How a Health Crisis Created a Town Full of Environmentalists
For decades, chemical companies used Toms River as their private dumping ground for their toxic waste. Then the town's residents started asking questions.
History
What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies?
Jared Diamond writes books that focus on the big issues of life that everybody's concerned with--survival, sex and why history turned out the way it did. He says the United States is an example of a successful society but is at risk of screwing things up.
How a Burning River Helped Create the Clean Water Act
When Cleveland's Cuyahoga River actually caught fire in 1969, it became a national rallying cry for the country to confront its long-neglected water pollution problems.
Inside the World of ‘Small’ Oil
Believe it or not, thousands of small, mom-and-pop oil producers still make a living pumping their own crude the way they have for generations.
Looking Back at African-American Environmental History
From its roots in slavery to its place in modern activist movements, the story of African-American environmentalism is as deep as it is complicated.
Sixty Years Ago, Smog Killed 20 People in a Pennsylvania Town. This Museum Tells Their Story.
What happened in Donora, Pennsylvania in 1948 was a massive tragedy. But it helped spark a movement to clean up the nation's dirty air.
The Canals That Redrew Pennsylvania’s Wilderness and Remade Its Economy
Though few relics of the legendary Pennsylvania Mainline canal system exist today, it set in motion an era of canal building that still shapes how we move goods around the country.
New Documentary Explores the Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson
A new PBS film premiering next week takes a fresh look at the life and work of the Pennsylvanian regarded to be the godmother of the modern environmental movement.
