EnvironmentMeet HouseZero, Harvard's New Energy Efficient WorkspaceThe building is so energy-efficient, it actually feeds power back into the grid.PlayRadio Boston08:00Dec 14, 2018Offshore Wind Auction For 390,000 Acres South Of Mass. Blows Through Sale RecordThree tracts of ocean just south of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard have sold for a total of more than $400 million, the highest prices ever paid for wind lease plots...BostonomixDec 14, 2018Must The Fight Against Climate Change Hurt Poor People?Can environmental protection only be bought on the backs of society’s neediest?CognoscentiDec 14, 2018Week In The News: Trump Meets With Democrats, Cohen's Sentencing, Border Wall And MoreTop Democrats go face-to-face with Trump. Prison time for Michael Cohen. Trump's border wall and U.S.-Mexico talks. Our roundtable on the week’s news.PlayOn Point47:17Dec 14, 2018Rhode Island Fishermen Condemn Offshore Wind Farms Despite Potential BenefitsA recent vote by the Rhode Island Fishermen's Advisory Board to block a wind farm project has raised questions about the future of offshore wind power.PlayRadio Boston12:02Dec 13, 2018Framingham Officials Eliminate Beavers To Solve Dam ProblemFramingham city officials are reporting that they have successfully trapped and killed beavers in two locations, where dams were causing water to flood and freeze on roads, creating a threat...PlayRadio Boston17:02Dec 13, 2018Study: 'No Scientific Basis' For Challenges To EPA Endangerment FindingThe study provides more proof that greenhouse gases are dangerous to human health.WBUR NewsDec 13, 2018How Ocean Currents Influence Global Climate And WeatherOceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface, and all that water is in constant motion.PlayHere & Now11:06Dec 13, 2018Plastic Bag Ban In Boston Starts Slow Rollout FridayThe city ordinance applies to large supermarkets and retailers initially, and will be implemented citywide by July 2019.WBUR NewsDec 13, 2018Arctic Warming Pushes The Region — And Planet — Into Uncharted TerritoryWarming in Arctic raises fears of a "rapid unraveling" of the region. Reindeer numbers crash by half. We’ll confront the climate emergency in the Arctic.PlayOn Point46:29Dec 13, 2018Feds Offering 390,000 Acres Off Mass. For Offshore WindThree ocean areas will be offered up Thursday during an auction intended to attract the offshore wind industry.BostonomixDec 12, 2018Mission Almost Accomplished, Says Gov. Baker Of Merrimack Valley Gas Restoration"Our administration and these municipal leaders will continue to hold Columbia Gas accountable for this mission until the folks are made whole and returned to normalcy." But, he said, "we've...PlayRadio Boston04:38Dec 12, 2018Right Whales Arrive Early In Cape Cod BaySeven of the endangered whales were spotted Tuesday for the first time this feeding season. WBUR NewsDec 12, 2018Listening To Bat Calls To Beat A Devastating DiseaseScientists are trying to learn more about the impact of the deadly white-nose syndrome on bats — by listening to the calls of bats left behind.PlayHere & Now04:04Dec 12, 20182018 Arctic Report Card Finds 'Cascading Effects' Of Warming Air And Rising Ocean TemperaturesPersistent warming in the Arctic has resulted in the "most unprecedented transition in history," according to a new NOAA report.PlayHere & Now09:47Dec 12, 2018Hurricanes Yield 'Fundamental Change' In Puerto Rico's WatershedResearchers in Puerto Rico say hurricanes Irma and María made long-lasting and ongoing changes to forest and coastal ecosystems. PlayWBUR News01:29Dec 12, 2018Tackling Climate Change: The Fate Of A Carbon Tax In The U.S.A group of bipartisan legislators recently announced a bill that would tax fossil fuel companies for the carbon dioxide they emit.PlayOn Point17:09Dec 11, 2018Climate Change Is Already Driving Central American Migrants To U.S., Scholar SaysMany migrants have spoken up about violence in their home countries, but researchers say another factor may be driving their migration.PlayHere & Now09:36Dec 11, 2018Why Are Sunsets Getting Later Before The Winter Solstice?The earliest sunset of the year has already happened, even though the shortest day of the year isn't until Dec. 21.PlayHere & Now03:46Dec 11, 2018Powerful Snowstorm Strikes North Carolina And Southeastern U.S.The storm struck over the weekend, killing one motorist and leaving more than 310,000 customers without power.PlayHere & Now03:41Dec 10, 2018Next Page
