Rachel Carson

Owings Mills writer Elizabeth Bastos has a Christmas story about beauty, ugliness, and truffles.

It was 50 years ago that Rachel Carson published Silent Spring--the book that kickstarted the modern environmental movement. She based some of her book on work done at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel. Three retired scientists there tell us about Carson and the eventual ban of DDT.

This segment originally aired October 9, 2012.

A lawsuit that could change how chickens are raised around the country goes to federal court today.  The Waterkeepers Alliance is suing Perdue over uncovered sludge on the Hudson farm on the lower shore.  We'll talk about what's at stake with a reporter who's covering the trial.