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Tom Pelton
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Host, The Environment in Focus, WYPR-FM (Baltimore, MD)
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By Tom Pelton Verified|Baltimore FishbowlVerifiedClimate change is such a complex and sprawling issue, it’s hard to compress it down to just one problem, let alone one country or continent. For this reason, discussions about the climate tend toward the abstract – like meeting the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2100. But most people just don’t care about abstractions like this and so the climate remains a low priority for most Americans. Mike Tidwell has a solution to this problem.
With 34 petrochemical ‘plastics recycling’ plants proposed across U.S., a small PA town fights back -- and wins
By Tom Pelton Verified|l8r.itPoint Township, Pennsylvania -- A plan to build what would have been the largest petrochemical plant in the U.S. dedicated to breaking down plastic waste into chemicals for resale was cancelled today after a local township board voted unanimously to “strenuously and unequivocally” oppose Encina’s proposed plant on the banks of the Susquehanna River.
By Tom Pelton Verified|Baltimore FishbowlVerifiedClimate change is such a complex and sprawling issue, it’s hard to compress it down to just one problem, let alone one country or continent. For this reason, discussions about the climate tend toward the abstract – like meeting the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2100. But most people just don’t care about abstractions like this and so the climate remains a low priority for most Americans. Mike Tidwell has a solution to this problem.
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WYPR-FM (Baltimore, MD)