Emma Jacobs
Reporter, WRVOFormer WRVO/Central New York reporter for the Innovation Trail.
Emma Jacobs is a native of Boston. She studied history, so she went for more practical training in public radio at NPR member-stations WNYC and WBUR. She helped shape Wired's Haiti Rewired project, a 2010 Knight Batten Innovations in Journalism Awards notable initiative.
She's contributed to NPR's National Desk, and to Living on Earth, The Environment Report, Only a Game, Voice of America, and Word of Mouth. She now reports for WHYY in Philadelphia.
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We're drilling for gas, planning pipes from Canadian tar sands, and pumping millions of dollars into green energy projects. But the energy mix that we'll… -
This story is the second part of a series following New York's power lines to Canada. You can read the first part here. People in the energy field often… -
This story is the second part of a series following New York's power lines to Canada. You can read the second part here.Say you're a big state, in need of… -
In the video above is Muskrat Falls. It's a steep climb down the river valley to the first step of the falls - and it's not a path that's maintained for…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wrvo/local-wrvo-993820.mp3Reverend Jim Matthews says the streets outside St. Lucy's Church on the west… -
Federally subsidized energy projects have struggled recently.First solar power firm Solyndra shut down, putting the Department of Energy on the hook for… -
You can’t really talk about power in New York State without talking about Canada.In 2009, New York produced only 13 percent of what’s referred to as its… -
Elizabeth Larkin's a stickler for the letter of the law. That's made her a bulwark against abusive land leasing practices.Larkin is Cortland's county… -
http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wrvo/local-wrvo-989512.mp3Since Chesapeake Energy announced last month that it saw great promise in… -
http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wrvo/local-wrvo-989064.mp3Last month, Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters that he thinks the power…
