Turning to Forests for Better Health

Kara HolsoppleDecember 14, 2018

People are finding that forests are good medicine. To improve health, one local therapist is taking groups 'forest bathing' in Frick Park.

HealthRecreationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update

PFAS – What is this Stuff? And Why Should You Care?

Lester GrahamDecember 6, 2018

They are known as forever chemicals, and you almost certainly have them in your home and body.

HealthPollutionYour Environment Update

The Consequences of Lead Exposure for Kids are Scary. Talking About it Doesn’t Have to Be.

Kara HolsoppleNovember 29, 2018

Kids can get exposed to lead through paint, dust and drinking water. Then what?

HealthYour Environment Update

The Red State Paradox

Reid FrazierNovember 22, 2018

Who are the people who gave Trump their votes? And where does their vision for the environment come from?

CulturePodcastsPoliticsYour Environment Update

Photographs and Poetry Reveal Tension Fracking Brings to Pennsylvania

Kara HolsoppleNovember 21, 2018

A book of poetry and photographs looks at the risks and benefits after a decade of fracking in Pennsylvania.

CultureEnergyEnvironmental JusticeYour Environment Update

America Voted. How did the Environment Fare?

Kara HolsoppleNovember 9, 2018

The midterm election results are (mostly) in. And what that means for the environment is a mixed bag.

Climate ChangePodcastsPoliticsYour Environment Update

Environmentalists Could Change Election Outcomes. They Just Need to Vote.

Julie GrantNovember 1, 2018

In the 2014 midterm election, more than 15 million environmentalists --all registered voters-- didn't show up. Will they this time?

PodcastsPoliticsYour Environment Update

Your Constitutional Right to Clean Air and Pure Water

Marie CusickOctober 25, 2018

Pennsylvania was among the first governments in the world to guarantee its citizens the right to a clean environment. In practice, that didn’t mean much — until now.

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Pollution is Changing the Diet of Songbirds

Kara HolsoppleOctober 18, 2018

The acid mine drainage that has caused streams to turn orange is also killing off the aquatic insects that the Louisiana waterthrush eats.

PollutionWaterWild PennsylvaniaWildlifeYour Environment Update

Global Warming: How Bad Can It Be?

Reid FrazierOctober 12, 2018

From our Trump on Earth podcast, we ask whether a reckoning with some of the horrifying possibilities of climate change moves people to action or complacency?

Climate ChangePodcastsYour Environment Update