Oceans May Host Next Wave Of Renewable Energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbAtZyy4zRI Think "renewable energy" and the wind and sun come to mind, but someday it may be possible to add ocean energy to that list. The fledgling wave energy...
View ArticlePennsylvania Grand Jury Hopes Investigation Will Change Fraternity Culture...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: A Pennsylvania grand jury has issued a scathing report on the state of fraternity life at Penn State University. It says school officials...
View ArticleScrambling To Prepay 2018 Property Taxes? Maybe You Shouldn't
Updated at 7:43 p.m. ET Part of the Republican tax overhaul that President Trump signed into law last week has homeowners around the country doing something unusual: rushing to pay their 2018 property...
View ArticleWinter Storm Stresses Energy Infrastructures Along The East Coast
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Meteorologists are calling it a bomb cyclone - a powerful winter storm that dumped as much as a foot and a half of snow along parts of the East...
View ArticleThe Shutdown And National Parks
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Federal government is in partial shutdown after Congress failed to reach an agreement to pass a spending bill. Members of the military and law...
View ArticleGunman In Florida High School Shooting Ordered Held Without Bond
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: It's been a little more than 24 hours since a 19-year-old man opened fire on his former classmates at a Florida high school, and an...
View ArticleFlorida Community Mourns And Remembers 17 Killed In School Shooting
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The FBI got a tip last month that the man accused of killing 17 people in a high school shooting on Wednesday might be planning an attack,...
View Article'Keep It In The Ground' Activists Optimistic Despite Oil Boom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkGOnpvlL8A The United States oil business is booming and the country could soon be the largest crude oil producer in the world. Despite this record-breaking production,...
View ArticleOil Prices Rise After Trump's Iran Speech, But Supply And Demand Also Fuel...
President Trump's announcement that he will withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal sent crude oil prices up slightly. U.S. drivers who have noticed higher prices at the pump may be...
View ArticleTrump's 'Energy Dominance' Gets Slow Start On Federal Land
President Trump's goal of achieving "energy dominance" for the United States includes producing more oil and gas on federal land, but new government statistics show a mixed record on this front during...
View ArticlePresident Trump Orders Help For Coal And Nuclear Plants
President Trump has ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take immediate steps to help financially troubled coal and nuclear power plants. A draft plan marked "confidential" is being circulated around...
View ArticleAs Nuclear Struggles, A New Generation Of Engineers Is Motivated By Climate...
The number of people graduating with nuclear engineering degrees has more than tripled since a low point in 2001, and many are passionate about their motivation. "I'm here because I think I can save...
View ArticleActivists Have A New Strategy To Block Gas Pipelines: State's Rights
Environmental activists are using a new strategy to block construction of oil and gas pipelines. It already has worked in New York where construction on the Constitution Pipeline has stalled. Now...
View ArticleAs Log Trucks And Fishing Boats Leave, Gold Beach Tries To Remake Its Identity
NPR reporters are returning to their hometowns this summer to find out how they've changed – from job prospects to schools and how people see their community and the country. Once home to thriving...
View ArticleActivists Have A New Strategy To Block Gas Pipelines: State's Rights
Environmental activists are using a new strategy to block construction of oil and gas pipelines. It already has worked in New York where construction on the Constitution Pipeline has stalled. Now...
View ArticleAs Log Trucks And Fishing Boats Leave, Gold Beach Tries To Remake Its Identity
NPR reporters are returning to their hometowns this summer to find out how they've changed – from job prospects to schools and how people see their community and the country. Once home to thriving...
View ArticleActivists Have A New Strategy To Block Gas Pipelines: State's Rights
Environmental activists are using a new strategy to block construction of oil and gas pipelines. It already has worked in New York where construction on the Constitution Pipeline has stalled. Now...
View ArticleComing To The Right Answer By Themselves: Talking With Boys About Sexual Assault
In the basement of a suburban Philadelphia home, half a dozen high school freshman boys recently met to munch on chips and pretzels — and to talk about sexual assault in the wake of the Brett Kavanaugh...
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