Véronique LaCapra
Science ReporterVéronique LaCapra first caught the radio bug while writing commentaries for NPR affiliate WAMU in Washington, D.C. After producing her first audio pieces at the Duke Center for Documentary Studies in N.C., she was hooked! She has done ecological research in the Brazilian Pantanal; regulated pesticides for the Environmental Protection Agency in Arlington, Va.; been a freelance writer and volunteer in South Africa; and contributed radio features to the Voice of America in Washington, D.C. She earned a Ph.D. in ecosystem ecology from the University of California in Santa Barbara, and a B.A. in environmental policy and biology from Cornell. LaCapra grew up in Cambridge, Mass., and in her mother’s home town of Auxerre, France.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating license for Ameren's Callaway nuclear power plant through 2044. But ongoing litigation could... -
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Update 1/7/15 The EPA has delayed their schedule to release carbon dioxide emissions rules until ‘midsummer,’ a top EPA official announced Wednesday.... -
The Missouri Coalition for the Environment is one of several groups filing suit against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to try to get the agency...
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Movies can sometimes feel very real, bringing up emotions and even physical reactions as we watch them. Washington University cognitive neuroscientist... -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has signed off on a major overhaul of Missouri's water quality standards. The state approved the new... -
Monsanto will continue selling soybean seeds coated with pesticides that have been linked to honey bee deaths, even though the U.S. Environmental...
