EnvironmentWeek Ahead: John Kelly's Departure, Mueller Probe, Kushner And Saudi ArabiaWe'll kick off the week with a look at what's to come in Washington and around the globe. Top reporters open their notebooks.On Point8 hours agoWatertown Becomes 1st Town In New England To Require Solar Panels On New Commercial ConstructionsCambridge is considering a similar requirement, as both communities have been undergoing building booms.WBUR NewsDec 9, 2018After Abandoning Pacific Ocean Crossing, Swimmer Shifts Focus To Plastic PollutionBen Lecomte recently gave up his quest to swim across the Pacific Ocean after his boat's sail broke. Now he's documenting the extent of plastic pollution at sea.PlayHere & Now06:27Dec 7, 2018Week In The News: Bush's Funeral, U.S.-China Dealings, N.C. Election Fraud And MoreFarewell to Bush 41. U.S.-China trade uncertainty. Power plays in Wisconsin. Potential election fraud in North Carolina — by Republicans. Our roundtable takes stock.PlayOn Point46:53Dec 7, 2018One Scientist's Quest To Catch The Elusive Saw-Whet OwlA biologist in upstate New York is part of an international effort to monitor and evaluate a tiny owl called the northern saw-whet.PlayHere & Now05:06Dec 6, 2018In Paradise, California, Children Return To School After Camp Fire IncinerationBack to Paradise. Three weeks after the devastating Camp Fire all but destroyed the town, children are back in school, but most everything else is in flux.PlayOn Point47:07Dec 6, 2018Checking In On Earthquake Recovery In Anchorage, AlaskaAnchorage residents are still cleaning up after last Friday's magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Aftershocks could continue this week. PlayHere & Now05:45Dec 5, 2018Not So Sweet: Climate Change Means Slow-Growing Sugar Maples, Study FindsClimate change and its impact on the amount of snow in the Northeast could significantly slow the growth of maple trees.WBUR NewsDec 3, 2018Bald Eagle Population Rebounding With State HelpAmid three decades of efforts to re-establish a natural population of the nation's animal here, 65 chicks hatched and survive to fly this year, officials say. WBUR NewsDec 3, 2018U.N. Climate Summit Convenes Amid Dire Global Warming PredictionsLeaders from over 200 countries will spend the next two weeks negotiating the terms and details of the Paris climate accord.Here & NowDec 3, 2018A Scientist Listens In To North Carolina Oyster ReefsOysters' underwater habitat has been rebuilt along North Carolina's coast for decades. A researcher wants to know what other sea life calls their reefs home.PlayHere & Now03:33Dec 3, 2018Week Ahead: Halt To China Trade War, Looming Government Shutdown, Mexico's New PresidentTop-notch reporters open their notebooks and look at what’s ahead in the coming week.PlayOn Point45:52Dec 3, 2018George H.W. Bush Had Deep Roots In New England — And A Profound Impact On Boston WatersBush, the nation's 41st president, died on Friday. He was 94.PlayWBUR News05:06Dec 1, 2018Tumor-Free Flounder: Study Underscores Boston Harbor RebirthFlounder in Boston's once notoriously polluted harbor are now tumor-free.WBUR NewsNov 30, 2018Sea Lion Deaths From Gunshot Wounds Worry Marine ScientistsSeveral sea lions found along the shores of Washington state this month were found to have died from gunshot wounds.PlayHere & Now05:13Nov 30, 2018Week In The News: Cohen, Manafort, G-20, Yemen, Russia-Ukraine ClashCohen pleads guilty. Deep job cuts at GM. Lies and Paul Manafort. Russia and Ukraine skirmishes at sea. The roundtable swims in choppy waters.PlayOn Point46:56Nov 30, 2018Droughts, Floods, Failing Dams: What Climate Change Means For Water In The U.S.One of the conclusions of the fourth National Climate Assessment is that human-caused climate change is already affecting water quantity and quality.PlayHere & Now09:32Nov 29, 2018After Camp Fire, Scope Of Devastation Comes Into FocusThe town of Paradise, California, will have to be rebuilt practically from the ground up.PlayHere & Now04:28Nov 29, 2018Al Gore: President Trump Has Become 'The Face Of Climate Denial'"The climate crisis is still worsening at a faster rate than our progress in developing solutions," former Vice President Al Gore tells Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson. "But we're gaining...PlayHere & Now11:00Nov 29, 2018With Mars InSight: NASA Spacecraft Set Up For Exploring 'Red Planet' After LandingNASA’s InSight lander is settling in for the long assignment of exploring the geology of Mars. Will its findings one day rock our world?PlayOn Point47:02Nov 29, 2018Next Page
