The Energy Observer is the first zero-emission ship powered by hydrogen, solar and wind. It's been traveling the globe for 7 years as both a laboratory and a demonstration to the maritmie industry that zero emissions technology is possible. I recently visited the ship when it was docked in Boston Harbor. Full @gbhnews story is here: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-17/this-net-zero-boat-could-revolutionize-maritime-travel
Happy Earth Week! I had a wide-ranging conversation recently on @gbhnews "Greater Boston" with Mass. DEP commissioner Bonnie Heiple about pollution regulations in environmental justice areas, landfills, sewer overflows, PFAS and other toxic chemicals, recycling, and food waste. (You can watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdL48j-daEQ&list=PLMQKK3_a14M2m83hj5Zt5xv0dgdu7I8PM&index=8). We chatted here about a state website I use all the time to figure out what can be recycled. Just Google "Recyclopedia."
Endangered North Atlantic right whales continue to be killed by entanglement in fishing gear and vessel strikes. Four right whales have been killed in the first few months of 2024. But a wave of misinformation online is blaming offshore wind farms for the deaths. I spoke about this on @gbhnews "Greater Boston" with CAI reporter @evezuckoff and Mark Baumgartner of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://youtube.com/watch?v=muYdNp3w9D8
The score didn't wind up being too encouraging, but I still heard a lot of optimism from fans yesterday at the #RedSox home opener. Here's my conversation on @gbhnews "Greater Boston" with Adam Reilly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RuILcQ1tHQ
Paul Hendricks, Sr. began harvesting oysters as a boy. It's a Mashpee Wampanoag tradition that continues on the waters off Cape Cod, where both his son and grandson make their living raising oysters. With Indigenous People's Day on Monday, check out this @gbhnews video story of how the work of raising oysters unites one family and connects them to Cape Cod's indigenous culture. https://youtu.be/cyj1XRgBZOo?si=HlA-GT63jf8tZR0G
"You can't help but be depressed. So, how do you then cope? You cope by saying, ‘I can't save the world, but what can I do locally? What do I care about?’"
It’s not every day you meet a living legend. Tune in to @gbhnews “Greater Boston” Thursday for my inspiring interview with Jane Goodall, who has a new IMAX documentary screening at the Museum of Science. Thursday at 7pm on channel 2 & YouTube.
On hot days this summer, we can find ourselves looking for the cool shade of a tree. But that's easier to find in some neighborhoods than in others. Town to town, and even street to street, there are wide disparities in the number of trees. On a local, state and national level, though, governments and nonprofits are investing to make up the gap as the concept of “tree equity” begins to take root. @gbhnews video story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hxw-qBMIt4&t=1s
The family of Henrietta Lacks has reached a settlement with Waltham-based Thermo Fisher Scientific over allegations the biotech company improperly profited from cells stolen from their family member. In 1951, doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital harvested cells from Lacks without her knowledge. Those became the first human cells to be cloned, and the so-called HeLa cells are now considered a crucial tool of biomedical research. @gbhnewshttps://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2023/08/01/family-of-henrietta-lacks-reaches-settlement-in-lawsuit-against-thermo-fisher
Countless studies show that reading to children during their first 3 years is crucial for their cognitive development and for fostering a strong parent-child bond. I spoke about that recently on @gbhnews with Dr. Eileen Costello, medical director of Reach Out and Read Massachusetts, a nonprofit that integrates reading into pediatric care. She said there’s no easier way to help shape a child’s brain than to set aside time to read with them. https://www.wgbh.org/news/education/2023/07/27/how-one-nonprofit-is-integrating-reading-into-pediatric-care
When it comes to breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier, most people know the name Jackie Robinson.
“But there are men, both Black and Latin, who suffered the same plight as Jackie,” Frank Jordan said recently as he walked through an exhibit on the pioneers of baseball integration at Emerson College. It was Jordan’s effort that brought the traveling exhibit to Boston. His own father played in the Negro Leagues.
James W. Lewis, a suspect in the 1982 Tylenol murders that triggered a nationwide scare over tampered medicine, died Sunday at his home in Cambridge. No one was ever charged with murder for the deaths of seven people in the Chicago area who were poisoned by cyanide-laced Tylenol, but Lewis served more than 12 years for extortion, after sending a note to drugmaker Johnson & Johnson in which he confessed to the poisoning and demanded $1 million. @gbhnews story: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2023/07/10/suspect-in-1982-tylenol-murders-dies-at-cambridge-home
