The Environment in Focus is a weekly perspective on the issues and people changing our natural world. Tom Pelton gives you a tour of this landscape every Wednesday at 7:46 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
Tom Pelton is a national award-winning environmental journalist, formerly with The Baltimore Sun. He is the author of the book, The Chesapeake in Focus: Transforming the Natural World, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Pelton is also the Co-Director of the Center for Environmental Investigations at the Environmental Integrity Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to holding polluters and governments accountable to protect public health.
The Environment in Focus is independently owned and distributed by Environment in Focus Radio to WYPR and other stations. The program is sponsored by the Abell Foundation, which is working to enhance the quality of life in Baltimore and in Maryland. The views expressed are solely Pelton's. You can contact him at [email protected]
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As President-Elect Biden assembles his new administration, one candidate being considered for a top environmental position, perhaps director of the White… -
The inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden on January 20 will mean a new day for millions of federal civil servants who were disparaged by Donald Trump… -
Last Friday, on Black Friday, instead of hitting the malls or shopping online, I escaped to go paddling in my kayak. I explored the streams, rivers, and… -
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, but because of the coronavirus, many people – for the first time in their lives -- won’t be able to gather with their families… -
Just before the presidential election, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation sent me a letter asking me for money.Many of you probably received the same… -
After a presidential campaign that gave historic prominence to climate change and a debate over the future of the oil industry, Democrat Joe Biden’s… -
Charlie Reeves grew up in public housing in South Philadelphia near the oldest and largest oil refinery on the East Coast.“I grew up in the projects… -
Next Tuesday is Election day. And for the first time ever, environmental issues --and specifically climate change --are center stage in the public debate… -
The Earth, as we know it, is being threatened by at least two simultaneous environmental crises.The first is climate change, which is sparking wildfires,… -
Forty minutes northeast of Baltimore, at the Boulevard at Box Hill shopping mall in Harford County, hundreds of empty parking spaces surround a J.C.…
