup has an innovative method for recycling lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. The company says the recycled batteries are cheaper and perform better than new ones. They're...PlayEnvironment07:50Jan 25, 2022