Week Ahead: John Kelly's Departure, Mueller Probe, Kushner And Saudi ArabiaWe'll kick off the week with a look at what's to come in Washington and around the globe. Top reporters open their notebooks.On Point8 hours ago
Watertown Becomes 1st Town In New England To Require Solar Panels On New Commercial ConstructionsCambridge is considering a similar requirement, as both communities have been undergoing building booms.WBUR NewsDec 9, 2018
After Abandoning Pacific Ocean Crossing, Swimmer Shifts Focus To Plastic PollutionBen Lecomte recently gave up his quest to swim across the Pacific Ocean after his boat's sail broke. Now he's documenting the extent of plastic pollution at sea.PlayHere & Now06:27Dec 7, 2018
Week In The News: Bush's Funeral, U.S.-China Dealings, N.C. Election Fraud And MoreFarewell to Bush 41. U.S.-China trade uncertainty. Power plays in Wisconsin. Potential election fraud in North Carolina — by Republicans. Our roundtable takes stock.PlayOn Point46:53Dec 7, 2018
One Scientist's Quest To Catch The Elusive Saw-Whet OwlA biologist in upstate New York is part of an international effort to monitor and evaluate a tiny owl called the northern saw-whet.PlayHere & Now05:06Dec 6, 2018
In Paradise, California, Children Return To School After Camp Fire IncinerationBack to Paradise. Three weeks after the devastating Camp Fire all but destroyed the town, children are back in school, but most everything else is in flux.PlayOn Point47:07Dec 6, 2018
Checking In On Earthquake Recovery In Anchorage, AlaskaAnchorage residents are still cleaning up after last Friday's magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Aftershocks could continue this week. PlayHere & Now05:45Dec 5, 2018
Not So Sweet: Climate Change Means Slow-Growing Sugar Maples, Study FindsClimate change and its impact on the amount of snow in the Northeast could significantly slow the growth of maple trees.WBUR NewsDec 3, 2018
Bald Eagle Population Rebounding With State HelpAmid three decades of efforts to re-establish a natural population of the nation's animal here, 65 chicks hatched and survive to fly this year, officials say. WBUR NewsDec 3, 2018
U.N. Climate Summit Convenes Amid Dire Global Warming PredictionsLeaders from over 200 countries will spend the next two weeks negotiating the terms and details of the Paris climate accord.Here & NowDec 3, 2018
A Scientist Listens In To North Carolina Oyster ReefsOysters' underwater habitat has been rebuilt along North Carolina's coast for decades. A researcher wants to know what other sea life calls their reefs home.PlayHere & Now03:33Dec 3, 2018
Week Ahead: Halt To China Trade War, Looming Government Shutdown, Mexico's New PresidentTop-notch reporters open their notebooks and look at what’s ahead in the coming week.PlayOn Point45:52Dec 3, 2018
George H.W. Bush Had Deep Roots In New England — And A Profound Impact On Boston WatersBush, the nation's 41st president, died on Friday. He was 94.PlayWBUR News05:06Dec 1, 2018
Tumor-Free Flounder: Study Underscores Boston Harbor RebirthFlounder in Boston's once notoriously polluted harbor are now tumor-free.WBUR NewsNov 30, 2018
Sea Lion Deaths From Gunshot Wounds Worry Marine ScientistsSeveral sea lions found along the shores of Washington state this month were found to have died from gunshot wounds.PlayHere & Now05:13Nov 30, 2018
Week In The News: Cohen, Manafort, G-20, Yemen, Russia-Ukraine ClashCohen pleads guilty. Deep job cuts at GM. Lies and Paul Manafort. Russia and Ukraine skirmishes at sea. The roundtable swims in choppy waters.PlayOn Point46:56Nov 30, 2018
Droughts, Floods, Failing Dams: What Climate Change Means For Water In The U.S.One of the conclusions of the fourth National Climate Assessment is that human-caused climate change is already affecting water quantity and quality.PlayHere & Now09:32Nov 29, 2018
After Camp Fire, Scope Of Devastation Comes Into FocusThe town of Paradise, California, will have to be rebuilt practically from the ground up.PlayHere & Now04:28Nov 29, 2018
Al Gore: President Trump Has Become 'The Face Of Climate Denial'"The climate crisis is still worsening at a faster rate than our progress in developing solutions," former Vice President Al Gore tells Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson. "But we're gaining...PlayHere & Now11:00Nov 29, 2018
With Mars InSight: NASA Spacecraft Set Up For Exploring 'Red Planet' After LandingNASA’s InSight lander is settling in for the long assignment of exploring the geology of Mars. Will its findings one day rock our world?PlayOn Point47:02Nov 29, 2018
