ecoRI News reporter Rob Smith interviews Colleen Cronin about her public records journey to requisition data from the Rhode Island Department of Transportation for a story she reported on pedestrian fatalities. Two-hundred dollars and nine months later, she's appealed to Rhode Island's attorney general and is still waiting to get information about the location of the intersections where pedestrian deaths occurred.

Beach season may have ended, but conflicts over shoreline access have not. ecoRI News reporters Colleen Cronin and Rob Smith break down pending and settled lawsuits, and explain recent legislation that determines where the public beach begins and where private property ends.

Providence resident Greg Gerritt hasn't driven a car in more than three decades. Reporter Colleen Cronin interviews Greg about hitchhiking to carpentry jobs, walking eight to 10 miles a day, and how living car-free has made him happier, healthier and more financially secure.

Cranston, R.I., is seeing a population boom — but its not human families that are moving in. In this episode, ecoRI News reporters Colleen Cronin and Rob Smith break down some of our recent reporting on why more rats are moving to the 'burbs.

ecoRI News reporters Frank Carini and Colleen Cronin take a stab at pronouncing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as they discuss their latest reporting on how stricter EPA standards for PFAS, cancer-causing forever chemicals, are throwing some public drinking water supplies out of compliance.

Avast! Trash overboard! In this episode, ecoRI News reporters Frank Carini and Colleen Cronin navigate the dark and enviornmentally deleterious underside of the cruise-ship industry.

Heatwaves! Extreme weather! Wildfire smoke! Rising seas! It can all feel a bit overwhelming. ecoRI News reporters Rob Smith, Colleen Cronin, and Frank Carini share some of their picks for eco-related books that help them lean into (Frank) or escape (Rob and Colleen) the dire climate headlines.

ecoRI News reporters Colleen Cronin and Frank Carini discuss whether environmental coverage is moving the needle on our response to the climate crisis. Or is the media landscape too broken to have an impact?

ecoRI News reporters Colleen Cronin and Rob Smith cut through the haze and discuss why wildfires are becoming more frequent in Rhode Island and what's being done to prevent them.

ecoRI News reporters Colleen Cronin and Frank Carini discuss the impacts of dark money on the local spread of misinformation around the climate crisis. Does the disclosure of this dark money even matter to a society bitterly divided and flooded with disinformation?