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Peter Dykstra

@pdykstra

ehn.org, dailyclimate.org, loe.org. Red Sox fan in most years, CNN Foreign Legion; NJ Native; You/Your/Youse; Official Hip-Hop Name: 2BagZ™

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This week on @LivingonEarth, Bobby Bascomb and I manage to get uber-Gangster Lucky Luciano into an environmental show. loe.org/shows/segments…

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This weekend on Living On Earth, the trend toward "green" burials and the anniversary of criminal charges against GM and 8 other corporations for conspiring to bury LA's streetcar system in favor of buses. They were found guilty and paid token fines. loe.org/shows/segments…

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Incongruous, anyone? CNN's Sunday 8pm ET hour will feature a doc on the harrowing trip some aspiring US immigrants make even before they make it to Mexico; at 9pm, join "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria as she traverses Mexico on a foodie tour.

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This week on Living On Earth on Earth, I chat with Aynsley O'Neill about the Feds ruining, then fixing, Florida's Kissimmee River with a billion tax dollars. loe.org/shows/segments…

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April 20, 1912: Boston's new home, Fenway Park, opened.  The Red Sox beat the New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11 innings.  Over 27,000 Royal Red Sox Rooters yelled themselves hoarse chanting  "Highlanders Suck."

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This week on Living on Earth Peter Dykstra joins Steve Curwood on a lawsuit seeking to curb the use of aerial fire retardants to combat wildfires over water pollution concerns. loe.org/shows/segments…

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This wkend on Living On Earth: Calif. moves on diesel locomotives; cities ban polluting leafblowers & lawnmowers; that time when the UK Navy mistook right whales for submarines. With Jenn. loe.org/shows/segments…

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On this wkend's Living On Earth, @JDoering and I discuss climate's impact on allergy season and on what California farmers might grow in the future; and the tiny Kansas town that got smacked by tornadoes on three consecutive May 20's. loe.org/shows/segments…

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This weekend on @LivingOnEarth, Steve Curwood and I discuss Big Oil's inroads into state legislatures, and how the NobelPrizes got their name. loe.org/shows/segments…

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My piece for ehn.org and dailyclimate.org: A fiercely anti-regulatory Supreme Court is poised to undo 50 years of environmental progress. ehn.org/supreme-court-…

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This week on Living On Earth, Jenni Doering & I talk about how drought-desperate Uruguay is augmenting its drinking water supply with salty water. Oh, and Happy Birthday, Jenni! loe.org/shows/segments…

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On this week's Living On Earth, Steve Curwood and I discuss lawsuits against DuPont and others alleging toxic "forever chemicals" in drinking water; and Pittsburgh mayor complaining about coal-- in 1804. loe.org/shows/segments…

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This week on Living On Earth I chat with Aynsley O'Neill about how climate change is cutting into kids' summer vacation fun. loe.org/shows/segments…

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This week on @LivingonEarth, Aynsley O'Neill hears me complain about peaches here in the Peach State. A warm winter has killed off much of the local crop, and we're left with shipped-in California peaches that look great, cost more, and taste awful. loe.org/shows/segments…

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On this week's Living on Earth, Steve Curwood and I discuss how Iceland is turning its fisheries byproduct from smelly to lucrative -- like codfish scales to skin grafts for human burn victims. loe.org/shows/segments…

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I've been a paraplegic for 7 years, but the uninsurable parts of my health care could soon run me broke. If you can help, please and thank you! And please RT (or is it RX now?) gofundme.com/f/help-keep-pe…