Today’s question comes from a listener here in Rhode Island. They’ve been following local efforts to start a deposit recycling program for bottles and cans like some other states have, and they’re wondering, do these incentive programs really work?
Mar 26, 2024 • 3 min 58 sec
Red meat creates a lot of greenhouse gas emissions. But, if you haven’t given up hamburgers, you’re not alone. So scientists are trying another approach - lab-grown meat.
Feb 13, 2024 • 3 min 48 sec
Megan Hall: Welcome to Possibly where we take on huge problems like the future of our planet and break them down into small questions with unexpected answers. I’m Megan Hall. As we head into a new year, our Possibly team decided to think about all of our episodes, and how they might inspire our resolutions […]
Jan 1, 2024 • 3 min 58 sec
From an emissions standpoint, is grilling with gas or charcoal better? If you're choosing between charcoal and gas, choose gas. Grilling with charcoal for an hour produces three times the emissions of grilling with gas. But, what you put on the grill is actually more important.
Jun 15, 2020 • 0 min 40 sec
In the US, one out of five households don’t use a dishwasher because they think it uses more water and energy than washing by hand. So, we wanted to test this out: is hand washing really more efficient than using a dishwasher?
Mar 3, 2020 • 0 min 27 sec
This spring, the Providence City Council passed a ban on plastic bags. Soon, you’ll only find paper and reusable bags at stores in Rhode Island’s capital city. But are paper bags the ideal alternative to plastic? And what’s the environmental impact of making cloth bags?
Sep 23, 2019 • 0 min 26 sec
It feels like the right thing to do- washing and reusing sandwich bags instead of throwing them away- but is it? How much water and energy do we use when we’re cleaning a Ziploc bag? Is it more than what it takes to make a new one?
Sep 16, 2019 • 0 min 26 sec