The Northeast Environmental Hub is a collaboration of 18 public radio stations in the six New England states and New York.
The Hub is based on the concept that ecosystems cross state boundaries and states in the region are grappling with some of the same environmental and energy challenges. The Hub's Managing Editor, Nancy Cohen from WNPR, is working with reporters to produce environmental coverage for all of the states in the region. The project is funded by a grant from United Technologies.
Read the Northeast Environmental Hub's narrative here.
NORTHEAST ENVIRONMENTAL HUB STORIESDavid Sommerstein of North Country Public Radio reports on the development of wind power in New York state despite the opposition.
http://www.cpbn.org/program/northeast-environmental-hub/episode/new-york-wind-farms-produce-power-spark-debate
Steve Zind of Vermont Public Radio reports on a growing number of households that are erecting their own wind turbines.
http://www.cpbn.org/program/northeast-environmental-hub/episode/new-technology-could-mean-more-backyard-wind-power
Sacha Pfeiffer from WBUR in Boston reports on the first carbon auction in the country.
http://www.cpbn.org/program/episode/regional-greenhouse-gas-initiative-ready-auction-carbon-dioxide
Tina Antolini from WFCR reports on programs from Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine designed to make solar energy available to low income households.
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wfcr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1391298
Also here:
http://www.cpbn.org/program/northeast-environmental-hub/episode/states-try-make-solar-energy-affordable
Independent Producer Jon Miller from Ithaca New York reports on the first acoustical recordings of endangered whales just outside New York Harbor.
http://www.cpbn.org/program/northeast-environmental-hub/episode/whale-song-recordings-gives-scientists-new-data
Susan Sharon from Maine Public Radio reports on efforts to restore dwindling salmon populations in the region.
http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNews/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/1858/ItemId/8083/Default.aspx
Amy Quinton from North Country Public Radio reports that as more people in the region burn wood this winter it could increase the amount of particulates in the air.
http://www.cpbn.org/program/northeast-environmental-hub/episode/wood-stoves-are-not-always-green
Nancy Cohen from WNPR reports government and environmental groups want to take down old dams in the northeast to restore rivers for migrating fish, but some people don't want to see them go.
Listen on WBUR's website:
http://www.wbur.org/news/2008/81339_20081113.asp
Or on WNPR's website:
http://www.cpbn.org/?q=node/10305
Here are some links to web pages devoted to the Northeast Hub
WNPR's webpage for the Northeast Environmental Hub:
http://www.cpbn.org/program/northeast-environmental-hub
Vermont Public Radio's webpage for Northeast Environmental Hub:
http://www.vpr.net/episode/44387/
