The Environment in Focus with Tom Pelton

Format: 2013-05-26
1-11-12: The Fragile Economics of Offshore Wind

Offshore wind farm. iStockphoto.
Offshore wind farm.  iStockphoto.
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1-4-11: The Smartest Plants in the World

Dennis Whigham, senior botanist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, is trying to bring back species of orchids that are threatened and nearly extinct.
Dennis Whigham, senior botanist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, is trying to bring back species of orchids that are threatened and nearly extinct.
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12-28-11: The Fading Call of the Tundra Swan

Tundra swans lift off a frozen field on Maryland's Eastern Shore
Tundra swans lift off a frozen field on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

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12-14-11: The Big Green Sponge


Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is building "green" alleys, parking lots and basketball courts with holes in them to absorb stormwater runoff pollution.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is building "green" alleys, parking lots and basketball courts with holes in them to absorb stormwater runoff pollution.
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11-30-11: Clearing the Air About the "Job Killer" Myth

An air pollution control device called a scrubber rises at the Brandon Shores coal-fired power plant south of Baltimore, with plant chemical technician Melissa Sampson at left.
An air pollution control device called a scrubber rises at the Brandon Shores coal-fired power plant south of Baltimore, with plant chemical technician Melissa Sampson at left.  

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11-16-11: Cry of Loon Fades as Fish Disappear


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