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Tune-in for programming focused on the challenges of a changing climate while highlighting examples of positive impact.
We’re excited to welcome Ãine Pennello to our newsroom as º£½Ç»»ÆÞ’s new Environment and Climate Change Reporter. She’ll focus on stories that explore how climate change affects our state and how communities are responding. Click here to learn more about her role and our climate coverage.
Climate in the News
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After two years of sluggish environmental legislative action, state lawmakers in 2025 passed several big initiatives on climate change.
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The program is being run with help from Keep America Beautiful, a conservation advocacy group located in Stamford, and Open Doors, which operates a homeless shelter in Norwalk.
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A tiny wasp that kills lawn grubs benefits from the peony plant.
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The Huneebee Project in º£½Ç»»ÆÞ trains teenagers to be beekeepers. º£½Ç»»ÆÞ's newest Mini Doc details how the teens learn skills to take to other jobs and work through hardship and trauma amid the therapeutic setting of a beehive.
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Sarah O’Hare is author of the newly-published “Hiking With Kids º£½Ç»»ÆÞ: 45 Great Hikes for Families.â€
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The Active Tick Surveillance Program began in 2019 to better understand where ticks are, the dangers they pose to people and how invasive tick populations are spreading.
Latest Radio Episodes
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º£½Ç»»ÆÞ’s kelp is a sea veggie you don’t want to overlook. This hour, a deep dive into the many ways you can use this farmable resource and how it helps keep our oceans healthy.
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On this episode of Audacious, meet birder, Peter Kaestner! He discovered a new bird species, and became the first person to catalogue 10,000 birds!
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An update on how New England’s North Atlantic right whale and the Arctic’s beluga whale populations are faring. Plus, scientists are using AI technology to learn the language of º£½Ç»»ÆÞ’s state animal: the sperm whale.
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This hour, we learn about the spring migration of many New England amphibians and what you can do to help protect these small and mighty creatures.
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Can local lawmakers improve energy infrastructure and save ratepayers money? Plus, the bears are back–outta hibernation. How are state environmental officials reacting?
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Since we just spent a number of years thinking about viruses, here’s a question: Should we be pretty worried about funguses, too? This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, a look at the role of fungi in our world.
Featured Video Programs
NPR: Climate & Environment Stories
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Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no longer be available as of Monday, June 30.
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California has seen its gray wolf population grow quickly over the last decade.
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Abruptly ending tax incentives that encourage solar developers to buy American could upend a booming manufacturing sector.
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The object was likely either a meteor or space junk, with most sightings of the streak of light and fireball coming from Georgia and South Carolina, the National Weather Service said.
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The Trump administration announced on Monday that it wants to do away with a Clinton-era regulation known as the Roadless Rule, which put protections on huge swaths of federal land across the country.
More Climate & Nature Content to Explore

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