Water innovation in Philadelphia has been driven for over a century by the city's desire to provide high quality drinking water for residents using the latest technologies and techniques, says Howard Neukrug of The Water Center at Penn. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/HowardNeukrug
The unique issues and local priorities of a community must be understood and respected as part of any water project, says Howard Neukrug of The Water Center at Penn, which has included equity and affordability in its work. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/HowardNeukrug
Fred Tutman is the Patuxent Riverkeeper. In this episode Fred discusses his experiences as a Black man working in the overwhelmingly white environmental field and shares his perspective on the increased attention from organizations on people of color and diversity. He explains why he refers to it as environmental injustice…
Erin Savage is Central Appalachian Senior Program Manager for Appalachian Voices. In this episode Erin explains the practice of mountaintop removal for coal mining, which has destroyed more than 500 mountaintops, 1.2 million acres of forest, and 2,000 miles of streams in the Appalachians. She discusses the harmful impacts to…
The unique issues and local priorities of a community must be understood and respected as part of any water project, says Howard Neukrug of The Water Center at Penn, which has included equity and affordability in its work. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/HowardNeukrug
Water innovation in Philadelphia has been driven for over a century by the city's desire to provide high quality drinking water for residents using the latest technologies and techniques, says Howard Neukrug of The Water Center at Penn. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/HowardNeukrug
The Water Center at Penn focuses on applying science, technology, and policy to solve real water problems. One project evaluated the potential for other cities in the Midwest to have a drinking water crisis like Flint. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/HowardNeukrug
When many environmental organizations are in the same area it is a chance for collaboration. The Water Center is working in Pittsburgh to create a shared vision for #water, centralize data, and build the next generation of leaders. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/HowardNeukrug
In response to coronavirus the Surfrider Foundation gathered a group of experts to create recommendations to balance public health protection with public access to beaches and the ocean, particularly with "recreation only" policies, says Chad Nelsen. Watch the podcast https://bit.ly/Chad-Nelsen
The Surfrider Foundation uses a network of volunteers and laboratories to monitor water quality at beaches to make sure it is safe to surf and swim in the ocean and to identify potential pollution problems, says Chad Nelsen. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/Chad-Nelsen
As demand for gas and oil drops, the industry is shifting to manufacture of plastics at "cracker plants" in the Midwest. Chad Nelsen of the Surfrider Foundation says there is concern about loose regulations and the production of more plastic. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/Chad-Nelsen
"Turn your garden into a solution for pollution." Chad Nelsen says the Surfrider Foundation's Ocean Friendly Gardens program encourages people to use plants, permeable surfaces, and some landscaping techniques to capture rain and prevent runoff. Watch the podcast: https://bit.ly/Chad-Nelsen
A variety of local laws seek to reduce single-use #plastic items such as bags, straws, and styrofoam containers because of their huge environmental cost - only 10 percent end up being recycled, says Julia Stein of the Emmett Center on Climate and Environment at UCLA. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/JuliaStein
The most successful ways of regulating single-use #plastic bags are fees and a hybrid of a fee and ban, with these policies encouraging consumers to change behavior and bring reusable bags, says Julia Stein of the Emmett Institute on Climate and Environment at UCLA. Watch the #podcast: https://bit.ly/JuliaStein
Single-use plastic continues to deliver environmental damage, including polluting waterways and the ocean, adding to greenhouse gas emissions, and resulting in microplastics in food such as salt, says Julia Stein of the Emmett Institute on Climate and Environment at UCLA. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/JuliaStein
The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act currently in Congress would be a positive step and includes ban components, responsibilities for producers, and improved recycling and waste management, says Julia Stein of Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/JuliaStein
As states approach the 2025 deadline for meeting a "pollution diet" for the Chesapeake Bay, it appears Maryland and Virginia will be close but Pennsylvania and New York are far behind, says Tim Wheeler of the Bay Journal. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/TimWheeler
The blue crab population in Chesapeake Bay remains within the bounds of what scientists say is sustainable, although numbers dipped by one-third last year and can fluctuate because of weather, says Tim Wheeler of the Bay Journal. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/TimWheeler
Chesapeake Bay benefited from reductions in emissions by power plants, industry, and automobiles under the Clean Air Act, which lowered the nitrogen landing in the region and entering waterways, says Tim Wheeler of the Bay Journal. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/TimWheeler
About 80% of the water systems found to have increasing levels of nitrate contamination are small - serving less than 3,300 people - and lack the financial resources to upgrade treatment, says Anne Schechinger of the Environmental Working Group. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/AnneSchechinger
An Environmental Working Group analysis found over 2,100 drinking water systems that serve 21 million people in 10 states had increasing levels of nitrate contamination. Anne Schechinger says many are small systems that struggle to afford treatment for nitrate. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/AnneSchechinger
Nitrate from fertilizer and manure on farm fields can contaminate sources of drinking water and be a threat to human health at levels below the current legal limit, says Anne Schechinger of the Environmental Working Group. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/AnneSchechinger
The close proximity of agriculture to urban areas in California, such as Fresno for example, results in increasing nitrate contamination in drinking water and waterways, says Anne Schechinger of the Environmental Working Group. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/AnneSchechinger
About 7,000 Alaska Natives do not have adequate access to water in the home and have to use buckets to go to the bathroom, says Marleah LaBelle. Many other tribal villages have old water systems that are in extreme disrepair. Watch the podcast at https://bit.ly/MarleahLaBelle