Oregon House Approves Bill Establishing Tsunami Zone Building Standards
The Oregon House voted Friday to advance a measure that would establish building standards for critical infrastructure in tsunami zones.
JPR Live Session: Son Little (2020)
Son Little has always recorded his music with a very hands-on approach. That deft ear and attention to craft garnered the attention of such artists as Mavis Staples, who asked Little to produce her Grammy-winning EP. But on his new album 'aloha,' he handed control to another producer for the first time.
FEMA Brings Young People Into Disaster Planning
Disasters do not discriminate; fires, floods, and earthquakes can affect all kinds of people. So it takes all kinds of people to recover from disaster. For several years now the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, has incorporated young people into its preparedness programs. That includes naming teens to FEMA's Youth Preparedness Council . Applications for the council are open until March 8th of this year.
'Antarctica Melts,' NASA Says, Showing Effects Of A Record Warm Spell
Where there was a white ice cap, there are now brown blotches of land; melted snow and ice have created ponds of water. Those are the effects of the recent record high temperatures in Antarctica, according to NASA, which on Friday released stunning before-and-after satellite images of the northern Antarctic Peninsula. The photos center on Eagle Island, part of the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula that stretches toward South America. Satellites took the images just nine days apart, on...
Supreme Court Pipeline Fight Could Disrupt How The Appalachian Trail Is Run
The Appalachian Trail – the 2,200-mile hiking stretch that goes from Georgia to Maine — is at the center of a legal battle that has risen to the Supreme Court. The case involves a proposed pipeline that would connect natural gas fracked in West Virginia to population centers in Virginia and North Carolina. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline would cross the Appalachian Trail within the George Washington National Forest in Virginia, and some environmental groups are challenging the legality of the...
JPR Live Session: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Both Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn have taken the banjo to new heights; Washburn through her innovative collaborations with Chinese musicians, and Fleck through a multitude of projects ranging from classical concerti to his exploration of the African roots of the instrument. As a duo, they've worked to merge their different styles of playing into a unique sound heard on their latest album Echo In The Valley .
