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Utah Public Radio | By Eric Tegethoff, August 11, 2023 , https://www.upr.org/utah-news/2023-08-11/oppenheimer-japan-bombings-put-nuclear-energy-in-a-harsh-light The power and destructiveness of nuclear energy has been in the spotlight since the film "Oppenheimer" was released in July. It is in focus again this week with the anniversaries of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan during World War II. Mary…

By Natalie Pate for The Hechinger Report.Broadcast version by Eric Tegethoff for Oregon News Service reporting for The Hechinger Report-Public News Service Collaboration Jaeci Hall completed her dissertation in tears. She was writing about the importance of revitalizing and teaching Indigenous languages, specifically the Nuu-wee-ya’ language and her tribe’s dialects. “I spent months writing,” she said, “just crying while I wrote because of how i...

‘You can put all the sound buffering on Abu Ghraib that you want to, but this is not something anyone wants in their neighborhood.’

North Carolina groups are gathering to tackle the main challenges climate change presents to local communities at todays NC Breathe Conference in Charlotte. A 2022 study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill showed rural and minority communities are especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with less resilience to natural disasters. Andrew Wheland, communications manager for CleanAIRE NC, shed light on how the communities are affected. ...

As Colorado faces mounting challenges associated with a changing climate - record-breaking wildfires, extreme drought and dwindling water supplies, the loss of habitat for native plants and animals - a new roadmap aims to help secure the states most critical natural resources by doubling the footprint of conserved lands over the next ten years. Linda Lidov - interim executive director of the group Keep It Colorado - said people who have lived in the area for centuries, along with recent transp...

By Eric Krebs for Reasons to be Cheerful.Broadcast version by Eric Tegethoff for Washington News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration The American eel is a slippery, mysterious fish. Eels live out most of their lives in the freshwater rivers and estuaries of the United States, from New Mexico to South Dakota to Florida to Maine. But when it comes time to reproduce, the species ventures far out to the Sargasso Sea, the area of Atlantic Ocean lo...

The U.S. is projected to retire half of its coal-fired power units by 2026, just 15 years after coal use for electricity reached its peak in 2011, according to a new report. Seth Feaster, an energy data analyst with the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, said the report should sound an alarm for communities in Wyoming and across the nation dependent on coal production who will see a direct impact on jobs, and on tax revenues that have fueled schools, hospitals and other ess...

Many kids across the state of Utah will be able to receive free books in the mail this summer to encourage reading and improve literacy outcomes. The Utah State Board of Education has partnered with the nonprofit organization Kids Read Now to provide free books to Utah students from kindergarten to third grade. Christine Elegante, K-3 specialist with the Utah State Board of Education, said the project was possible due to the support from last years Legislature, which allows every student atten...

A new report highlights the need for better access to child care for college level student parents. The report, from Generation Hope, finds 92% of student parents surveyed were either unaware of on-campus child care options or didnt have access to them. To get by, 71% said they rely on family, friends and other forms of informal child care. ...

By Kate Yoder for Grist.Broadcast version by Eric Tegethoff for Washington News Service reporting for the Grist-Public News Service Collaboration A new effort to tackle climate change in Washington state just got a boost of cash. On Tuesday, the state announced the results of its first “cap-and-invest” auction. It raised an estimated $300 million from polluting companies to fund projects such as building clean energy, reducing emissions from buildings and transportation, and...