Meet HouseZero, Harvard's New Energy Efficient WorkspaceThe building is so energy-efficient, it actually feeds power back into the grid.PlayRadio Boston08:00Dec 14, 2018
Offshore Wind Auction For 390,000 Acres South Of Mass. Blows Through Sale RecordThree tracts of ocean just south of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard have sold for a total of more than $400 million, the highest prices ever paid for wind lease plots...BostonomixDec 14, 2018
Must The Fight Against Climate Change Hurt Poor People?Can environmental protection only be bought on the backs of society’s neediest?CognoscentiDec 14, 2018
Week In The News: Trump Meets With Democrats, Cohen's Sentencing, Border Wall And MoreTop Democrats go face-to-face with Trump. Prison time for Michael Cohen. Trump's border wall and U.S.-Mexico talks. Our roundtable on the week’s news.PlayOn Point47:17Dec 14, 2018
Rhode Island Fishermen Condemn Offshore Wind Farms Despite Potential BenefitsA recent vote by the Rhode Island Fishermen's Advisory Board to block a wind farm project has raised questions about the future of offshore wind power.PlayRadio Boston12:02Dec 13, 2018
Framingham Officials Eliminate Beavers To Solve Dam ProblemFramingham city officials are reporting that they have successfully trapped and killed beavers in two locations, where dams were causing water to flood and freeze on roads, creating a threat...PlayRadio Boston17:02Dec 13, 2018
Study: 'No Scientific Basis' For Challenges To EPA Endangerment FindingThe study provides more proof that greenhouse gases are dangerous to human health.WBUR NewsDec 13, 2018
How Ocean Currents Influence Global Climate And WeatherOceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface, and all that water is in constant motion.PlayHere & Now11:06Dec 13, 2018
Plastic Bag Ban In Boston Starts Slow Rollout FridayThe city ordinance applies to large supermarkets and retailers initially, and will be implemented citywide by July 2019.WBUR NewsDec 13, 2018
Arctic Warming Pushes The Region — And Planet — Into Uncharted TerritoryWarming in Arctic raises fears of a "rapid unraveling" of the region. Reindeer numbers crash by half. We’ll confront the climate emergency in the Arctic.PlayOn Point46:29Dec 13, 2018
Feds Offering 390,000 Acres Off Mass. For Offshore WindThree ocean areas will be offered up Thursday during an auction intended to attract the offshore wind industry.BostonomixDec 12, 2018
Mission Almost Accomplished, Says Gov. Baker Of Merrimack Valley Gas Restoration"Our administration and these municipal leaders will continue to hold Columbia Gas accountable for this mission until the folks are made whole and returned to normalcy." But, he said, "we've...PlayRadio Boston04:38Dec 12, 2018
Right Whales Arrive Early In Cape Cod BaySeven of the endangered whales were spotted Tuesday for the first time this feeding season. WBUR NewsDec 12, 2018
Listening To Bat Calls To Beat A Devastating DiseaseScientists are trying to learn more about the impact of the deadly white-nose syndrome on bats — by listening to the calls of bats left behind.PlayHere & Now04:04Dec 12, 2018
2018 Arctic Report Card Finds 'Cascading Effects' Of Warming Air And Rising Ocean TemperaturesPersistent warming in the Arctic has resulted in the "most unprecedented transition in history," according to a new NOAA report.PlayHere & Now09:47Dec 12, 2018
Hurricanes Yield 'Fundamental Change' In Puerto Rico's WatershedResearchers in Puerto Rico say hurricanes Irma and María made long-lasting and ongoing changes to forest and coastal ecosystems. PlayWBUR News01:29Dec 12, 2018
Tackling Climate Change: The Fate Of A Carbon Tax In The U.S.A group of bipartisan legislators recently announced a bill that would tax fossil fuel companies for the carbon dioxide they emit.PlayOn Point17:09Dec 11, 2018
Climate Change Is Already Driving Central American Migrants To U.S., Scholar SaysMany migrants have spoken up about violence in their home countries, but researchers say another factor may be driving their migration.PlayHere & Now09:36Dec 11, 2018
Why Are Sunsets Getting Later Before The Winter Solstice?The earliest sunset of the year has already happened, even though the shortest day of the year isn't until Dec. 21.PlayHere & Now03:46Dec 11, 2018
Powerful Snowstorm Strikes North Carolina And Southeastern U.S.The storm struck over the weekend, killing one motorist and leaving more than 310,000 customers without power.PlayHere & Now03:41Dec 10, 2018
