100 episodes
The Environment in Focus WYPR Baltimore
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The Environment in Focus, hosted by Tom Pelton, is a weekly perspective on the issues and people changing our natural world. Pelton is a national award-winning environmental journalist, author, and public radio host.
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Final Episode: A Vanishing Island, the End of an Adventure
The Chesapeake Bay is full of history that is slipping away before our eyes.
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Hip Hop Forestry
One envirnmental advocate has a unique way of bringing attention to the topic: hip hop music.
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The Old Rowboat
Tom reflects on his relationship with a dear friend - an old rowboat.
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Climate Engineering as a Dangerous "Plan B" for Global Warming
Can we engineer Earth's atmosphere to stop global warming?
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EPA Ban on Brain-Damaging Pesticide Follows Maryland's Lead
In Maryland over the last three years, there was a back-and-forth political battle between Republican Governor Larry Hogan and the Democratic-majority state legislature over a controversial insecticide called chlorpyrifos.
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Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay
In a shallow bay of the Potomac River about an hour south of Washington, D.C., lie the remains of 214 wooden cargo ships from World War I, some of which have sprouted trees and become islands.
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Customer Reviews
Spot On
Tom always hits the nail on the head. These are succinct, well written and well reported, powerful little episodes.