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Fossil-free fertilizer WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Fossil-free fertilizer

Ammonia is a major industrial commodity.  About 70% of it is used to make fertilizer, with the...

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Summers are getting hotter WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Summers are getting hotter

Climate scientists have warned for decades that a seemingly small change in the global average...

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Powering Britain with sun and wind WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Powering Britain with sun and wind

The United Kingdom is quite small in size compared with the US, but its population of 67 million...

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The right to not buy fossil fuels WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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The right to not buy fossil fuels

Minnesota has been one of the most aggressive states in setting and realizing clean energy goals....

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Lots of female turtles WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Lots of female turtles

Green sea turtles were listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1978.  Since that time, there...

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Hydrogen hubs WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Hydrogen hubs

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 earmarked $7 billion in federal funding aimed...

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A billion pound problem WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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A billion pound problem

Nearly two billion pounds of pumpkins are grown each year in the U.S.  But we actually don’t eat...

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Wind turbines and bats WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Wind turbines and bats

Collisions with wind turbines are one of the leading causes of bat mortality in North America and...

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Record low Antarctic sea ice WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Record low Antarctic sea ice

Antarctica’s winter came to a close in September and during that month, the continent reaches its...

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Mississippi River Running Dry | Earth Wise WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Mississippi River Running Dry | Earth Wise

Water levels in the lower Mississippi River are running very low.  During September, the readings...

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Wildfires And Air Quality | Earth Wise WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Wildfires And Air Quality | Earth Wise

People in the Northeast have been dealing with unhealthy air quality in recent times because of...

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Plastics In The Air | Earth Wise WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Plastics In The Air | Earth Wise

Plastic pollution is a big deal.  There are plastics clogging up landfills and waterways and...

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Controlled Environment Agriculture | Earth Wise WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Controlled Environment Agriculture | Earth Wise

The term “controlled environment agriculture” (or CEA) refers to any number of systems embodying...

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The Spooky Reality | Earth Wise WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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The Spooky Reality | Earth Wise

According to the National Retail Federation, American consumers will spend a whopping $12.2...

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Geologic Hydrogen | Earth Wise WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Geologic Hydrogen | Earth Wise

There is great interest in the potential use of hydrogen as a fuel or an energy storage medium....

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Banning Neonicotinoid Pesticides | Earth Wise WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Banning Neonicotinoid Pesticides | Earth Wise

New York’s Birds and Bees Protection Act contains a targeted restriction on neonicotinoid...

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Floating Sea Farms | Earth Wise WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Floating Sea Farms | Earth Wise

Researchers at the University of South Australia have designed a self-sustaining solar-driven...

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Enhanced Geothermal Energy | Earth Wise WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Enhanced Geothermal Energy | Earth Wise

Steam produced by underground heat is an excellent source of clean energy.  In a few fortunate...

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Pollution From Tires | Earth Wise WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Pollution From Tires | Earth Wise

A few years ago, researchers investigating massive deaths of coho salmon in West Coast streams...

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The Hottest Summer | Earth Wise WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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The Hottest Summer | Earth Wise

It was a very rainy and relatively cool summer in much of New England as well as in New York’s...

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