Environment

Former EPA chief Gina McCarthy launches Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment at Harvard

June 24, 2018

Focusing on climate change's public health impacts can make the world a healthier place, protect our children's lives, build a stronger economy and help to create a more sustainable and just future, McCarthy believes.

Environment

Nuclear energy gets a 'green' boost in New Jersey

Living on Earth

June 24, 2018

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently signed into law subsidies for two aging nuclear power plants. Some say the deal will help New Jersey meet its climate protection goals, but others have criticized the measure.

Climate Change

Documentary chronicles climate change through three children growing up in the Marshall Islands

Living on Earth

June 23, 2018

The documentary is called "The Last Generation.” Facing rising sea levels that could one day submerge their entire country, the three children from the Marshall Islands featured in the project hope their people will live through any calamities caused by climate change.

Jobs

As Fukushima residents return, some see hope in nuclear tourism

Reuters

June 21, 2018

Seven years after a deadly tsunami ripped through the Tokyo Electric Power plant in Fukushima, Japan, tour organizers are bringing curious sightseers to the region as residents who fled the nuclear catastrophe trickle back.

Environment

How do we process doom-and-gloom climate news? How should we?

PRI's The World

June 21, 2018

“Climate change has all the hallmarks of an issue which is difficult for people to engage with psychologically,” says an environmental psychologist.

Environment

The UK’s move away from coal means they’re burning wood from the US

PRI's The World

June 20, 2018

Europe and the US say wood pellets are a carbon neutral alternative to coal. Many experts say otherwise.

Environment

Britain built an empire out of coal. Now it’s giving it up. Why can’t the US?

PRI's The World

June 18, 2018

The UK will stop burning coal for electricity by 2025. The US, meanwhile, is trying to end the “war on coal.”

Science

Texas researchers seek to redefine what it means to make whiskey in the US

Reuters

June 17, 2018

The project could change whiskey production by providing new types of corn, reshaping the industry's reliance on grain not specifically bred for making into spirits.

Environment

Should I kill spiders in my home? An entomologist explains why not.

The Conversation

June 16, 2018

Your home will be better off if you let your eight-legged friends be.

Limiting temperature increase to 1.5 Celsius could result in $30 trillion of savings for global economy, study shows

Living on Earth

June 16, 2018

To some, letting the global temperature rise plateau at just 1.5 degrees Celsius just makes sense. A new study also shows it could make cents — $30 trillion, to be exact.