ENVIRONMENT

We learn about this weekend's Poetry Carnival at Bombyx with Brother's Keeper Poetry Ensemble and learn about migrating birds with UMass professor Nathan Senner.

Cars and climate change have made life harder for key species that provide nutrients for creatures all around New England and sequester carbon in soil.

Springfield's housing department had already signed a contract with the EPA when Trump took office and appeared to cancel the grant.

It's Earth Day so we check in with folx with environmentally forward missions. We learn about light pollution, waterway ecosystems and agricultural transportation and distribution.

Researchers say they're seeing more of these colorful blobs growing on docks, but they're not the only invasive marine species that could be spreading along New England coasts. And climate change may be partly to blame.

The invasive spongy moth, a destroyer of northeastern forests, has a natural foe in a Japanese fungus that needs certain weather conditions to activate.

We speak with the Cannabis Control Commission about expanding access to social consumption for businesses and take a tour of Natural Roots farm.

Honeybees are dying at an alarming rate in 2025. NEPM spoke with local beekeepers about the impacts their feeling, and what they're doing to keep their bees safe.

We hear about plans to turn a gold course into preserved land with the Trustees of Reservations, listen to the live banjo tunes of Max Wareham and tast Cabernet Franc for the latest Wine Thunderdome.

We learn about an upcoming event in Florence to uplift artists who belong to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and check in with the folx at the Gardener's Supply Center in Hadley.