The dangers of building in a flood plain were one of the big lessons of Tropical Storm Irene. But many of Vermont’s historic villages were built along rivers, and most had little choice but to rebuild in high risk areas. The NRC is being asked to restrict storage of highly radioactive nuclear waste in spent pools like the one at VT Yankee. Green Mountain Power installing three new energy storage systems called Ice Bears in downtown Rutland.
Melody is the Contributing Editor for But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids and the co-author of two But Why books with Jane Lindholm.
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
