Jennifer Pemberton

Watching Disease Happen: the Pathology of Air Pollution

Jennifer Pemberton — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:04:38 +0000

For Air Quality Awareness Week, Jennifer Pemberton has been asking local experts to help explain Cache Valley’s air pollution problem to residents. In today’s report, she tours a lab on the campus of Utah State University, where the effects of particulate pollution on human health are easy to see -- with the right equipment.

The Cleanest and the Dirtiest: C. Arden Pope on Why Utah is the Best and Worst Place to Study Air

Jennifer Pemberton — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:22:04 +0000

This week is Air Quality Awareness Week. Today Jennifer Pemberton takes us on a summarized visit to the Cache Valley Air Quality Summit in Logan to hear air pollution epidemiologist, Dr. C. Arden Pope tell the story of how we’ve cleaned up the air in the U.S. in the past 50 years and how much further we still have to go.

Red Air by the Numbers

Jennifer Pemberton — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:30:53 +0000

The EPA has designated this week Air Quality Awareness Week. As part of UPR’s community engagement project, Jennifer Pemberton has been talking to Cache County residents about the experience of living with some of the nation’s worst air pollution. This week, she’s taking their questions and comments to local experts. In today’s report, she enlists Dr. Randy Martin to define Red Air by the numbers.

Voices from the Bad Air Story Booth

Jennifer Pemberton — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:19:57 +0000

These are some of the voices from our Bad Air Story booth at Logan’s Earth Day Downtown Street Festival. With a background of various local musicians and speakers, we set up a table and microphone to ask Cache Valley residents to tell us their Bad Air stories. Have you ever had a bad air day? How do you know when it’s a bad air day? What do you do about it?

Community Engagement Project Update: Keep Those Bad Air Stories Coming

Jennifer Pemberton — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:38:56 +0000

Utah Public Radio has partnered with the Public Insight Network to report on public health effects of air pollution in Cache Valley. Listeners and other members of the community here have been telling us their experiences with air pollution through an online form. Jennifer Pemberton has been listening to these stories and has this update on public concerns:

Tell Us Your "Bad Air" Stories

Jennifer Pemberton — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:39:32 +0000

If you haven’t filled out our form about air pollution yet, you now have the chance to come tell us about it in person at our Bad Air Story Booth.

This Saturday, April 20, from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. members of the Utah Public Radio staff will be collecting your air quality stories at Logan’s Earth Day Downtown Street Festival.

The Battle for Spring Begins

Jennifer Pemberton — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:18:02 +0000

The battle for spring began on March 1. Jennifer Pemberton tells us why this month we're fighting against a Bulgarian grandmother with weapons made of string.

It's Groundhog Day: America's Visionary Woodchuck Comes to Utah

Jennifer Pemberton — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:00:00 +0000

It's Americans at their most superstitious. Saturday, February 2, is Groundhog Day. Jennifer Pemberton talks about Pennsylvania's rodent prophet with Logan's self-proclaimed Groundhog Day expert, Mary Fugate.

The Wandering Albatross

Jennifer Pemberton — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:40:44 +0000

Six years ago, Jennifer Pemberton watched a fledgling albatross take flight for the very first time. There's a reason why she's thinking about that particular bird this week and she tells us about it in this commentary.

'Tis the Season For Counting Birds

Jennifer Pemberton — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:38:59 +0000

How many birds do you see in a given day? How many sparrows or hawks or owls do you think live in your neighborhood? Jennifer Pemberton spent an entire day with Logan's Bridgerland Audubon Society compiling their annual bird census.