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WNPR Environment News - Podcast
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Connecticut River First to Receive National Blueways Designation | The Connecticut River has been designated the country's first National Blueway. The National Blueways System is part of the Obama administration's America's Great Outdoors Initiative, which aims to conserve natural resour | 5/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Communities in Recovery | We come to rely on our communities being a certain way. A disaster can change all that. It can take the form of a tornado. That’s what happened one year ago in Joplin Missouri - a city that was nearly wiped out - with 160 of its residen | 5/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Connecticut Department of Transportation Examines Rail Environmental Impact Report | Connecticut's Department of Transportation has released an environmental impact report for the proposed high speed rail line between New Haven and Springfield Massachusetts. Currently, there are six to eight daily round trip passenger trains be | 5/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bike Trail for the Merritt Parkway Gets Renewed Look | After languishing for more than 20 years, the idea of a bike trail along the Merritt Parkway is getting serious consideration. But don’t count on being able to ride your bike to work instead of tackling the notorious Merritt traffic anytime soon. T | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Integrated" Communities As The Key To Prosperity? | Fair housing advocates say that “integrated” communities with various racial, ethnic and economic groups are the key to prosperity. In fact, administration officials says that President Obama has the “desire to see a fully integr | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bear Sightings On the Rise in Connecticut | Bear sightings in Connecticut are on the rise this year, and their numbers are growing. Appearing to talk about black bears and what you should do if you come across a bear is Paul Rego, a wildlife biologist with the state Department of Energy and Enviro | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Would You Pay $162 More For Cleaner Electricity? | There's been a lot of talk and some political movement toward a national standard for the use of clean energy. But the topic is still rife with politics. Researchers at Yale and Harvard have released a study that says Americans on average would be wi | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Call to Close Bridgeport Coal Plant | Environmentalists have been trying for years to shut down Connecticut’s last remaining coal-burning power plant. They could make more headway on that goal this year, since the power plant’s operating permit is up for renewal. WNPR’s Nee | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wrapping up the Session: On Booze, Pot, and Education Reform | The end of the state legislative session is an emotional time for lawmakers. After weeks working closely together on legislation, and holding dueling press conferences to unveil bills that ultimately go nowhere, it comes down to a few frantic late | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 9 Episodes |
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